38S 



GENUS n. ^GINETIA, 



Didynamia AnsiospeirinSa. Seie: Si/H.- 



T)eriv. In honor of Paul ^ginette, a Physician of the 7tl^ 



GpN. Char, riowers hermaphrodile, without bracts : calyx 

 fepatkiLfaeoas, loose, cleft in front, acute behind : corolla hypogy. 

 nous, tube cylindric, sli.;htly exceeding- the calyx, somewhat in- 

 curved, lirnb soiii.ewliat equally 5-clet't, 2-lipped : stamens four, 

 inserted at the bottom of the tube, included : filaments terete, 

 converging : anthers cohering by pairs, cells pendulous from the 

 apex of the thickened connectivum, truncated at the top, dehis- 

 cing from the acute base, those of the lower stamens produced 

 behind into a conical obtuse spur : ovary 2-celled : style simple : 

 stigma large, fleshy, peltately-cordate : capsule 2-celled, irregur 

 larly 2-valved, valves placentiferous : seeds many, small. — Para- 

 eitical herbs : scape scaly, abbreviatecJ, throwing out scapiform, 

 naked 1-flowered peduncles, solitary or collected together on 

 ^wf, flowers largish, showy. 



(1) JE. ABBREViATA. (Ham.) 



Ident. Ham. Mss. in Wall. Cat. No. 3965. — Dec. prod. XI, 

 p. 43. , 



Spec. Char. Scape very short, branched or simple, scaly: livli^ 

 of the corolla 2-lipped, lower lip enl^rged^ 3-lobed. 

 Peninsula. Silbet. 



(2) M. PEDDJICULATA. (Wall.') 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 43. 



Syn. Orobanche pedunculata, Roxb. 



Engrav. Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. t. 219.— Wight's loon. 

 t. 1421. 



Spec Chab. Glabrous: scape simple, scales few, attenuated, 

 elongated: floral scales triangular: calyx spathaeeous, 1-leaved, 

 inner side cleft: tube of the corolla inflated, equalling the calyx : 

 limb 5-partite, nearly equal, segments reniform, denticulate : fila-, 

 ments jilabrous : stigma large cordate-peltate : tube of corolla 

 yellow, limb dark violet. 



Bengal, parasitic on roots of the. Andropogum Muricatum an^ 

 many Bamboos. Courtallum. Flowering in the rainy season. 



