§91 



'Qm. CSAR. t/Alyx tnbtJar, 5-lobed, bibracteolate : corolla sriK 

 infandibuliform, bilabiate : the upper lip 'more or less deeply 2. 

 lobed, the under 3-lobed : stEtmens didynamous, incluse : anthers 

 1-celled, pendulous, opening by a pore at the apex : ovary spu- 

 rio.usly 2-e6lled at the base, 1-celled at Hhe apfe:^, cai-pels deeply 

 inflexed : placentiferous margins revolute : style simple : stigma 

 capitate : capsule, like the ovary, imperfectly 2-celled : seed ob- 

 long : testa loose, reticulate, produced at the ends into a wing : 

 albumen copious : embryo minute. — Herbaceous plants, parasitic 

 on the roots of others : stems simple, scaly : flow&s axillat-y; 

 peduncled, aggregated towards the apex of the stem, each fur- 

 nished with two bracteoles : stamens shorter than the corolla i 

 style hooked at the apex : stigma clavate, drooping, 



(l) C. AURANTIACA. ( R. JV.J 



Ideni. Wight*s Icon. Vol. IV. & t. 1424;- 



Spec. Char. Stems simple, covered on all sides with closely 

 appressed sub- orbicular scales: floral ones or bracts broad, obo- 

 vate, bracteoles lanceolate, entire : flowers sessile, stipulate : coruUai 

 scarcely exceeding the eal5x, pubescent within, 5-lobed : stamens 

 scarcely didynamous: filaments pilose: style the length of the 

 stamens, pilose : stigma clavate : flowers pale yellow. 



Keilgheriies, neat Neddawuttum, flowering ia August and Sep- 

 tember. 



(2) C. CYTINOlDES. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon, vol, IV. & t. 142^. 



Syn. Phelipsea cytinoides, Dec. p'rbd. XI. p. 14.— t/hristisonia^ 

 Neilgherriea, Gardn. in Cale. Jourii. V. 8. p. 157. 



Spec. Char. , Erect, glabrousi covered with appresSed, broadj 

 ovate, obtuse scales : flowers pedicelled, bright yellow : bracts sub- 

 orbicular, shorter than the lanceolate bracteoles : calyx tubu'Iar, 

 irregularly 5-7-toothed ! corolla 2-iipped : tipper lip ernarginate, 

 under broadly 3-lobed : stamens the lengthi of the corolla : filaments 

 glabrous: anthers deflexed, 1-celled: style hooked at the apex: 

 stigma clavate : testa of the seed reticulately scrobiculate. 



Neilgherries, parasitic on the roots of Strobilanfhes, in woods 

 Sear Pycarrah, flowering in May, 



GENUS V, OLIGOPHOLIS. 

 Dldynamia Ansiosperinla. Seis .- Sgsi i 

 Deriv. Prom Ollgos, few, and Pholis, a scaie. 



