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ffells many-ovtiled, ovules in dense rows, horizontally spreadiug, 

 obtuse : capsules ovate or oblong, depressed, 2-celled ft-om the 

 base, many-seeded, dissepiment bipartite ; seeds small, compress- 

 ed : retinacula none. — TJndersbrubs : leaves generally red below : 

 raceme terminal, composite, flowers and bracts somewhat alter- 

 nate : bracts and braoteoles small, bristly, nearly equal, shorter 

 than the calyx : flowers middle-sized. 



(1) E. ELONGATUS. (Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 78. — Dak. Bomb. flor. p. 184. 



Syn. Adenosma elongatum, Blume. Bidjr. p. 757. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous : leaves oblong-oval or oblong, pu- 

 bescent, rough, obtuse, red on the under side : racemes axillary and 

 terminal, simple or compound, elongated, loose: common peduncle 

 very short : bracts lanceolate : capsule oblong, 



Warree jungles. 



GENUS IX. EBIiRMAIEllA. 

 ItUlynamia Angiosperutia. Sex ,- Syai i 



De.riv. Named after a German Botanist and Author. 



Ges. Chae. Calyx 5-parted, upper segment broader, middld 

 ones narrower : corolla funnel-shaped, limb obliquely S-cleftj 

 two upper segments shorter ; stamens inserted on the tube ; 

 lesser ones occasionally sterile, sometimes with the filament of a 

 fifth barren stamen, all included : cells of the anthers ovate, 

 transversely spreading, retrorsely and extrorsely dehiscent : 

 stigma shortly bilamellate, upper segment truncate or 2icleftj 

 prominent from either side to the base of the lower lamella which 

 embraces the upper one, hence the stigma when its two divisions 

 are incumbent on each other is in appearance 3-toothed : capsule 

 oblong or oval, obtuse, many-seeded, seed-bearing from the base : 

 valves depressed at the back : retinacula none. — Herbs or under- 

 shrubs : stem often hirsutely tomentose or puberulous at the 

 base : leaves entire, often puberulous : flowers pale or yellowish, 

 subsessile or short-pedioelled in the axil of a floral leaf : pedicel 

 often adhering to the bract, forming a spike or spiciform racema 

 on the stem and branches. 



(1) E. GLAUCA. (Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 73. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 114, 



jEngrav, "Wight's Icon, t, USB. 



