403 



Stec, Ohar. Stem erect, a foot high, pubescent and rough • 

 leaves oblong, attenuated into the petiole, glabrous, entire : calyx; 

 pubescent and glandular : capsule oblong, glabrous: spikes leafy, 

 »*illary and terminal : corolla tubular. 



South Concans. Mysore. Coorg. 



(2) E. STAXJROGYNE. ( Nees. ) 



fdent. Dec. prod. XL p. 75. 



Syn. Staurogyne argenfea, Wall. Cat. No. 4905. (partly.) 



Engrav. Wall. PI. As. Rar. II. t. 186. 



Spec. Char. Perennial : leaves oblong, paler beneath, sharply 

 attenuated into the petiole, glabrous : petiole and stem rough to- 

 mentose at the base : raceme terminal, short : bracts oblong or' 

 knqeolate : bristly at the apex : bracteoles lanceolate, attenuated 

 at the base, scabrous : segments of the calyx with long bristles a(; 

 the apex, upper segment broader. 



Silhet. 



(3) E. ARGENTEA. (^NceS.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 76. 



Syn. Staurogyne argentea. Wall, {partly.) 



Spec. Chak. Perennial : leaves lanceolate-oblong, silvery- 

 vhite below, sharply attenuated into the petiole, glabrous : petiole 

 and stem strigosely hirsute at the base : racemes axillary and ter- 

 minal, short, erect, hirsute : bracts and upper segment of the calyx, 

 lanceolate, the other segments of the calyx and all the bracteoles 

 isubulate, stiff. 



Silhet. 



GENUS X. HEMIADELPHIS.. 



niandria Monog^ynin. Sex. Systa 



Deriv. Prom Hemi, half, and Ad^lphia, a fraternity ; there 

 are only two stamens. 



Gen. Char,. Calyx 5-cl.eft, segments equaj : qorolla ringent, 

 closed, upper lip 2-toothed, lower 3-lobed :. stameiig two : fila- 

 ments dilated at the base, furnished above the middle with a 

 bristly tooth (the rudirdent of an abortive filament) : anthers 2- 

 celled, cells parallel, muticous, at length twisted . capsules lance, 

 olate, compressd, many-seeded : seeds subtended with r.etinacuj% 

 convex-concave, marginate. 



