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Gen. Chae. Calyx S-parted, segments narrow, upper one a 

 little longer and broader : coroUa snbpersonate, upper lip broad- 

 concave, 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, disk inflated, keeled, hirsute : 

 stamens four, shorter than the upper lip, connate in pairs at the 

 base : anthers nearly equal, ovate, cordate (violet), cells parallel, 

 muticous, antrorsely contiguous, separated behind from the oblong 

 connectivum : stigma simple : capsule narrow, 6-striated, slightly 

 tapering, marked with a furrow at the back ; 2-celled and seed- 

 bearing even to the base, many-seeded : seeds small, compressed, 

 Bub-orbiculate : retinacula middle-sized, obtuse. — ^Herbs growing 

 in pastures and fields : cyrnelets axillary, short-peduncled, 2-oleft, 

 3-many-flowered and then capituliform, flowers second upwards : 

 bracteoles small, shorter than the calyx : corolla purple, the> 

 palate of a deeper colour. 



(1) N. PINNATIFIDA, (Dalz.) 



Ident. Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. III. p. 38. — Bomb, flor,, 

 p. 184. 



Spec. Char. All glandular and pubescent : leaves petioled, 

 deeply pinnatifid, linear-lanceolate, the segments linear, oblong- 

 obtuse, serrulated : flowers in the opposite axils of the leaves, ses- 

 sile, or clustered in terminal heads : flowers purple. 



The river-banks of the Southern Concan, flowering in January 

 and March. 



(2) N. STRicTA. (Nees.J 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 84. 



Syn. Justicia striata, Vahl. — Justicia pubescens, Lam. 



Spec. Char. Perennial : leaves oval, or oval-oblong, repandly 

 subcrenate, decurrent into a long petiole, attenuated into an obtuse 

 acumen : cymes axillary, dichotomous and with the calyx glandu- 

 losely hairy. 



Malabar. 



GENUS XrV. HYGROPmiiA. 

 Didynamia Angioapermla. Sex: Systi 



Deriv. From Hyffros, moist, and Phileo, to love ; alluding to 

 the habitat of the plants. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft to about the middle, seg- 

 ments equal : corolla ringent, lower lip convex in the middle, 

 wrinkled, 3-cleft : stamens not exserted, frequently connate in 

 pairs at the base : anthers 2-celled, cells parallel, divergently 



