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GEIfUS XVI. PHLEBOPItYLLUM. 

 Diandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 



Beriv. IVom Phleps, a vein, arid Phyllon, a leaf. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx deeply 4-parted, upper segment deeply 2- 

 fcleft : corolla fiumel-sliaped, limb 5-<3left, segments emarginate 

 and repand : stamens two, not exserted : anthers 2-celled, cell* 

 parallel, muticous : stigma simple, subulate : capsnle compressed, 

 without seeds at the base, 2-celIed towards the apex, 4-seeded. — 

 Spike with broad imbricated bracts, bracteoles twin, narrow. 



(1) P. KoNTHiANUM. {Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 102.— N. ab. E. in Wall. PL As. Ear. 

 III. p. 83. 



Engrdv. Wight's Icon. t. 448. 



Spec. Char. Small erect shrub with obsoietely 4-sided branches 

 and oval, subundulate, acutely serrated leave*, clothed with whitish 

 tomentum beneath : flovpers pale-bluish, sometiilies nearly white. 



t)n hill pastures at great elevatioris in the Peninsula. 



GENTJS XVII. .CODONACANTHUS. 

 Diandria monogynia. Sex; Syst: 



Deriv. IVom Kodon, a little bell ; alluding to the Ahape of 

 the flowers. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx 5-parted, equal : corolla campanulate from 

 a short tube,. limb equal, 5-cleft, segments ovate, obtuse: stamens 

 two, included : anthers broadish, oval, 2-celled, cells parallel, 

 nearly equal, muticous. — Serbs : racemes terminal on the steni 

 and branches, compound, secund-fldwered, with small bracts and 

 bracteoles : flowers nodding, middle-sizfed, blue. 



(1) C. pAuciFLORUS. (Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 103. 



Syn. Asystasia pauciflora, N. ah. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar; 

 III. p. 90. 



Spec Char, Root and stem creeping below: branches diffuse: 

 leaves oblong, acute at both ends, subxepand, glabrous : raceme 

 terminal, subdivided, few-flowered. 



Silhet aud the neighbouring mountains. 



