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GENUS XIX. STENOSIPHONIUM. 

 Didynamia Ansioapepmla. Sex.- Sytt: 



Deriv. From Stenos, narrow, and Sighottj a tabe ; allud^ngf 

 to the corolla. 



Gen. Chak. Calyx 6-clefl, segments equal,, first joined beyond 

 the middle by membranaceous margins, after flowering and se- 

 parating at the base : coroUa funnel-shaped, tube very slender, 

 limb inflated, campanulate, 5-cIeft, segments equal, obtuse : sta- 

 mens either four, didynamous, or only two : anthers narrow, cells 

 parallel, narrowly contiguous, equal, muticous : stigma membra- 

 uaceonsly crested at the back, subulate at the apex': capsule 

 tetragonally columnar, 2-celled even to the base, from the base 

 beyond the middle 8-seeded : partition complete, adnate : seeda 

 lenticular, mticronate, smoothish- — Shrubs : leaves more or less 

 toothed : spikes axillary and terminal : flowers separated, oppo- 

 site, single or aggregated : bracts broadish, appressed, stiffish : 

 bracteoles narrow, resembling the calyx : flowers spotted in thej 

 throat. 



(1) S. CONFERTUM. fJVe«.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 105. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1503. 



Spec. Char. Leaves broad ovate, dentate, raarked beneath : 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate or oblonc;, obtusely acuminate (shorter than 

 the calyx) and like the calyx, glandulosely hirsute : flowers geini- 

 pate or ternate. 



Pulney mountains, Neilgherries. 



(2) S. RussELiANuu. (Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 105.— N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar, 

 in. p. 84. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1503. 



Spec. Char. Shrub : leaves ovate, dentate, naked beneath ; 

 l>racts rhomboid, obtuse, cuspidate, as long as the calyx. 



Pulney mountains. Neilgherries. 



(3) S. DiANDROM. (Nees.) 



Ident, Dec. prod. XI. p. 105. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1502. 



Spec Chak. Shrub: leaves ovate, crenato-dentate, glabrous i 

 bracts oblong, somewhat obtuse, and like the calyx, glandulosely- 

 hispid : flowers solitary, diandrous : filaments hairy at the base. 



CoUrtallum, ilowerino; in July ai>4 August. 



