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GENUS XXX. GOLOFUSSIA. 



Didynainla AiigtospermiM. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. Named after Dr. Goldfuss, Professor of Natural His- 

 tory at Bonn upon the Rhine. 



Gen. Ghar. Calyx 5-parted, aboiit equal : corolla funnel-shap- 

 ied, limb 5>eleft, lobes obtuse, equal : stamens incluse, didyna- 

 mous, the lower ones often very short, reflexed; anthers noddifig" 

 with the oblique ovate membranaceous cells on a hooked glandu, 

 lose connective : stigma simple, subulate, irritable, crenate on 

 one side i capsule 6-angled, valves easily separable from the dis- 

 eepiment, cells 2-seeded : seed discoid, supported on retinacula. — ■ 

 Shrubs with serrated penni'-nerved leaves, nerves curved, all tend- 

 ing towards the apex, but not reaching it : flowers few, capitu- 

 late, rarely spicate, bibracteolate : bracts deciduous : spikes elon- 

 gating after the fall of the bracts : capitula pedunoled, withih^. 

 peduncle simple or divided. 



(1) G. Zenkeriana. (Nees.) 



Jdent. Dec. prod. XT. p. 172. 



Syn. Strobilanthes ciliatus, Nees^ 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1517. 



Spec. Char. Stem fruticose : leaves ovate, acuminate', acute 

 at the base, callosely serrated, glabrous : spikes axillary, opposite, 

 oblong, slightly involucrate, peduncled : bracts oblong : segments 

 of the calyx subulate-acuminate, glabrous, somewhat ciliated } 

 corolla regular : flowers blue. 



Neilgherries, flowering in September. 



(2) G. TRISTIS. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. & t. 1508. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby, erect: leaves unequal, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, acutely serrated, glabrous on both sides : inflores- 

 cence paniculately-spicate : spikes subcapitate, long pedicelled, 

 drooping, few-(above 2)-flowered, involucrate: involucral leaves 

 or bracts ? lanceolate, acute : lobes of the, calyx long, ciliate at 

 the apex : corolla infundibuliform, limb regular, tube very hairy 

 •within : stamens monadelphous at the base : anthers oblong, cap- 

 sule 4-seeded : seeds near the base, the lower one often aborting,, 

 upper oblong, obtuse, subtruncate, pubesceiit. 



Western slopes of the Neilgherries, flowering iu February. 



