430 



(11) G. coLOBATA. (Nees.) 



tdent. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 89.— Dec. pfod^ 

 XI. p. 176. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, erect, glabrous : leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, callosely crenate-serrate, opposite ones smaller : capitula 

 panicled : branches of the panicle glabrous. 



Assam. 



(12) G. CRiNiTA. (Nees.) 



Ideni. Dec. prod. XI. p. 176. 



Spec. Char. Perennial : leaves oblong-otal, acuminate, cal- 

 loso-serrate, attenuated at the base, glabrous, congruous : pedun- 

 cles axillary, trichotomous, slender, hirsute, 1-flowered ; calyx 

 naked, glabrous. 



Assam. 



GENUS XXXI. STROBILANTHES. 



Didynanila Ana^lospernita. Sex: Spsi.- 



Deriv. From Strobilos, a cone, and Anthos, a flower ; allndingf 

 to the inflorescence. 



Gkn. Chae. Calyx about equal, 5-parted to the base : segment 

 linear, somewhat broader towards the apeX : corolla funnel-shap- 

 ed, the tube not passing abruptly into the limb : lobes equal or 

 nearly so, rarfily suKbilabiate : stamens four, didynamous, in- 

 serted on the middle of the throat, the filaments united at the 

 base by a membrane, monadelphona : anthers oblong, muticous, 



cells parallel, equal, contiguous, or in some diverging at the 

 base, whence the anthers are sagittate : stigma snbulate, incnrve<J 

 or involute, spongilose on the back : capsule columnar, 4-sided, 

 2-celled almost to the base, 4-seeded about the middle : partition 

 thin, incomplete towards the apex, adnate, or sometimes separate 

 ing from the valves : seed discoid, angular^ with an areola on 

 both sides, the angles more prominent towards the hilum, attache 



.^d to hooked retinacula, — ^Herbs and shrabs, spikes more or less 

 dense, axillary and terminal, erect, cernuous, or drooping ; bracts 



.foliaceous or foliaceo-membranous, persistent or caducous, exposal 

 ing the flowers, bracteoles small or sometimes wanting • flowers, 

 usually, delicate blue or white. 



