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(3BNUS XLII. LOXANTHUS. 

 illdj'tminla Angriosiierniia. Sex -. Sytt > 



Beriv. I'rom Loxos, oblique, and Antlios, a flower. 



Gen. Chak. Calyx 5-parte.d, equal, short: corolla tubulose, 

 ipflurved, coriaceous, limb obliquely S-lobed, lower segment more 

 deeply divided : fertile stamens two, anthers 2-celled, cells paral- 

 lel, barren stamens small, at the base of the fertile ones, subulate ,- 

 bapsule many-seeded from the base. 



(i) L. GoMEZii. (NeeSiJ 



Ideni. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 9cj.— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 32^. 



Spec. Char. Shrub : branches 4-cornered : leaves oblong, 

 cuneiform, qiiite entire, glabrous : thyrse terminal : peduncles 2- 

 cleft, minutely brabteolate : common bract a little longer than th6 

 peduncle, linear-subulate, tomentose : bracteoles 2, alternate, very 

 small : corolla incurved, densely tomentose, orange. 



Silbet mountains. 



GENUS XLin. THTRSACAJiirTHUS. 



Didynamla Angiospermla; Sexi Syrt : 



Deriv. From Thyrsos, a thyrse ; alluding to the form of in- 

 florescence. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-deft beyond the middle, equal, short ; 

 whole corolla tubular or dilated towards the apex, incurved, soft, 

 iimb either 5-lobed, almost tegular, 6r morei distinctly 2-lipped, 

 upper lip 2-cleft, lower 3-cleft : fertile stamens two, anthers 2- 

 celled, oval, cfeUs parallel, separate by an oblong, nearly oblique 

 conneotivum : sterile stamens subulate; hooked, or capitate at the 

 base of the fertile ones, or none : stigma 2-toothed : capsule de- ' 

 pressed and barren frojn the base to the middle, from thence 2- 

 4-seeded : seeds furnished with retinacula, discoid. — Serbs or 

 shrubs, bark Smooth, \ix, ccddui'ed : leaves lar'gd, cuneate-sessile, 

 br attenuated into the petiole : thyrse terminal, sometimes dense, 

 branches short, cymbse (fascicles) opposite, bearinf^ verticils^ 

 sometimes more lax, passing into a simple raceme : bracts am 

 bracteoles small : flowers longish pedic^Ued, scarlets 



