489 



(1) P. tEPTOSTACHYA. (/««.) 



ident. Juss. Ann. Mus. 7. p. 70.— Dec. prod XI. p. 533.— 

 •Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 198. 



Syn. Tortula aspera, Roxh. in Willd. Sp. III. p. 359. — Strep- 

 tium asperum, Roxb. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II. t. 146.— Wight in Hook. Journ. bot. 

 1. t. 130. 



Spec. Char. Perennial : stem and branches puberulous : leaves 

 subcordate', ovate-acuminate^ coarsely crenate-serrate, hispid on both 

 sides, pale beneath : fruit-bearing calyx subglobose, hoary with 

 hooked pubescence : capsules obcordate : flowers small, in terminal 

 racemes, white. 



On oM Walls at Dapoorie. Coromandel. Flowering in the cold 

 Season. 



GENUS II. BOUCliEA, 



Didynainia AnsioBpermia. Sex: SysU 



Gen. Chak. Calyx long-tubular, plicately 5-angled, somewhat 

 (equally 5-toothed, truncated between the teeth : corolla infandi- 

 bular-hypocrateriform : stamens inserted at the throat of the coroUaj 

 four anther-bearing, didynamous, included : anthers sub-didy- 

 mous with contiguous cells, adnate to the dorsal conneetivum. J 

 cells 1-ovuled : style a little thickened upwards : atigma dilated 

 into an oblong somewhat 2-lobed lamina : capsule enclosed by or 

 exceeding the calyx, dicoccous : pericarp hard and dry, filled with 

 seed. 



(i) B. HydrabadeNsis.. ( Walpers.) 



Ident. Walp. Repert. 4. p. 12. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 559. 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1462. 



Spec Char. Suffruticose, sparingly pubescent, branches obso-» 

 letely 4-angIed : leaves ovate-elliptical, cuneately narrowing into 

 the petiole, acutely aAd coarsely serrated, glaucous beneath : spikes . 

 terminal, peduncled : pedicels short, minutely b'racteolate : bracts 

 lanceolato-subulate, margin membranaceous, roughly ciliate, two ot 

 3-times shorter than the calyx : calyx plicately iive-angled, truncated, 

 with five subulate, unequal teeth : corolla large ; capsule the length 

 of the calyx, linear compressed at the apex, smooth. 



Serramallie hills, near Dindigul. Mysore, in shady jungles, 



