547 



Spec. Char. Glabrous : stem ascending, branched : leaves in 

 fours, sometimes in fives or sixes, lanceolate-linear, dilated at the 

 base, almost quite entire ; floral ones lanceolate, exceeding the flow- 

 ers : spikes long : teeth. of the pubescent calyX. rather obtuse, sub- 

 erect. 



Bengal. Silhet. Assam. 



(13) D. TETRAPHYLLA. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. Vol. IV. & t. 1444. 



Spec. Char. Densely pilose : stem ascending, simple or spar-- 

 ingly branched: leaves in fours, sessile, linear-subulate, entire, re- 

 volute at the margin ; floral ones lanceblate-spathulate, pubescents 

 about the length of the flowers : spikes elongated : calyx pubescenta 

 ^eeth short, pointed : filaments long, the exserted part bearded. 



Malabar ? 



GENUS XIII. COLEBROOKiA: 



iDidytianiia AiigfiAspermia. Sex.- Sysh 



Deriv. In honour of H. t, Colehrooke, an Accomplished 

 Botanist. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx campanulate, 5-partite, plumose, pappose 

 when ripe, adhering' to the nuts : corolla tube equalling the 

 calyx, limb very short, 4-cleft, upper lobe emarginate : stamena 

 4, equal, distant : anthers orbiculate : cells confluent irlto onej 

 valves reflexed : style deeply 2 cleft, lobes subulate. 



(1) C. i'ERNiFbLiA. (Roxh.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XII. i$. 159.— Dalz. Bomb, floir. p. 209. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. III. t. 245. 



Spec Char. Small shrub : leaves oblong-elliptic, narrow at 

 both ends, serrulate, softly pubescent above, tomentose beneath, 

 with the branches and spikes verticUled in threes ; very dense : 

 flowers Very minute, white. 



Common on the Ghauts. Mysore. Flowering in February and 

 March. 



GENUS XIV. BLSHOLZIA, 

 Didynamia Cyinnoa|iei>ntia. Sex: Systi 

 i)eriv. In honor of /. P. Elshokj a Prussian Botanist^ 



