5f3 



tiogyhous [in Plumbago seated on the very bottom of the coroIlW 

 but not truly hypogynous], in the polypetalous rising from the' 

 petals : ovary superior composed of 5 (or 3 or 4) valvate carpels, 

 1-celled, 1-seeded i ovule anatropal, pendulous from the point 

 of an umbilical cord arising from the bottom of the cavity : 

 styles 5 ! seldom 3 or 4 : stigmas the same number : fruit a 

 nearly indehiscent utricle : seed inverted Avith a rather small 

 quantity of mealy albumen : testa sim^ple : embryo straight : 

 radicle superior. 



"GENUS I. ^GIAMTiS. 



l^entandi'ia Pentagynia. Sex: Sysd 



Deriv. Prom the Greek adjective, Aigialos', on the shore ; aL 

 lading to the habitat of the species. 



Gen. Ghab. Calyx tubular, herbaceo-coriaoeous, 5-angled, rib- 

 bed, very narrowly plioato-membranaoeous between the ribs, 

 shortly 5-toothed at the apex - petals fiVe, obldng-linear, sub- 

 coriaceous, connate at the base round the ovary into a short 

 nrceolus somewhat, pointed at the point of connexion : stamens 

 five, perigynoas, connate at the base of the petals, connected 

 and afterwards free : anthers adnate to the filament by the base : 

 ovary linear-pentagonal : styles distinct : stigmas capitate : cap- 

 sule coriaceous, somewhat angularly cylindric, without valves^ 

 broken at the apex by the germinating seed. 



(!) M. ANNULATA. '( R. Br.) 



Var. rotundifolia,; 



Ident. R. Br. prod, p. 426.— Dec. prod. XII. p. 621.— Roxb.' 

 flor. Ind. n. p. 111. 



Spec. Char. Undershrub : stems ringed with the scars of tha 

 fallen petioles : leaves approximated at the upper part of the branch- 

 es, ovate, quite entire, rounded at the base, long-petioled, petioles^ 

 slightly auricled above, dilated below into a long amplexical sheath : 

 spikes terminal, paniculately branched, scarcely exceeding the 

 leaves, rachis flexuose pointed : flowers alternate, remotish, appressed 

 to the rachis, short peduncled between the bracts and pointed in the 

 persistent peduncle, largish, pale-yellow or white : bracts oblongJ 

 obtuse, concave, outer one longer and twice as broad. 



Shores of the Soonderbuns. 



