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Spec. Chab. Stems scapose, procumbent, spreEiding, somewliait 

 branched and, 'with the s&aths and under siuface of the leaves, 

 more or less floccoBe ; radical leaves linear, obtuse, villously ciliated, 

 stem leaves smaller: spikes terminal, secund, aggregated, few- 

 flowered : bracts falcate : . calyx woolly;, filaments densely bearded ; 

 ovary pilose : style bearded, 



Neilgherries, 6,000 feet; flowering all the year,. 



(9) C. LONorPOLiA. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vi. t. 2084. 



Spec. Chap,. Leaves radical, ensiform, pubescently cUiate on the 

 margin : stems scapose, branched, with a viUons line decurrent from 

 the sheaths : floriferous branches axillary, solitary or aggregated, 

 from the loose sheathing axils of large common bracts : spikes 

 lateral and terminal, imbricated ; when lateral furnished with a 

 common bract ; partial bracts falcate, viUoso-ciliate : calyeine lobes 

 of the perianth lanceolate acute, pubescent, limb of the petaloid 

 ones broad obovate, glabrous : filaments long slender, flexuose, 

 densely bearded near the apex : style length of the stamens, 

 glabrous : stigma clavate : capsule small, not half the length of the 

 calyx, sub-globose, pilose on the apex, 3-ceUed: cells 2-seeded: 

 seed angular, depressed punctuate., 



Bolamputty Hills, near Coimbatore ; flowering in November 

 and December. 



(10) C- LANCEOIAIA. (B. W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c t. 2085. 



Spec. Chae. Stems at first procumbent, ,afterwards ascending 

 or erect, round, aucculent : leaves shortly succulent, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, slightly villous beneath, ciliate: a line of hairs decurrent 

 from the sheaths, few-flowered : bracts lanceolate acute : calyeine 

 lobes lanceolate, acute : petals scarcely connate, obovate obtuse, 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx : filaments filiform, bearded above the 

 middle : style filQbrm : sfigma simple : capsule obovate, pubescent 

 on the apex, much shorter than the sepals, 3-ceUed ; cells 2-seeded : 

 seed somewhat corrugated. 



Eastern Slopes of the Neilgherries, floweijng in .October and 

 November. 



(11) C. HOSEA. /B. W.J 



Idmt. Wight 1. c. t. .2086. 



Spec. Chau. Stems procumbent, rooting at the lower joints, 

 afterwards ascending, succulent, floccosely wooUy : leaves sessile on 



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