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drooping : sepals and petals about equal, orbicular : filament of tbe 

 petaline stamen longer than the- others, at length spirally convolute: 

 anthers all similar : style short, stigma simple : capsule obsoletely 

 3 -angled, seed reticulate on the back. 



Western slopes of the N eUgherries. 



(3) D. PEOTENsim. f R.W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 2071. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, pubescent : leaves vaginate, sessile, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate : sheaths loose, sub-truncated, cUiated, and lite the 

 upper surface of the leaves, sprinkled with bristly hairs : panicles 

 axillary and terminal, long-peduncled : flowers pedicelled, 2 — 3 

 aggregated in the axUs of cucullate bracts : sepals and petals about 

 equal, shorter than the stamens : filaments filiform : anther of the 

 petaline stamen larger : two sterile stamens : style filiform, stigma 

 capitate : capsule pedicelled, hispid, unequal-sided. 



Courtallum. 



GEimS VIII. HETEE0CAEPU8. 



Hexandria Monog'yiila. Sex: Syst. 



Gen. Chae. Flowers irregular: perianth 6-parted: 3 outer 

 lobes calycine, 3 inner ones petaloid: anterior calycine lobes 

 obovate, obtuse, connate to near the apex, much larger than the 

 posterior : anterior petaloid lobe sub-sessile, obovate, spathulate, 

 lateral ones unguiculate : stamens 6, filaments glabrous : 3 anterior 

 anthers pollen-beaiiiig, the middle one somewhat deformed, 3 

 posterior ones sterile : ovary 3-cened, two posterior cells minute, 

 empty, afterwards changing into a rigid curved podocarp, anterior 

 larger 1-ovuled: capsule 1 -celled, attached by a groove on the back 

 to the podocarp, indehiscent : seed one, oval : embryo lateral. — 

 Diffuse, herbaceous branched plants : leaves sheathing, entire : 

 peduncles springing from the sheaths, filiform, forked at the apex 

 within the spathe : posterior branch much longer, exserted, bearing 

 on the point a single male flower : anterior enclosed, recurved, 

 4 — 5 -flowered: spathes cordate, acuminate, folded, sub-coriaceous, 

 ciliated: flowers yellow. 



(1) H. HEESUIUS. f B.W.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vi. t. 2067. 



Spec. Chae. Diffuse : everywhere pilose, especially on the 

 ?heaths and under surfaces of the leaves : sheaths long : leaves 

 inear-lanceolate, acute : spathe long acuminate, ciliate at the base. 



Keilgherries, flowering in August and September. 



