Onosma.] c. boeaginej;. (C. B. Clarke.) 179 



without, a ring of hairs at the base within, purple (?). Anthers included, filaments 

 linear. iTutUts J in., acute. 



5. O. blcolor, Wail. Cat. 939 ; hispid, cauline leaves spathulate-oblong 

 uppennost elliptic sessile, racemes small divided, calyx-lobes \ in. lanceolate, 

 corolla i in. tubular purple, nutlets obscurely minutely rough. Maharanga 

 bicolor, A. DC. Frodr. x. 71. 



Cekteal and Eastebn Himaiaya ; Nepal, WalUch ; Sikkim at Lachen, alt. 

 10,000 ft.; J.D.H. 



Stems 12-18 in,, suberect, patently hispid. Cauline leaves 2| by J in., subobtuse, 

 much narrowed at the base, hispid with tubercle-based hairs above, whiter more 

 silky beneath. Cymes 1-2 in. ; bracts J in., linear ; pedicels | in. Calyx-tube ^ in. 

 Corolla i-^ in. diam., hairy without, purple.. Anthers included ; filaments linear not 

 dilated downwards. Nutlets -^ in., ovoid, scarcely acute. 



Sect. 2. Maharang'a'- Calyx-tube distinct, widened in &uit. Corolla 

 ventricose, distinctly narrowed at the mouth. Filaments very much dilated 

 dovsmwards. 



6. O. Emodi, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 8r Wall. ii. 11, not Wall. 

 Cat. ; hispid, leaves oblanceolate, calyx-lobes a little shorter than the corolla- 

 tube, in fruit spreading broad-lanceolate. 0. vestitum, Wall. Cat. 937. Maha- 

 ranga Emodi, A. DC. Prodr. x. 71. 



Alpine Hutat.aya, alt. 10-13,000 ft.; G-urwhal, Strachey ^ Winterbottom ; Nepal, 

 WdUich ; Sikkim, frequent. 



SteTiis 6-18 in., suberect, patently hairy. Ca/idine leaves attaining 6 by | in., 

 subobtuse, hispid on both surfaces; uppermost 2 in., elliptic, sessile. Flowers capitate 

 or in fruit cymose ; bracts ^ in., narrowly lanceolate ; pedicels 0-J In. Calyx ^ in. 

 diam. in fruit, lobes hardly twice as long as the tube, with long white hairs within. 

 Corolla ^ in., minutely hairy, purple. Anthers included. Style exsert. Nutlets ^ in., 

 murieate, tubercular. 



7. O. Wallicliianum, JBenth in Gen. PI. ii. 864 ; hispid, leaves spathu- 

 late lanceolate, calyx less than half the length of the corolla, lobes in fruit acutely 

 lanceolate from a triangular base. 0. Emodi, Wall. Cat. 940. Maharanga 

 WaUichiana, A. DC. Prodr. x. 71. 



Nbpai,; WaUich. 



This is perhaps as WaUich estimated it, a mere form of 0. Emodi, which is a very 

 variable plant. Corolla, stamens, filaments and nutlets are the same. 



Orme 01. CONVOZiVUIiACEH:. (By 0. B. Clarke.) 



Herbs or shrubs, often twining, very rarely trees. Leaves alternate, exstipu- 

 late, in Cvscuta 0. Cymes 1- or more-flowered; bracteate. Flowers regular, 

 hermaphrodite, often showy, 6- (rarely 4-) merous. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, 

 persistent, sometimes much enlarged in fruit. Corolla canrpanulate or funnel- 

 shaped, rarely subrotate ; limb shortly or deeply lobed, often 5-plaited in the 

 bud. Stamens 5, on the corolkt-tube ; anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Ovary supesior, often surrounded by an annular disc, of 2 carpels, 2-celled or 

 by false dissepiments 4-celIed ; style 1 rarely 2, stigma capitate 2-iobed, or 2- 

 branched ; ovules 2 in each carpel, sessile, erect, anatropous. Fruit indehiscent, 

 or 2-4-valved or circumsciss or breaking up irregularly, 4^2 rarely 1-seeded. 

 Seeds erect, albumen or scanty ; cotyledons generally plaited, rarely flat ; 

 radicle next the Mlum. — Species 800, more abundant in warm regions. 



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