Artanema.] cm. soEOPH0LARiNEiE. (J, D. Hooker.) 275 



ii. 71. Diceros longifolius, Pers. Syn. ii. 164 ; Blvme Bijd. 751 ; Wall. Cat. 

 3884— iJAeerfe Sort. Mai. ix. t. 87. 



Deocan PeninsttiiA J on the west side, from the Concau southwards. Maiat 

 PBtriHSTTlAj from Tenasserim southwards. Cetlon; common, ascending to 3000 ft. 

 — DiSTBiB,. Sumatra, Java, Philippine Islands, Borneo ; Tropical Africa ? 



A tall herb, 2-3 ft., Iparingly branched. Leaves Z-4i in., acuminate, entire or 

 serrate. Pedicels equalling or exceeding the calyx, which varies from J-J in. long. 

 Corolla lilac. Capsule i-J in. diam. — A tropical Eastern African plant from Zanzibar 

 seems the same, except that the upper leaves are more amplexicaul. A Western African 

 plant more similar in the leaves has crimson flowers. 



2. A. ang'ustifollum, Senth. Scroph. Ind. 39, and in DC. Prodr. x. 

 408 ; leaves sessile narrowly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, corolla J— | in. 

 long, tube narrow. Diceros angustifolins. Wall. Cat. 3885. 



SlNOAPOEBj Wallich, Cammg. 



Very near to A. sesamoides, but the leaves are much narrower, the pedicels usually 

 shorter, and flowers much smaller. 



22. CUXtAMeA, Juss. 



Diffuse or creeping ierbs. Leaves opposite, ovate, crenate. Flowers in 

 short terminal or pseudo-axillary racemes; pedicels opposite, bracteate, 

 ebracteolate. Sepals 4, spreading, npper and lower very large, much 

 enlarged in fruit, lateral small, narrow. Corolla-tube short, upper lip 

 broad, arched, notched ; lower longer, spreading, 3-fid. Stamens, 2 upper 

 perfect, included ; anthers cohering, cells divaricate ; staminodes 2, clavate. 

 Stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule orbicular, included in the much enlarged calyx, 

 septicidaJ, valves separating from the broad placentiferous axis. Seeds 

 numerous, rugose. — Species 2, Indian and Malayan. 



C. amara^ Juss. in Ann. Mus. ix. 320; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 408. 

 Caranga amara, FaAZ Symh. i. 100. Gratiola amara, Roxb. Fl. Ind., and-E't^. 

 Wall. Sc Carey, i. 136. Herpestis amara, Benth., Scroph. Ind. 30. Syn- 

 jhillium torenioides. Griff, in Madr. Journ. Nat. So. iv. 1, 1. 11. Tristeria 

 assamica. Griff. Notul. iv. 111. — Bumph. Herb. Amb. v. 1. 170, f. 1. 



SlKKiM HiMAlATA, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. Assam and Mishmi, Gfriffith. 

 ■Cachab, Keenan. Chitta&ons, Clarice. Tbnasseeim; at Mergui, Q-riffith. — 

 DiBTBiB. Borneo, Philippine Islands, Amboyna, 



Annual, glabrous. Sranohes slender, straggling, divaricate, rooting at the lower 

 nodes, 2-3 ft. long. Leaves 2-2^ in., obtuse or acute; petiole J in., slender. Ita- 

 ■clsmes short, few-fld. ; pedicels J-J in. Calgx in flower | in., in fruit J in.; outer sepals 

 broadly ovate-cordate, membranous, reticulate. Corolla red-brown. Capsnle J in. 

 -diam., compressed. — Poliage very bitter. 



23. TORENXA, Linn. 



Glabrous or pubescent herbs. Leaves opposite, entire crenate or serrate. 

 Flowers axillary or in terminal or pseudo-axillary umbels or racemes; 

 pedicels pbracteolate. Calyx tubular, 3-5-winged or plaited or keeled, 

 ■2-lipped, or 3-5-toothed. Corolla-tube cylindric, dilated above ; upper lip 

 erect, concave, notched or 2-fid ; lower larger, spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens, 

 4 perfect, 2 upper included, 2 lower appendaged at the base and conniving 

 under liie upper lip ;' anthers touching or cohering in pairs, cells often con- 

 jfluent. Stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule linear or oblong, included, septicidal ; 

 valves separating from the flat placentiferous axis. Seed^ numerous, rugose 



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