344 cvi. GESNEEACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Lysionotus. 



the middle, straight, 2-lipped; lower lip with 2 folds within. Stamens 

 2 perfect (2 or 3 rudimentary), subincladed; filaments flattened, bent; 

 anthers connivent, connective with an oblong process. Disc annnlar. 

 Ovary superior, stipitate, linear; style as long as the stamens, stigma shortly 

 2-lobed ; placentae deeply inflexed, then recurved and ovuliferous. Capsule 

 linear, in the following year splitting loculicidally to the base into 2 ' (ulti- 

 mately 2-partite) valves. Seeds small, oblong, smooth, with a hair at the 

 apex, pendent bya f anicle which when detached resembles the apical hair. — 

 Species 3, in N. India, China and Japan. 



1. Ii. serrata, D. Don in Edinh. Phil. Joum. vii. 85, and Prodr. 124; 

 leaves elliptic acuminate crenate-serrate or lanceolate herbaceous sinuate, 

 sepals narrowly lanceolate thin. Bot. Mag. t. 6588. L. ternifolia. Wall. 

 PI. As. Rar. ii. 20, t. 118; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 264; Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. 

 Peng. t. 52. Calosacme polycarpa. Wall. Cat. 804. 



SuBTBOPiCAL Himalaya, alt. 2-7000 ft. ; from Kamaon to Bhotan, common, 

 Wallich, &c. Assam and Khasia Mts., alt. 1^,000 ft., common. 



Stem 12 in., branched. Leaves often ternate, 6 by 2 in., from narrow-lanceolate 

 to elliptic, closely serrate nearly to the base or sinuate ; nerves prominent, oblique ; 

 petiole J in. Peduncles often 4 in.; bracts \m., ovate; pedicels ^ J in. Sepals 

 i in., in young fruit often enlarged ^-J in. and somewhat connate at the base. Corolla 

 1 in., deep purple or paler, or white with purplish veins. Capsule 2—4 in. 



2. Xi. conferta, Clarke; branches long, leaves elliptic acuminate 

 subentire very coriaceous, ^sohynanthus conferta, Oriff. Priv. Joum. 

 p. 63, name only. 



S.E. Assam ; Patkoye Mts., Griffith (Kew JDistrib. n. 3819). 



Sranches 18 in. and more, straight, undivided. Leaves ternate, entire, minutely 

 crenate towards the apex ; nerves obscure, at right angles to the midrib. Pedurtcles 

 and capsules nearly as of L. serrata ; remains of the calyx somewhat coriaceous. 

 Flowers not seen. — This may be a var. of i. serrata, but no form of this is known 

 with similarly elongate branches and coriaceous leaves. 



III. XiOXOSTXaniA, Clarke. 



An undershrub, often rooting near the base; branches long. Leaves 

 opposite, often unequal, serrate, pilose. Cymes peduncled, lax, many-fld. ; 

 bracts and bracteoles small. Sepals 5, lanceolate. Corolla tubular, intlated 

 above the base, straight, yellow ; lobes 5, spreading. Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, included ; anthers 2-celled, connivent in pairs ; connective not excur- 

 reut ; cells elliptic, subparallel. Ovary shortly stalked, linear, glabrous ; 

 stigma unilateral, obscurely bifid ; placentae deeply inflexed, bifid, revolute. 

 Capsule linear, loculicidal for its whole length ; placentae revolute covering 

 the seeds. Seeds pendulous, funicle capillary with a single hair at the 

 apex. 



Ii. Griffithii, Clarke; leaves elliptic subfalcate acuminate serrate, 

 sepals oblong acute green sometimes denticulate. Didymocarpus Griffithii, 

 Wight III. ii. 182, t. 159, bad. Diohrotricham Grif&thii, Clarke Comm. Sr 

 Cyrt. Peng. t. 51. Chirita Griffithii, ITerb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



Subteopical Himaiaya, alt. 3-6000 ft. ; from Sikkim to Mishmee, frequent, 

 Griffith, Sook.f., &c. Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft., Griffith, S.f. Sf T. 



Thinly pubescent. Leaves opposite, often unequal, 7 by 3 in., base acute or unequally 

 rhomboid ; petiole \-\\ in., often unequal. Pedunoles 2-4 in. ; bracts i in., narrow ; 

 pedicels \-X in. Sepals i in. Corolla \^ by \ in., minutely hairy. Anthers eonni- 



