Epithema.] ovi. GESNEEACEis. (C. B. Clarke.) 369 



scarcely ^ in. Capsule broadly oblong, subobtnse, early dehiscent from the apex^ into 

 4 obtuse vavles, very nearly as in Saeiia. 



XIX. EPXTKEDXA, Blume. 



Small, succulent, pubescent' herbs. Leaves few or solitary, lower alter- 

 nate, upper often opposite. Peduncles 1 or several, in the upper axils, free 

 or confluent with tie petiole or leaf-base ; bract large, solitary, 1-sided, 

 hooded or subspathaceous ; flowers in a dense scorpioid raceme ; bracteoles 

 small, narrow. Calyx campanalate ; lobes 5, acute, valvate in bud. Corolla 

 small, tubular, 2-lipped, blue or white ; lobes 5, not very unequal. Stamens 

 2 perfect; anthers cohering, 2-celled; colls short, divaricate, early con- 

 fluent. Owary ovoid; disci-sided; style filiform, stigma small subcapitates 

 placentEe stalked, peltate, bearing ovules on all sides. Capsule globose, 

 membranous, included, oircumsoiss. Seeds oblong or ellipsoid, subacute at 

 both ends, smooth ; cells of the testa elongate, often spiral. — Species 6 (or 1), 

 from India to the Philippines, with 1 at Fernando Po. 



IS. carnosum, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 57 ; lower leaf petioled 

 upper opposite nearly sessile sinuate-crenate thinly pubescent, bract rarely 

 hooded, ovary densely pubescent at the apex, seeds narrowly oblong, cells of 

 the testa nearly straight. DC. Prodr. ix. 278; Clarice Comm. Sc Ci/rt. 

 Beng. t. 90. Aikinia carnosa, O. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 665. — Epithema P, 

 Wall. Cat. 9080. 



E. SUBTEOPICAL Himalaya, alt.'l-6000 ft., from iNeoal to Bhotan, common; 

 WalUch, &c. Khasia Mts., alt. 500-4000 ft., frequent ; H.f. ^ T., &c. 



Stem J-14 in. Leaves ^8 in., ovate- cordate, sparsely laxly villous above, paler 

 nearly glabrous beneath except on the nerves; petiole of the alternate leaf often 

 2-4 in., of the subsessile leaves rarely ^ in. Feduncles ^-4 in., free or racemosely 

 (not fasciculately) confluent with the petiole or leaf-base ; bract ^-| in., truncate ; 

 pedicels 0-Jin.; raceme subincluded in the bract or not; bracteoles minute, linear. 

 CWya: |-^ in., hairy ; lobes lanceolate or triangular with a linear point. Corolla 

 i-J in., with a ring of hairs within ; lobes of the upper lip lanceolate, acute. Capsule 

 1^2 in. diam. 



Vae. dentata ; leaves denticulate or sometimes subacutely doubly serrate. — Pegu 

 and Tenasserim ; Attaran, JSrandis ; Moulmein, Parish, &c. 



Vae. hispida ; leaves serrulate almost hispid above, seeds broadly oblong. E. 

 cejlanicum, Wight III. 1. 159 bis, fig. 3, and le. t. 1354; Dalz. Sf Qibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 135. — S. Deccan Peninsula; Courtallum, Wight; Nilgherries, Thomson; Concan, 

 Dalzell, &c. 



Vae. zeylaniea ; calyx larger, seeds twice as heavy as those of .B. carnosum type. 

 E. zeylanica, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Mist. vi. 492. E. carnosum, Thwaites 

 Etmm. 208. — Ceylon; in the Central Province up to 4000 ft., common ; Gardner, 

 ka. •■ 



Vae. pusilla ; small, nearly glabrous, calyx and ovary nearly glabrous, seeds 

 spirally marked by the long celU of the testa. — Bombay ? ; Stocks. 



Succulent herbs ; stem simple, having one leaf and several peduncles 

 at the apex. Leaf large, sessile, cordate-ovate, entire. Racemes lax or 

 dense, simple or divided ; bract ; bracteoles minute. Sepals small, round- 

 ovate, imbricate in bud. Corolla small ; tube cylindrio or short ; limb 

 2-lipped, lobes 5. Stamens 4, perfect, filaments short ; anthers adherent. 

 Disc annular. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; style short, linear, stigma sub- 



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