Cyrtandromoea.] cvi. GBSNERAOEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 371 



3. C. cymulosa, ClarJce ; leaves elliptic acuminate petkiled, cymes 

 small 1-5-fld. subsessile, calyx nearly glabrous, capsule breaking up irregu- 

 larly. 



Tbnasseeim ! at Mergui, Griffith, Selfer (Kew Distrib. n. 3827). 



Leaves 8 by 3 J in., nearly glabrous, narrowed at the base j nerves 10 pair ; petiole 

 ^1 in. Cymes scarcely | in., appearing sessile on weak axillary spurs, plubesoent. Other- 

 wise as C decurrens, from which it di&rs in the petioled, much leas-nerved leaves. 



4. C. grandiflora, Clarke-^ leaves petioled elliptic acuminate, 

 peduncles 1-2-fld'. with the pedicels nearly 1 in., flowering calyx f in. 

 minutely pubescent. 



Tenassbkim ; at Moulmein, Loll. 



Branch terete, shortly fulvous-pubescent. Leases 6 by 2 in., both ends much 

 acuminate, serrate, minutely pubescent; nerves 9 pair; petiole | in. Oorolla 2^ in. 

 Capsule (and fruit-calyx) as of 0. decurrens, not perfectly ripe> so that it is not 

 certain whether it opens by valves. 



XXII. STAVRANTKERA, Benth. 



Low, succulent, pubescent herbs. Leaves alternate, or opposite one of 

 each pair reduced to a small auricle, falcate, elliptic, acuminalte, very 

 nneqaal-sided. Cymes pedunoled, lax, subracemose ; bracts small. Calyx 

 wide-campanulate; lobes 5, wide-spreading, subplicate. Cbralla campauu- 

 late, spurred or gibbous at the base, somewhat 2-lipped ; lobes 5, subequal. 

 Stamens 4 perfect, filaments short ; anthers 2-celled, cohering crosswise into 

 a depressed cone ; cells diverging at the base, dehiscing on the inner face by 

 slits ultimately confluent at the apex. Disc 0. Ovary sessile, subglobose ; 

 style short, stigma broad, margin sublobed ; placentae deeply inflexed, bifid, 

 branches lobed, bearing ovules on both sides. Capsule depressed-globose, 

 overtopped by the calyx, papery, transversely or irregularly breaking up. 

 iSeeds minute, obovoid, smooth ; testa reticulated, cells often spiral. — Species 

 4, from Assam and Chittagong to Java and Celelaes. 



1. S. umbrosa, Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Seng. t. 89 ; leaves alternate, 

 corolla j-J in. gibbous not spurred at the base. Oyananthus umbrosa, 

 Uriff. Notul. iv. 164, and Ic. PI. Ind, Or. t. 437. 



Upper Assam ; Gubroo Hills, Q-rifUh (Kew Distrib. n. 3845). — Disteib. Ava. 



Stem 4-12 in., occasionally branched, dusky-pubescent. Leaves attaining 8 by 3 

 in., obscurely crenate, glabrate above, fuscous-pubescent (at least on the nerves) 

 beneath j petiole ^— i in. Peduncles J-1 J in. ; cymes 2-3 in., dnsky-pubescent ; 

 pedicels J— i in. Calyx J-J in. diam., lobed half-way down ; lobes triangular. Corolla 

 white, with blue marks, yellow near the base within. Ovary pubescent. Capsule 

 circumsciss nearthe base \Ch-iffith) ; placentae fuugose (0-riffllh), but are in the dried 

 state thin. 



2. S. grandiflora, Senth. Sci'oph. Ind. 57 (by misprint grandifolia) ; 

 leaves opposite, corolla 1 in. spurred at the base. S. grandifolia, Br. in 

 Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. 121 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 278; Bot. Mag. t. 5409 ; Clarke 

 Cumm. Sf Cyrt, Beng. t. 89 bis. Glossanthus grandiflorus, Benth. in Wall. 

 Cat. 6395. 



PENAira ; WalUch. Chittaoono Hills ; Clarke. MouLMElir ; Parish. 



Stem 4-12 in., dusky-pubescent. Leaves attaining 10 -by 4J in., obscurely 



toothed, mature nearly glabrate except on the nerves beneath ; petiole ^-I in. In- 



Jlorescence and calyx nearly as in S. umbrosa. Corolla blue, with yellow marks in 



the tube within ; spur i in. Ooary thinly pubescent or glabrous. Cavsule ^ In. 



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