374 cvi. GBSNERACB*. (C. B. Clarke.) [Bhynchotechum. 



1 in. Feduncles J-1 in. Sepals J in., narrowly lanceolate, patently hispid like tlie 

 leaves. Flowers and berries as of S. ellipticum, but a little larger. 



4. R. latifolium, H. f. Sf T. ; Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Beng. t. 94 ; 

 leaves oblanceolate or obovate aenminate at both ends subdentioulate mature 

 glabrous above more or less tawny and silkily woolly beneath, cyme 4-6 in. 

 diam. very divaricate compound silkily woolly. Chelono latifolia, Sam. in 

 Serb. Wall. Chiliandra obovata, Griff. Notul. iv. 150, and Ic. PI. Asiat. 

 t. 438. 



Assam, Wallich, Qriffith; Mishmee Hills, Griffith. — Distbib. Ava. 



Stem thick, silkily woolly upwards. Leaves opposite, 8 by' 3 in. (sometimes 

 obovate larger) ; petiole 1 in. JPeduncles 2 in., stout; cyme umbellately decompound, 

 many- (sometimes 150-) fld. -Sepals ^ in., narrowly lanceolate. Corolla hardly 

 longer than the calyx, white with the upper lip purple (Griffith). Serry j in. diam. 

 when dry. 



5. B,. alternifoltuni; ■Clarke ; leaves (except the uppermost pair) 

 alteruatfl elongate elliptic acuminate at both ends denticulate md.ture nearly 

 glabrous except the nerves, cymes peduncled compound tawny silky. — 

 Corisanthera i3p.. Griff, ms. 



Uppee Assam ; Brahmakoond, Griffith. 



Stem upwards (with the innov.^tions) cinnamoneons^ silkily woolly. Leaves of the 

 uppermost pair one 7J by 2J in., the other 2| by f in.; petiole 1 J in. Peduncles 

 1 in. ; inflorescence much as of S. latifolium, but less divaricate. Corolla distinctly 

 2-lipped, upper lip longer less deeply divided. Anthers largeish, dehiscent on the 

 inner face, minutely glandular at the apex, slits early confluent at the apex. Style 

 very long. — This species (with some other Malay plants) entirely annuls the simple 

 distinction given in the Gen. Plant, between Mhynchotechum and Isanthera of " leaves 

 opposite " and " leaves alternate ;" except for the alternate leaves and peduncles it 

 is altogether a Mhynchotechmn. 



6. n. calycinum, Clarke; glabrate in fruit, leaves elongate-elliptic 

 nearly entire, cymes short-ped«ncled very dense, sepals lanceolate pro- 

 minent. 



TJppEB Assam ? ; "on the Soondra bank." 



Stem very thick. Leaves all opposite, 10 by SJ in., narrowed at both ends, sub- 

 coriaceeras, not seen young J petiole 2 in. Peduncles 1 in., 2-5 -clustered ; cymes in 

 fruit subcapitate, very many-fld., glabrate ; bracts i in., oblong. Sepals \ in. Corolla 

 not seen. Berry small, glabrous. 



XXV. CYRTilLNDVA, Forst. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, equal or unequal, or one of each pair 

 rudimentary or wanting. Flowers in cymes or heads, peduncled or sessile, 

 axillary ; bracts often large or connate into an involucre. Calyx free, ovoid 

 or tubular, diciduous or persistent; teeth 5, acute. Corolla tubular- 

 funnel-shaped; lobes 5, round, spreading, subequal (in the Indian species). 

 Stamens 2 perfect, 2 or 3 rudimentary ; anthers included (in ' the 

 Indian species) 2-cened ; cells broad-oblong, subparallel, slits longitudinal. 

 Bisc annular, or (in non-Indian species) unilateral subquadrate. Ovary 

 superior ; style long or short, stigma shortly 2-lobed ; placentse nearly 

 meeting, then revolute. Berry fleshy, ovoid oblong or linear, usually 

 white. Seeds -veTj many, minute, ellipsoid, smooth, testa obscurely reticu- 

 lated.— Species 160, Malayan and Polynesian, from Penang to the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



