410 cix. AOANTHAOE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [NomapMla. 



Lamk. III. i. 40 (referred here by Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 722), is an American plant 

 of another genus. 



IX. CAIiOPKANES, B. Bon. 



Perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, petioled, entire. Flowers in axillary 

 clusters or short cymes; bracts and bracteoles narrow. Calyx tubular; 

 teeth 5, subequal, lanceolate or subulate. Corolla tubular, mouth obscurely 

 2-lipped ; lobes 5, obtuse, twisted to the left in bud, patent in flower. Sta- 

 mens 4, perfect, didynamous, filaments glabrous or hairy ; anthers similar, 

 2-celled ; cells oblong, parallel, base minutely mucronate or spurred. Ovary 

 glabrous, shortly stalked ; ovules 2 in each cell ; style linear, hairy, stigma 

 simple linear. Capsule oblong, base for a short space narrowed solid. 

 Seeds 4, orbicular, much compressed, densely elastieally white-hairy when 

 wetted ; retinacula strong, curved. — Species 30, in S.B. Asia, Africa and 

 America. 



* Pedicels hardly any, flowers axillary 2-8 together or solitary. 



1. C. Nag'cbana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 109 ; prostrate, glabrous or 

 hoary, leaves spathulate-elliptic or obovate, flowers clustered, bracteoles 

 small linear, calyx-teeth longer than the tube, filaments glabrous, anther- 

 cells mucronate. C. depressa, T. Anders, in Thwaites Envm. 225, and in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 459. Ruellia Nagchaua, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 2396. 

 R. erecta, Burm. Fl. Ind. 135, t. 41, fig. 8. R. depressa & cernaa, Wall. 

 Cat. 2379, 2380, chiefly. Dipteracanthus Nagchana, Nees in Wall. PI. As. 

 Mar. iii. 82. Dyschoriste depressa & cernua, Neis in I. c. 81, and in BO. 

 Prodr. xi. 106. 



Deccan PEifiNSuiA; Settler, Dr. SAuter, &e. Behaej Patna, Sam., J.D.S. 

 Cetion ; Thwaites. 



Stems 6-18 in., branched, lineolate, sometimes obscurely scabrid. Leaves J-IJ in., 

 obtuse, base attenuate ; petiole 0- 4 in. Bracts small, spathulate-elliptic orO; brac- 

 teoles ^ in. Co?yx lineolate, glabrous or puberulous ; tube ^ in., teeth ^ in. Corolla 

 scarcely so long as the calyx, puberulons, flesh-coloured or blueisb, palate not corru- 

 gate. Filaments connate near the base; anther-oells very shortly but distinctly 

 mucronate. Capsule ^ in. — T. Anderson has not indicated the grounds on which he 

 keeps C. Nagchana and C. depressa distinct; Nees says C. Nagchana differs by 

 having the bracteoles spathulate, which is not the case in his type specimen. In C. 

 Nagchana, where the flowers are clustered, the bracts of the upper flowers are much 

 smaller, the bracteoles 0-^ in., but this is exactly as in Suellia cernua, Wall. 



2. C. littoralis, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 225, and in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 460 ; shrubby, nearly glabrous, leaves small obovate, flowers 

 solitary or 2-3 together axillary, bracteolea elliptic, calyx-teeth shorter 

 than the tube, filaments glabrous, anther-cells mucronate. Justioia madu- 

 rensia, Burm. Fl. Ind. 9, t. 4, fig. 3. Ruellia littoralis, Linn.f. Suppl. 289 ; 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 300 ; Wall. Cat. 2881. Dyschoriste littoralis, Nees in Wall. 

 PI. As. Bar. iii. 81, and in BO. Prodr. ix. 106 ; Wight Ic. t. 447. 



S. Dbccait Peninstoa ; near the sea, Peroitet, JTigM, &e. ; and inland at Coim- 

 batore, Seddome. Cetlon j N. of the island, Gardner. 



Stems 1-3 ft., sometimes woody, much branched, or elongate less stiff; innovations 

 lineolate, sometimes hoary. Leaves i in. diam., obtuse, base cuneate or rounded; 

 petiole 0-i in. Flowers mostly solitary ; bracteoles i in. Calyx densely lineolate, 

 sometimes hoary j tube i in., teeth J in. lanceolate. Corolla f in. and upwards, 

 nearly glabrous, narrowly cylindric below, funnel-shaped upwards. Stamens, ovary, 

 and capsule nearly as in C. Nagchana. 



