562. CXI. VBBBBNACE*. (C. B. Clarke.) [Phryma. 



rounded patent lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers ronnd. Ovary 

 oblong, oblique ; ovule 1, erect," attacbed on one side near the base ; style 

 linear; stigma shortly nneqijally 2-lobed. Utricle membranous, enclosed 

 in the refleied calyx ; radicle superior, cotyledons convolute. 



P. leptostachya, Linn. ; Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 620 ; leaves ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate thinly pubescent, peduncles terminal and from the upper; 

 axils. Gaertn. i^Varf. i. 363,- 1. ^S; fig. 10; LamJc. HI. t. 516; Wall. Cat. 

 2088 ; Schnizl. Ic. Fam. Nat. t. 150 a ; Walp. Rep. iv. 36. 



W. Himalaya, alt. 3-7000 ft.; from Kashmir to Nepal frequent, WalUch, Sogle, 

 &c. Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft., ■ S. f. 4" ^-^ &c.— Distbib. Amnrland and 

 Japan, Temp. N. America. 



Height 1-2 ft. Leaves 2-4 in. ; petiole i-lj in. Spikes 6-15 in. ; flowers alter- 

 nate. Calyx-tube J in. ; nerves 15,. in 5 groups of 3 ; teeth ^ in. with purplish 

 books. Corolla ^-^ in.., pink or pale purple. Calyx in fruit defiexed and appressedto 

 the rachis. Utricle ^ in., oblong.. 



n. IiAITTANA, Linn. 



Eambling shrubs,, pubescent or scabrous ;. branches tetragonous, some- 

 times prickly. Leaves simple, petioled, crenate, often rugose. Spikes 

 peduncled, capitate, ovoid or cylmdric ; bracts conspicuous,, exceeding the 

 calyx ; bracteoles 0. Calyx small, membranotis, truncate or sinuate-toothed. 

 Corolla-tube slender, cylindric ; lobes 47-5, spreading. Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mouSj included ; anthers broadly oblong. Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled ; style 

 short, stigma oblique suboapitate. Drupe fleshy or nearly dry, containing 

 2 bony, l-celled pyi-enes. Seed without albumen ; radicle inferior. — Species 

 40, tropical or subtropical, mostly American. 



L. Cama/ra, Linn. (Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi.. 598 ; L. acnleata, Linn.; Roxh. 

 Sort. Seng. 46. ? L. mixta, Linn., in Tliwaites Enum. 242), an American plant, has 

 run wild in India, especially in the W.. Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. It is readily 

 recognized by the numerous recurved prickles on the branches. 



1. Xi. Indica, Soxh. Sort.. Beng. 46,. and Fl. Ind. iii. 89 ; leaves ovate 

 or lanceolate softly hairy above,, bracts ovate or elliptic acuminate softly 

 loosely hairy. Wall. Cat. 1823, type sheet a, b; Wight HI. t. 173 b, fig. 8, 

 and Ic. t. 1464. L. latifolia, Tausch in Flora 1836, 391. L. dubia. Wall. 

 Cat. 1821, 2 and C not 1 ; Boyle III. 300, t. 73, fig. 2. L. collina, Deene. in 

 Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 136, t. 141. L. alba, Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 606; 

 Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 198; Brandis For. Fl. 369 ; Kurz Fcrr. Fl. ii. 253; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 532, not of Miller, Dene., nor Link. 



Throughout India and Cetion in the warmer parts, common ; on the river- 

 banks of Bengal one of the commonest weeds. — Disteib. Beloochistan, Trop. Africa. 



A shrub, 3-8 ft. high ; branches long, rambling, appressedly scabrid-pubescent, or 

 towards the tips patently densely fulvous-hairy. Leaves 1-3 in., opposite or ternate, 

 tip not rounded, rugose, above softly hairy, beneath more densely often woolly some- 

 times white-woolly ; petiole i in. Peduncles numerous, axillary 1-3 in., usually 

 opposite ; heads ovoid, usually i-| in., sometimes in fruit 2-3 in. long, cylindric ; 

 bracts ^ in., upper smaller, ovate or even cordate in the typical form, but varying 

 to lanceolate. Calyx less than -^ in., hairy. Corolla ^ in., hairy, mouth J in. diam., 

 usually pink, the tube yellowish, varying from dull purple to white. Drupe i^ in. 

 diam., purple. « 



Vae. albiflora, Wight ms.; leaves small obtuse, outer bracts ovate minutely 

 closely pubescent. L. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 2655. Lintana n. 1, Serb. Ind. Or. 

 S.f. & r.— S. Madras, in or near the hills ; Pulney Mts. and Courtallum, Wight, 

 &c. — Leaves i-| in. Corolla J in. diam. Drwpe ^ in. diam. 



