Gymaria.] cxii. LABiATiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 705 



'_ 1. C. dichotoma, Senth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 64, Lab. 705, and 

 in BC. Trod/r. xa. 603; branches petioles cymes and leaves beneath finely 

 pubescent, leaves ovate or rhomboid subacute faintly crenate, cymes axillary 

 long-peduncled lax-fld. Wall. Oat. 2080. 



Bttbma ; at Taong-dong, Wallieh. 



Stem terete, woody 5 branches strict, slender, obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 3-4 by 

 li-2 in., membranous, base cuneate; petiole \-\ in. Peduncle i-2 in., slender. 

 Calyx ^ in., teeth triangular acute, as long as the tube. Corolla minute, tube hardly 

 exserted. Stamens included. Nutlets j'j in. 



2. C. elong'ata, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 64, Lah. 706, and in 

 BC. Prodr. xii. 603 ; branches petioles leaves beneath and cymes densely 

 tomentose, leaves subsessile ovate obtuse subcrenate, cymes short-pedunoled 

 dense-fld. in a long terminal leafy raceme. Wall. Cat. 2079. 

 ' Buema ; at Taong-dong, Wallieh. 



Branches long, robust. Leaves 1 J-3 in., thick, finely tomentose above. Peduncle 

 \-^ in., and pedicels stout. Calyx ^ in., as in C. dichotoma, but tomentose. Nutlets 

 i^, in., obovoid. 



Okdeb CXIII. PX.ANTA&ZNEJ9E:. 



Scapigeroua herbs. Leaves usually radical. Scapes axillary. Flowers 

 small, greenish, spicate, often dimorphic. Sepals 4, imbricate in bud, per- 

 sistent. Corolla hypogynous, salver-shaped, scarious ; lobes 4, imbricate in 

 bud. Stamens 4, inserted on the corolla-tube ; filaments capillary, inflexed 

 in bud, persistent ; anthers large, pendulous, versatile. Ovary free, 2-4- 

 celled ; style filiform with 2 lines t>i stigmfitio hairs ; ovules 1 basal in 

 each cell, or several peltately attached to the septum. Capsule 1-4-celled, 

 oireumsciss, membranous, 1- or more-seeded, septum free. Seed usually 

 peltate, testa thin, mucilaginous, albumen fleshy; embryo cylindric, trans- 

 verse, radicle inferior. — Genera 3, species about 50. — The above character 

 does not include the anomalous monotypic genera Littorella and Bougueria. 



Flantagro, Linn. 

 Characters of the Order. 



Sect. 1. Euplantag'o, Boiss. Leaves all radical. 

 * Corolla glabrous. Capsule ^-celled, cells 4<-8-seeded. Seeds angular. 



1. P. major, Linn. ; perennial, leaves petioled oblong or oblong-ovate 

 subentire or toothed 3-7-ribbed, scape short, spike verjr long and slender. 

 Boiss. M. Orient, iv. 878; Bene, in BC. Prodr. xii. 1, 696; Tfiwaites 

 Bnum. 245. P. erosa, Wall, in Boxb. El. Ind., Ed. Ca/rey Sf Wall. i. 423, 

 and Cat. 6412 ; Bon Prodr. 77 ; Bone. I. c. P. asiatica, Linn. Sp. PI. 163 ; 

 Bene. I. c. 695 ; Wight III. t. 177. P. longisoapa, Jaequem. mss.' 



Tembebate and Alpine Himalaya ; from Peshawur and Kashmir to Bhotan, 

 alt. 2-8000 ft., and Westekn Tibet, alt. 10-12,000 ft. Assam, Griffith. Khasia 

 Mis., alt 4-5000 ft. Bitema and Malacca, Griffith. Sinsapobe or Penano, 

 if^alker. Bombay, Stoclks. Nilo-hiri Hills, Foulhes, &c. Cetlon; higher 

 parts of the island, ^aZier, &c.— Distbib. Malay Islands ; Aifghanistan and west- 

 wards to the Atlantic ; wild or introduced, in these and many other countries. 



Glabrous or hairy ; rootstock stout, truncate. Leaves 2-5 in., variable in breadth, 

 toothing irregular ; petiole sometimes 4 in. Spike 3-6 in. j flowers scattered or 

 crowded; bracts equalling the calyx. Sepals glabrous, ^ in. long, margins broadlj 

 scarious, obtusely keeled. Filaments short. • Seeds very minute, black. 

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