498 CAMPANVLACB^, [Wahlenbebgia. 



sharply toothed along the upper half. Pedicels mostly equalling the 

 leaves. Corolla ^^ in., pale-blue or white. The 3 upper anthers naked 

 at the tip. Ca'psule ^-| in., triangular at the base and tapering to the 

 pedicel. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, not trigonous. 

 Dehra Dun (Gamble). Flowers during the rainy season. DisTRIB. 

 W. Himalaya from Chamba eastwards to Sikkim and Bhutan up to 

 6,000 ft., Konkan, Deccan, Parasnath and Burma ; also in Java, and 

 Abyssinia. 



2. WAHLENBERGIA, Sohrad. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 429. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate or opposite 

 Peduncles terminal or leaf-opposed, panicled. Calyx superior, limb 

 5-partite. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, sometimes to the base. 

 Stamens free from the corolla ; filaments often dilated near the 

 base ; anthers oblono-, free. Ovary turbinate, 2-3-celled. Style 

 cylindric ; stigma (in the Indian species) of 3 narrow lobes.. Capsule 

 erect, 2-3-celled, loculicidally 2-3-valved within the persistent calyx- 

 teeth. — Species about 80, chiefly in the S. Hemisphere, a few tropical 

 and one European. 



W. gracilis, Schrad. Blumenh.p. 38; F. B. I, iii, 429; Collett Fl. Siml. 

 290; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 74. Campanula dehiscens, Boxh. Fl, Ind. i, 504. 



A perennial herb, 6-18 in. high. Stems erect or decumbent, simple or 

 divaricately branched from the base, glabrous or hairy below. 

 Leaves sessile, ^-2| in. long, linear to obovate-oblong, more or less 

 toothed, margins often thickened or undulate. Flowers in lax cymose 

 panicles ; pedicels long and slender; upper bracts linear, acute. 

 Calyx 4-| in. long, tube turbinate ; lobes linear from a triangular base, 

 erect in fruit, persistent. Corolla g-| in., campanulate, blue, deeply 

 divided into broad oblong lobes. Capsule ^-| in. long, tapering into the 

 pedicel. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, smooth. 



A common weed. Disteib. Throughout India and in Ceylon, ascending 

 to 7,000 ft. on the Himalaya ; also in China, Australia, N. Zealand, and 

 S. Africa. 



3. SPHENOCLEA, Gffirtn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 437. 



An erect annual. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, entire. Spikes 

 lateral and terminal, peduncled, cylindric, dense-flowered, apex 

 conical. Flowers small, sessile ; bracteate and 2-braoteolate. Calyx 

 ^-inferior; limb 5-fid, segments ovate. Corolla campanulate, 

 epigynous, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, on the corolla* alternate with its 

 segments, filaments shorty linear, anthers ovate. Osary at first 



