Seiiecio] LXII. COMPOSIT.E 403 



to J 



escence cottony, 1. ovate-acimiinate from a cordate "base, blade 3-5, jyet 1-2 in. long 

 heads large few in axillary pedunculate corymbfe, invol. bracts 8, white-tomentose, with 

 thin glabrous edges. 



D. ITl. numerous. Erect. 



9. S. densiflorus, Wall. Nepal. Sikkim, 5-7,000 ft. Bhutan. Khasi and Naga hills. 

 Tenasserim. Branches stout, as well as underside of 1. and corymbs clothed with 

 white cotton3^ wool, 1. lanceolate, sharply serrate, blade 5-9, pet. J-l in. long, heads 

 numerous, corymbs usually arranged in a large terminal panicle. 10. S. Nagensium, 

 C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn 8oc. xxv. 39, and 11. S. RhaMos, C. B. Clarke i.e. 40, t. 19, 

 both Naga hills and Manipur. similar to 9. 



Okder TjXIII. — Goodeniacese. ^Sccecola, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 421. Shrubs -with 

 large pith, 1. alternate, stipules 0. Fl. in short axillary cymes, calyx adnate to ovary, 

 lobes 5. Corolla oblique, split to the base on the back, stamens 5, inserted at the base 

 of corolla. Ovary 2-celled, ovules basal, 1 in each cell. Style simple, a cup-shaped 

 indusium, including the stigma. Fr. a drupe, crowned by the enlarged calyx-segments. 

 1. S. Kcenigii, Vahl {K Taccada, Roxb. ; AVight 111. t. 137) ; Bhmlrak, Mar. ; FinJe-fan, 

 Burm. Sand hills near the sea, Sind, both Peninsulas, Andamans, Malay Peninsula, 

 Tonkin. Jnd. Archip. New Guinea. Australia and Polynesia. L. glabrous or silky, 

 obovate, obtuse, 8-8 in., nai*rowed into a short |)etiole. Fl. white or pale lilac, soon 

 turning brown, calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, corolla funnel-shaped, hairy within, 

 tube curved, | in. long, lobes spieading. Drupe white, |-| in. diam., very succulent, 

 stone rough, bony. 2. S. Humieri, Vahl ; Trimen Handbook Ceylon iii. 55 (/V. Lobelia, 

 Linn.; FL Brit. 'ind. iii. 421; 8. u vifer a, Sto(^'ks', "Wight Ic. t. 1613). Sea coast of 

 Sindj the "Western Peniubula and Ceylon. Littoral in the tropics of both hemispheres. 

 L. smaller, calyx-lobes very short, obtuse, drupe purple, resembling a grape berry. 



Ordee LXIV. ERICACEiE (including Vacciniacece, Gen. PL ii. 



564 and Ericacem 577). 



Slirubs, small trees or wiry herbs, 1. simplBj alternate, stipules 0. PL 

 bisexual, 4- or 5-merous, corolla gamopetalous, stamens as a rule twice the 

 number of corolla-lobes, anthers 2-celled, opening at the top by 2 pores or 

 short slits. Ovary inferior or superior, 4-, 5- or many-celled, ovules on an 

 axile placenta, numerous in each ceil. Style slender, stigma entire or minutely 

 lobed. Seeds small, a straight embryo in fleshy albumen. 



Tribe I. Vacciniacem, — Ovary inferior. 



Corolla long and tubular, or canipanulate with long segments, £. corymbose or 

 fascicled. 

 Calyx-limb 5-lobed, tube terete . . . .1. Aoapetes. 

 Calyx4imb 5-lobed, tube 5-ribbed . . . .2. Pentaptebyciium. 



Calyx-limb entire Desmooyne (p. 406), 



Corolla campanulate or ovoid, teeth short. 



Fl. in axillary racemes B. Vaccinium. 



Fl. in corymbs from the old wood .... Coealloboteys (p. 408). 



Tribe II. Mricacem. — Ovary free. 

 Capsule looulicidally 5-valved. 



Calyx succulent in fr., enclosing the capsule. 



Anthers with 2 horns on back . . . .4. Gatjltheeia. 



Anthers without horns 5. PiPi.YC0srA. 



Calyx not altered in fr., fl- solitary or fascicled. 



Ii. small, sessile, appres&ed to stem, imbricate Cassiope (p. 408). 

 L. petioled, approximate at the ends of branches Enkianthus (p. 408). 

 Calyx not altered in fr.^f fl. in racemes. 



Seeds linear-oblong, not fringed , . .6. Pieris. 

 Seeds nearly orbicular, fringed . . . Li^ugothoe (p. 409). 

 Capsule septicidally 5--20-va]ved, fl. showy . . .7. EHonoDENDRoisr. 



In taking this Order in the wider sense, I follow my Flora of North-west and Central 

 India 279, and Drude in Engler u. Prantl iv. 1. 15. Biphjcosla stands intermediate 

 between the genera with superior and those with inferior ovary. 



