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64, SOLANACEJB. 



2. LYCIUM,Linn. 



Spinous shrubs. Leaves small, often fascicled, entire, linear or 

 oblong. Flowers small ; pedicels solitary or fascicled at the nodes. 

 Calyx campanulate, at first 5-merous, then irregularly 3-5-lobed or 

 2-lipped. Corolla funnel-shaped, lobes 5-4, imbricate in bud. Stamens 

 usually unequal, anther-cells dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled ; 

 style filiform, ovules few or many. Berry small, seeds few. 



stamens not exserted , ... 1. i. europoeum. 



Stamens exsextod •.. ... 2. L^harharum* 



(These two species are doubtfully distinct. Fl. Br. I. 1. 241.) 



1. L. europseum, L.; Sibth. Fl. Grsec. t. 236; Fl. Br. I. 4. 240; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 345. Gangro, chirchitta, M. In the dry Deccan districts 

 and Sind, in the plains. Fl. Oct.-Mch. Used as fuel. Fruit edible. 



2. L. barbarum, L. ; Berss. Fl. Orient. lY. 289 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 241 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 345. Fl. Oct.-Mch. Punjab and Sind, 0—3000 ft. alt. 



Order 65. GESNERACE^. 



Herbs or under-shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite, irregular, bracteate, axillary or terminal. Calyx 

 5-divided. Corolla gamopetalous ; tube long or short ; segments 5, 

 imbricate in bud. Stamens on the corolla -tube 5, didynamous, often 2 

 only^ fertile. Disk various. Ovary 1-celled or sub-2-celled ; style 

 linear; stigma capitate or 2-lobed; placentas parietal, bifid; ovules 

 many. Fruit a capsule or berry. Seeds many, minute ; albumen 

 or scanty, 



^SCHYNANTHUS, Jack. 



Epiphytic under-shrubs. Leaves opposite, fleshy, nerves obscure. 

 Calyx truncate, 5-fid. Corolla tubular-ventricose ; limb 2-lipped. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous. Disk annular. Ovary superior, stipitate ; 

 stigma peltate ; placentas deeply inflexed, then recurved, bearing the 

 ovules. Capsule long, linear, loculicidally 2-valved. Seeds many, 

 small, sessile, pendulous, rugose, hairy at the end next the hilum> 

 1 hair at the apex. 



M. Perrottetii, A. DO. Prod. IX. 261; Fl. Br. L 4. 339; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 135. 



Bombay ghats and Neilgherries. On the Konkan and • North Kdnara 

 ghats on trees in the evergreen forests, common on the Nilkund ghdt. Fl. 

 Dec.-Jany. Fr. ripe next cold season. The flowers are ornamental. 



Order 66. BIGNONIACE^. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, 1-2-3-pinnate or simple, exstipulate. 

 Flowers showy, hermaphrodite, irregular, racemose or panicled. Calys 



