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TIE CORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF- INDIA. 
Calyx 
Subconiform iti outline. Cordate bases 
acute, narrow , often spreading. Lobes 
longer than the sinus between the corolla 
lobes. 
Corolla 
Regular, of Jive equal segments, pinkish 
lilac, with ten prominent reddish marTcs, 
two at the base of each lobe. Caudae of 
the lobes usdally conspicuous, twisted 
Limb always Completely patent* 
Stamens 
Combined into a long pointed cone , re- 
maining united when the corolla is split 
open, and impossible to separate even by 
force, always far essserted beyond the 
patent limb. Connectives very much pro- 
duced into very fine flat ligules, which are 
twisted together at the tip. Sack of the 
connectives densely covered with yellowish- 
white felted tomentum composed of short, 
crisped opaque hairs, but no straight hairs. 
Glabrous tips of the connective naked . 
Aestivation 
Contorted, dextrorse. Incipient corolla 
lobes flat, very acute, twisted together with 
the tips of the andreecium. 
Fruit 
£ inch broad, oblong in outline, 
Normal Habitat 
Normally a denizen of the driest and 
stoniest fields and uplands, — a typical 
member of the xerophytic Deccan flora. 
Season 
Almost the whole year ; conspicuous at the 
height of the dry season. 
Calyx 
Ovate in outline. Cordate bases broad » 
obliquely truncate below, never spreading. 
Lobes shorter than the sinus between the 
corolla lobes. 
Corolla 
Irregular, the three dorsal Segments 
smaller than the two ventral , pinkish lilac, 
with two prominent reddish-brown marks , 
representing a glandular thickening of the 
corolla, at the base of the -three dorsal 
lobes. Caudae of the lobes minute or 
absent. Limb not patent, always suberect . 
Stamens 
Merely connivent, but not combined , 
separating at once when the corolla is split 
open, alivays fnclnded within the corolla 
throat. Connectives produced into short 
ligules, which may be very slightly bent at 
the tip but not twisted together. Rack of 
the connectives densely penicillate with 
straight , erect, pure white, opaque hairs, 
which equal or exceed the tips of the con- 
nectives. 
Aestivation 
Contorted, dextrorse. Incipient corolla 
lobes broad, obtuse, plicate. 
Fruit 
£ inch broad, ovoid in outline. 
Normal Habitat 
Normally a denizen of rich (but not 
marshy) ground. 
Season 
Monsoon ; a typical short-lived monsoon 
annual. 
The above are descriptions o£ the normal habit of the two plants. 
There is, however, a form of T. indicum , which, while showing the 
conical felted androecium of that species, shows also the typical leaves 
of T. ample xicaule , distant, large, with no villosity, but with copious 
stiff hairs from white tubercles, and the lower leaves narrowed into a 
short petiole. 
