LX VIII. SCROLHtTLARlACE^E 
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14. HEMIPH&AGMA. From the Greek hemi, hall and 
phragma, a partition ; referring to the valves of the capsule.— 
Himalaya, China. — A single species. 
Hemiphragma heterophyllum, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 289 
A hairy herb; stems several, slender, prostrate. Leaves of 
two forms : opposite, shortly stalked, cordate, orbicular i-f in. 
across crenate, on the main stems ; and tufted, sessile, linear’ 
less than 2 m., acute, on the branches. Flowers pink, ^ in. 
diam., solitary, axillary, usually sessile in the leaf-tufts on the 
branches, sometimes stalked in the axils of the stem-leaves 
Calyx o-parted ; segments narrow. Corolla-tube short ; limb 5- 
lobed, spreading, lobes broad, nearly equal. Stamens 4, equal ; 
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