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3. WENDLANDIA. In honour of J. C. Wendland, a German 
botanical author, at 'the beginning of the nineteenth century. — 
Tropical Asia. 
Wendlandia exserta, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 37. A small 
tree ; young shoots grey-tomentose. Leaves opposite, stalked, 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-9 in. ; upper surface pubescent, 
lower grey-tomentose ; stipules ovate, recurved, persistent. 
Flowers numerous, small, fragrant, white, in large, tomentose, 
spreading, terminal panicles Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla salver- 
shaped, 5-lobed ; lobes long, reflexed. Stamens 5, filaments pro- 
truding. Ovary 2-celled ; style protruding, stigma 2-branched ; 
ovules numerous in each cell. Capsule tomentose, globose, 
2-valved ; seeds many, minute. 
Sutlej valley, Subathoo ; March, April — Throughout India as far west as 
the Chenab, ascending to 4000 ft. 
Fig. 70. Argostemma verticillatum. 
4. ARGOSTEMMA. From the Greek argos, white, and stemma. 
a wreath ; referring to the inflorescence. — Warm valleys in moun- 
tainous regions of Asia. 
Argostemma verticillatum, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 43. A 
delicate, nearly glabrous herb ; stems slender, erect, 2-6 in. 
Leaves 4, sessile in a terminal whorl, unequal, lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, 1-4 in., lower surface pale ; stipules minute. Flowers 
i in. diam., shining, white, in terminal umbels. Calyx 5-toothed. 
Corolla rotate, 5-parted ; segments acute, spreading. Stamens 5, 
anthers oblong, erect, dehiscing by terminal pores. Ovary 2- 
celled ; style slender, stigma capitate ; ovules many in each cell. 
