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magni, odorati, flavi, vel atropurpurci. Pedunculi leviter angulosi, inrequales, fructi- 
geri (fig. 3.) elongati, quandoque tripollicares. Calyx (fig. 3.) qumqueearinatus, 
infundiliuliformis, utrinque pulverulentus; lac inice ligulatce, erectmscul®, acutae, 
vel obtusae, tubocorolla? parum breviores. Corollce (fig. 4.) lacini® , nunc obovat®, 
parum retus®, tubum mquantes, integerrim® vel (fig. 2.) dentibus copiosis linear i 
bus finibratae. Anthercp ad medium tubi. Stigma iti fauce, leviter ictusmn. Capxula 
(tig. 5. 0. 7.) oblonga, calyce persistente parum brevior, fusca, l®vis, initio parum lari- 
nosa, iiuequaliter detiiscens in valvulas quatuor vel quinque, nunc bidentatas. Bunina 
mi nut a. Placenta (fig. 8.) subcylindrica, elongata, fere sessilis. 
Observation. 
The above description is chiefly taken from the account I have given in Roxburgh's 
Flora Indica. The specimens which I procured from Gossain Than, while I was in 
Nopal, have strengthened me in the opinion, that, notwithstanding the striking differ¬ 
ence observable in some of them, they belong to one and the same species, varying in 
the following respects. The margins of the leaves are more or less revolute, and either 
perfectly entire,or fringed with very numerous, short, cylindric teeth, placed close to 
each other. The flowers arc delightfully fragrant, generally bright yellow, but some¬ 
times of a deep purple color. The margins of the lacini® are either entire, or fringed 
with many unequal, linear teeth. The plant is large and showy ; the fruitbearing stalk 
measures sometimes full two feet in height. The under side of the leaves, the invo- 
lucrum, peduncles, and calyces are covered with much yellow mealiness, as are also 
all the tender parts. 
WULFENIA OBLTQUA, Wall. TAB. 3o. 
Puberula, foliis alternis, ovatis, basi obliquis, altero latere valdd abbreviate, utrin- 
que puberulis; racemis terminalibus, gracilibus, secundis; corollis tubulosis, labio su- 
periore bidentato, inferiore elongato, angustato, obsolete tridentato. 
Legi in sylvis Napali®, florentem et fructigeram sub fine pluviarum. Etiam habui 
c montibus Pundua, Svlhet confinibus. 
Herba carnosa, pallida, pube hyalind, brevissimd conspersa, pedalis, sesquipedalis, 
erecta, subdichotome ramosa, vel fere simplex. Radix fibrosa. Caulis teres, lineatus, 
subdiaphanus, basi pennam cygneam crassus, super insertionem foliorum parum intu- 
mescens, sursum attenuatus et emittens ramos paucos, graciles, alternos, plerumque 
simplices. Folia alterna, rernota, patentia, membranacea et tenuia, brevd petiolata, 
tri- ad quinquepollicaria, oblique ovata, acuminata, integerrima, obscure repandula, 
basi valdt* iuffiqualia : latere altero rotundato, nunc subcordato; altero duplo angustiore, 
plus minusve abbreviato, attenuate, obtuso ; utrinque ad vasa puberula, supra atrovi- 
ridia, lucida, subtus opaca et pallida, nervis valde copiosis, approximatis, parallelis, 
oblique arcuatis, ad marginem usque exeurrentibus, venulosa; siccitute coerulescentia, 
disco interdum rufidulo. Petioli teretes, puberuli, supra plano-suleati. Racemi 
caulis et ramorum terminates, paniculati, oblongi, attenuati, recti, secundi, densiflori, 
digitum longi. Flores (fig. 1. 2.) parvi, adscendentes, secundi, alterni, cylindrici, dilute 
ccerulei, approximati, unguem longi. Pedunculi bilineares, basi bracteold lineari suf- 
fulti, rachisque teretes, puberuli. Calyx (fig. 3.) oblongus, quinquefidus, piiberulus, 
rnembranaeeus ; laci-nice lanccolat®, acuta. 1 , ciliat®. Corolla (fig. 4.) calyce duplo 
longior, glabra, tubo parum incurvo, cylindrico, albicante, limbo parvo, bilabiato, 
fauce nuda, personatd, palato convexo. Labium superius brevissimum, vix lineani 
cmetiens, recurvum, obtuse bidentatum; inferius elongatum, angustum, subtus cou- 
cavum, superiore triplo longius, tridentatum, acutum, dentibus lateralibus minutis, re- 
volutis. Filamentu quatuor infra labium superius tubi medio inserta, capillacea, glabra, 
ditly naina; intermedia duo stcrilia, bre\ issiuia; ant fierce (fig. 5.) pel tat a 1 , subreniformes, 
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