nel-shaped, limb 5-lobed, unequal, two upper segments larger,
ascending : stamens four, didynamous, not exserted . anthers at
first cordate, afterwards half-oval, cells antrorsely parallel, con-
tignous : stigma subulate, retrorsely hooked at the upper base :
ovary 4.ovuled from the base to the middle: ovules orbiculate,
subfended with thick retinacula : capsule oblong, a little depress-
ed on the back, 2-celled from the base, 4-seeded in the middle,
seeds furnished with retinacula.—Herbs : flowers arranged in a
terminal panicle, trichotomous and interwoven with small leaves,
secund, a small branchlet being opposite to the panicle: pedicels
slender from the axils of the floral leaflets: bracteoles when the
calyx is very unequal none, when equal two, narrow, adnate ta
the base of the calyx : corolla showy, blue: fruit pendulous.
(1) L. Wanxerr. (Nees.)


Ident. Dee. prod, XI. p. 170.
Engrav. Wight’s Ieon. t. 1507.
spec. Cuar. Panicle densely glanduloso-villous: lobes of the
perianth linear-filiform, the upper one a little longer: cauline leaves
oval-oblong, pubescent beneath: floral ones, at least the primaries,
ovate, acuminate, small: upper branches hairy, leaves acuminate or
eaudato-cuspidate ; segments of the calyx narrow, very villous, the
upper one longer, straight: corolla cylindrical, ventricose, lobes of
the limb sub-Yepand, dark pink, or purplish-coloured.
Neilgherries, flowering in February and March.
(2) L. atatus. (R. W.)


Ident. Wight’s Icon. vol. IV. & t. 1527.
Spec. Cuar. Shrubby; panicles racemose, numerous on the
naked branches, or in single axillary racemes on the leafy branchlets :
leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, entire, decurrent on the petidle, am-
plexicaul, glabrous: peduncles, bracts and calyx thickly beset with
long bristly hairs: lobes of the calyx linear obtuse, much longer
than the bracteoles : longer filaments hairy.
Coors,


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GENUS XXX. GOLDFUSSIA.
