500 DE. T. A^'DERSOX OX IXDTAX ACAKTnACE.E. 



2. B. BOERHAAvi^FOLiA, Pers. Sj/Ti. i\. p. 180 ; N. ab E. in Wall PL 

 As, rar. iii. p. 97, et DC, I c. p. 266.— Acanthus Maderaspatcnsis; 

 Linn. Sp. PL p, 639. — A. ciliaris; Burnt. FL Ind. p. 139^ t. 42. 

 Blepharis Abyssinica, Hochst. in Schimp. Iter, Abyss. 247, 1492, et 

 1895. 



Hab. In locis aridis et arcuosls Incline frequeus ; Behar, Hook.JiLl; in 

 planitie Gangetica superiore ad Aloradabad, T. ThomsA; Sahai-uuporC; 

 Roylel; ad Banda, Edgeworlhl; Malabar, Carnatic et Maisor, G. 

 Thomsonl, Stocks \j Law \, Cleghornlj Elliot \j Wight \, Heyne in 

 herb. Wall. 2513!; in Burmah ad Ava et Promc; WalL Cat. 

 2513!, Griffith, n. 6145 !; in Ze}aama, Thvcaites, C. P. 2014! 



Distr, Abyssinia !, Senegauibia !, Guinea ! 



3. B. MoLLUGiNiFOLiA, Pcrs. Syn. ii. p. ISO ; N. ab E. in WalL L c, et 

 DC. L c. p. 266. — Acanthus Maderaspatanus, Linn. MSS. in herb. 

 suOj sednou Sp. Plant. — A. repens Vahly Symb. ii. p. 16. — Blepharis 

 repens; Roth, Nov. Plant. Sp. p. 321. 



Hab. In aridis Indian orientalis a Zeylania usque ad gradum latitudinis 

 borealis 29 ; in planitie Carnatic, Heyne in herb. WalL 2514 !, Cleg- 

 horn ! ; Malabar et Concan, Stocks !, Law ! ; Canara, Law !, Gibson ! ; 

 in India centrali ad Sagor, Vicary ! ; in planitie Gangetica superiore 

 ad Moradabad, Thomson ! ; ad Banda, Edgeivorth ! ; in insula Zey- 

 lania, Thwaites, C. P. 35/6 ! 



Sect. 2. AcANTHODiUM. Rami procumbentes ; flores dense spicati ; 



spicis tetrastachyis, multijloris ; bracteis imbricatis. 



4. B. SiNDiCA, Stocks, MSS. in herb. TH^///.— Acanthodium grossum, 

 Wight, Ic, Plant. Ind. orient, t. 1535 ct 1536, non N. ab E. in DC. 



L c. p. 2/4. 



Hochst. in Kotsch PL Nub. 256, et N. ab E., DC. L c. 

 Hab. In deserto Sindico, Slocksl 



* 



See a note on this species in the ' Journal of the Proceedings 

 of the Linnean Society,' vii. p. 36. 



5. B. EDULis, Pers. Syn. ii. p. 180. — Acanthodium spicatum, DelUe, 



Acan- 



jEgypt 







thus edulis, Vahl, Symb. i. p. 48.— Ruelha persica, Biirm. FL Ind. 



p. 135, t. 42. fig. 1. — Acanthus Dclilii, Spreng. Syst. ii. 819. 

 Hab. In Punjab ad Multan, Edgeivorth I ; Sind et Beloochistan^S/orA'^.; 



Aftghanistan, Griffith ! 

 Distr. Persia ! ; Arabia Felici et Petrrea ! ; Abyssinia ! ; Nnbia • J 



jEgyptus ! 



XXIV. AcAiiTHUs, Linn. 



1. A. CARDUACEUS, Griff. Itin. Notes, p. 144 ; Notul<p/\y. 138 ; Privai^^ j 



Journals, p. 356. " Frutex scandcns, caule robusto ; foliis pinuati- f 



fidis, laciniis lobatis et dentatis, spiuosissimis, atro-viridibus ; spi<^*,^ 



