DE. T. ANDEESOX ON I^'DIAN ACANTIIACE^. 501 



axlllaribus et termmalibus; illis loiige pedunculatis; pedalibus, tetra- 

 stachyisj erectis ; bracteis ovatis; subreflexis^ spiuoso-dentatis, margine 

 lunato-ciliatis^ floribus albis; bracteis lanceolatis etiam lanatis." 



Hab, In montibus Bhotan ad Bhoomlungtun et Oongar^ Griffith, 



n. 688 ! 



Planta praiconspicua; in rupibus scandeus.'* 



In a note Griffith says, "used to feed black cattle/? This is 

 ^^'lthout doubt the most iuterestiug of all the Indian Acanihacece. 

 It is a true typical Acanthus^ of the same series as the Medi- 

 terranean species^ which have no representatives in Asia nearer 

 j^hotan than Daluiria. A, carduaceiis is also very local in its dis- 

 tribution, having been found nowhere to the west of Bhotan ; and, 

 indeed, Grriffith met with it only twice, and remarks that at 

 pougar it has a very restricted range in latitude. With the 

 exception o^ Acantlms voluhilis of the estuaries of the Ganges 

 and some Burmese rivers, and of course the suborder Thun- 

 lergidece^ this is the only scandent Acanthaceous plant known. 



2. A. LEucosTACHYUs, Wall. Cat. 2512; N. ab E. in Wall. PI. As. 

 rar. iii. p. 98, et DC. I c, p. 270. 



Hab. In Assam ad Gowbatty, Masters], Jenkins], Simonsl; in mon- 

 tibus Khasia, ad alt, 1000-4000 ped., TFalL 25121, Hook.Jil. et T. 

 Thorns. U Griffith ! 



3. A, iLiciFOLius, Linn, Sp. PI. p. 639. — Dilivaiia ilicifolia, Juss. 

 Gen, Plant, p. 115, et N. ab E. in Wall h c. p. 98, et DC. I c. p. 268. 



Hab. In littoribus salsis tropicis frequentissimus in India a littore au- 

 straU Zeylanise usque ad a^stuarium Gangeticura ; atque in sestuariis 

 Birmaunicis et Malayanis, Heywe in herb. WalL25\\\, Roxburgh], 

 Griffith], Law], Cleghorn], Falconer], Hook. fL et T. Thorns. I, 

 Thwaites, C. P. 201/!; — in horto bolanico Calcutt. indigenus et 

 cultus ! 



Distr. Per totum archii)elagum Malayanura et insulas Moluccas et Phi- 

 lippinas; China, ad Hongkong; ad littora Australia: et Africic tro- 

 pica:. 



4. A. EBRACTEATUS, Vahl, Symb. ii. p. 7^, t. 40.— Dilivaria ebracteata, 

 Pers. Syn. ii. p. 1/9; N. ab E. in Wall I. c. p. 98, et DC. I c. 



p. 269. 

 Hab. In a^stuario Chappcdoug, Wall. Cat. 7159!; in peninsula Ma- 



lavana ad Malacca et Penan^jr, Wall. Cat. sub numero 2511 ! et 71691 

 Distr. Java !; Moluccas. 



5. A. voLUBiLis, Wall. PI As. rar. ii. p. 56, t, 172. 



ana scan 



dens, N. ab E., DC. /, c. p. 269. 

 Hab. In Kstuariis Gangeticis et fluininuni Birmanniconim et Malay- 



anorum, Wallich], Falconer], Griffith !, R. Scott I 

 Distr. Java !; Moluccas I 



