Curdanthera. | CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 405 
ciliate-pubescent. Sepals wider upwards.—Scarcely specifically separable from 
C. balsamica. 
5. C. triflora, Ham. mss. ; Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1074; pubescent, leaves 
ovate or round crenate-serrate, flowers mostly in axillary whorls, sepals 
equalling the bracts linear. Ruellia triflora, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 46, and 
Fl. Ind. iii. 52. Adenosma triflora, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 79, and 
in DC. Prodr. xi. 68; Wall. Cat. 7147; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
ix. 454. 
On the margin of water; BENGAL, very common. AssaM, PEGU and SINGA- 
PORE. 
Annual, decumbent, rooting at the base, 1 foot. Lower leaves often pinnatifid, in 
water large, pectinate, membranous ; cauline 3-1 in. diam., tip rounded, base cuneate 
or subpetioled, somewhat closely sharply toothed. Flowers 1-3-nate; bracts nearly 
3 in., obovate, sometimes toothed ; bracteoles 4 in., oblong. Sepals hairy, one longer 
than the others, very acute. Corolla 4-4 in. Anthers nearly equal. Capsule 
3-4 in., pubescent. 
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6. C. avana, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1074; subhirsute, leaves sessile 
oblong dentate, base obtuse, spikes elongate interrupted, flowers solitary, 
sepals exceeding the bracts linear. Pedicularis ? avana, Wall. Cat. 1007; 
Benth. Scroph. Ind. 59. Synnema avanum, Benth. in DC. Prodr, x. 538. 
Adenosma biplicata, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 79, and in DC. Prodr. 
xi. 68; Wall. Cat. 7146; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 454. 
Burma; Wallich, M*Lelland, &c.—Dr1sTRIB. Ava. 
An annual weed, 1 foot, decumbent, rooting in mud, branches erect or procum- 
bent. Lower leaves usually pinnatifid; upper 1-14 in., obtuse, base often subquad- 
rate, with many patent white hairs. Spikes 1-5 in., weak ; bract }-}1n., narrowly 
elliptic; bracteoles lin. narrowly oblong, obtuse. Sepals } in. and upwards, white- 
hirsute. Corolla 4-3 in., pubescent without, purple. Anthers nearly equal. Cap- 
sule 3 in., puberulous. 
7. C. pinnatifida, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1074; dusky pubescent, 
leaves petioled oblong or elliptic pinnatifid or crenate, flowers solitary 
axillary or in lax spikes, sepals linear slightly wider upwards sometimes 
toothed. Nomaphila pinnatifida, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 38; Dalz. 
& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 184; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 843. Adenosma pinnatifidum, T. 
Anders, in Journ, Linn. Soc. ix. 455; Bedd. Ie. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 246. 
W. Deccan PENINSULA; Concan and Canara, Dalzell, Beddome, &c.; Manga- 
lore, Wight, 
Biennial; branches 1-2 ft. Leaves 2-4in., deeply pinnatifid; lobes numerous, 
oblique, oblong; or smaller, or 3 in. and crenate on the same plant, cuneate or 
Spathulate, more or less petioled. Spikes 1-4 in., terminal, weak, hardly interrupted, 
Many-fld. ; or more commonly flowers few, distant, solitary, sometimes on very short 
axillary branches appearing pedicelled; bracts } in., elliptic ; bracteoles } in., oblong. 
Sepals 4 in, Corolla } in. Anthers subequal; cells parallel, base not divari- 
cate nor cordate. Capsule nearly j in., glabrous. 
Subgenus 2. Plesianthera. Stamens 2, fertile. Flowers solitary, 
on alternate axils. Seeds densely elastically hairy. 
8. C. Thwaitesii, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1075; pubescent, leaves 
"pathulate-oblong entire, flowers small subsessile in lax compound c mes. 
zenosma Thwaitesii, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 224, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soc, ix, 455, 
CzYrow; Batticaloa, in the tropical region, Thwaites. 
