Acanthus.] CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 481 
1 by $ in. oblong, two $ by ys in. Corolla and stamens as in A. ilicifolius, the 
curving of the top of the filament insisted on by Kurz being the same as in the other 
species of Acanthus, and without the excurrent point of Blepharis. Capsule not 
Seen, 
4. A. ilicifolius, Linn.; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 548; leaves shortly 
petioled oblong or elliptic toothed or pinnatifid spinous rigid glabrous, 
spikes elongate often interrupted, bracteoles broadly lanceolate glabrous, 
calyx $ in. corolla 14 in. blue. Burm. Fl. Ind. 138; Blume Bijd. 806; 
Wall. Cat. 2511; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 32; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 
901; Kurz For. Fl.ii.241. A. Doloarius, Blanco Fl. Filip. 487. Dilivaria 
ilicifolia, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 98, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 268; 
ight Ic. t. 459; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 192.— Rheede Hort. Mal. ii. 
Sea-coast, from MALABAR to CEYLON, and from the Soonderbund to Malacca.— 
DisTnrIE. Malaya to the Philippines and Australia. . 
Stems 1-5 ft., in clumps, little divided, terete, glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2} in. ; 
petiole ł in., base usually spinous. Spikes 4-16 in., terminal, commonly solitary ; 
flowers mostly opposite; bract 4-3 in. ovate, acute, glabrous; bracteoles 1—j in. 
Sepals, 2 outer elliptic rounded, 2 inner broadly lanceolate subacute. Corolla pubes- 
cent within. Capsule 1} by Zin. Seeds }-} ìn., testa white very Jax. . 
_ Var. integrifolia, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 232; leaves lanceolate entire 
tip acute spinous.—Ceylon ; Thwaites. 
5. A. ebracteatus, Vahl Symb. ii. 75, t. 40; leaves shortly petioled 
oblong or elliptic toothed or pinnatifid spinous rigid glabrous, spikes elon- 
gate somewhat lax, bracts caducous, bracteoles obsolete, calyx  in., corolla 
iin. white. Blume Bid. 806; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 501; 
Kurz For. Fl. ii. 949. A. ilicifolius, Zour. Fl. Cochinch. 375, not of Lina. ; 
Wall. Cat. 2511, E and part D. Dilivaria ebracteata, Pers. Syn. ii. 179; 
Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 98, and Cat. 7169, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 269. 
— Rumph. Amb. vi. t. 71, fig. 1. 
MALACCA ; Griffith, Maingay. ANDAMANS; ex Kurz.—DiSTRIB. Siam, Java, 
In China. 
Stems and leaves of A. ilicifolius; base of petiole spinous or not. Bracts i in., 
usually caducous before the flowers expand. Capsule 3 in.—Seems to differ from A. 
ilicifolius by the much smaller calyx, corolla and capsule. Vahl puts the difference too 
strongly when he says the flowers are only one quarter the size. Bentham (Fl. 
Austral. iv. 548) doubts the distinctness of the species. Herbarium examples of A. 
ilicifolius with the flowers in bud, which show neither the evanescence of the bracts 
er the true size of the corolla, can only be distinguished by the presence of the 
racteoles, 
9. A. volubilis, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 56, t. 172; twining, unarmed, 
leaves oblong or elliptic entire glabrous, spikes linear-oblong, bracteoles 0, 
corolla white. 7' Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 501; Aurz For. FI. ii. 
242. Dilivaria volubilis, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 98; Griff. Notul. 
7-138. D. scandens, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 269. 
Sea-shores of the Marar PENINSULA; Soonderbund, Wallich, &c.; Pegu, 
Kurz; Meroy; - : 
SJ Mergui, Griffith. —DisTRIP. Siam. . . 
"hs ems twining 1 long grass, internodes often 4-8 in. Leaves 3} by EM 
m tea or subacute, base attenuated ; petiole j in. Spikes rid ay uter 
Pted ; flowers sub-2-seriate ; bracts 3 in., elliptic, acute. Corolla 1 in., white, 
Segments elliptic i imilar, much shorter. , 
i A ; acute, glabrous; inner similar, I The syn. of 
Revtly. tinged yellow (Wallich), probably when fading ; = C Nes ) has alternate 
Umphius (Herd. Amb. vi t, 71, fig. 2, wrongly cited as t. 
ves and fruits quite unlike Acanthacee. . 
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