510 CIX. ACANTHACEZ, (C. B. Clarke.) [G'ymnostachyum. 
leaves large long-petioled ovate, panicles mostly lateral many-fid., corolla 
lin. Bedd. Ie. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 253. Cryptophragmium latifolium, Dalz. 
in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 137; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI. 185. Phlogacanthus 
latifolius, Wight Ic. t. 1537; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 508. 
CowcAN, CANARA, and MALABAR, JDalzell, Wight, &c.; Bababoodun Hills, 
Wight. 
An undershrub, 3 ft. (Dalzell). Leaves attaining 9 by 5Ẹ in., acute, very sbortly 
acuminate into the petiole, subentire; petiole often 6 in. Panicles chiefly from the 
axils of fallen leaves, 3-5 in.; branches subspicate; flowers solitary or clustered ; 
bracts small, linear. Sepals} in., linear. Corolla puberulous ; limb greenish-yellow. 
Anthers ovate, minutely hairy. Capsule 3 in., very narrow, glabrate, 24-seeded. 
Seeds ovoid, compressed, hairy. 
1l. G. sanguinolentum, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 232, and in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 506; leaves elliptic narrowed at both ends nearly 
glabrous, cymes small axillary short-peduncled few-fld. subglobose some 
what pubescent, corolla $ in. Justicia sanguinolenta, Vahl Symb. ii. 10. 
Cryptophragmium sanguinolentum, Nees in DC. Prodr. xì. 96. C. axillare, 
Nees l. c.; Wight Ic. t. 1496. 
CEYLON ; Champion, Walker, &c. . 
Diffuse; branches nearly glabrous. Leaves 4 by 13 in., entire undulate or irregu- 
larly subdentate, punctate or minutely lineolate above sometimes obscurely scaberulous; 
petiole i-i in. Peduncles }-} in., nearly glabrous; cymes }—1 in. diam.; bracts 
} in., linear; pedicels O-] in. Sepals } in., linear, puberulous. . Corolla pubescent. 
Capsule $ in. 
19. G. tomentosum, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 505; glan- 
dular-tomentose, leaves ovate hirsute on both surfaces, spikes axillary an 
terminal trichotomous, corolla $ in. subcylindric pubescent. 
CENTRAL INDIA ; Beddome (fide T. Anderson). 
A perennial, erect herb, 1-2 ft. Upper leaves 1 by 3 in., sessile, base attenuated, 
undulate, whitened beneath. Spikes dense; flowers pedicelled ; bracts 4 in., linear, 
glandular ciliate. Sepals } in., aristate ciliate. Stamens included ; anther-cells 
equal. Capsule 1 in., linear, many-seeded ; retinacula erect, acute (T. Ander son).— 
Not seen, genus very doubtful. 
13. G. hirsutum, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 233, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 505; leaves broadly elliptic acute or ovate acute at 
both ends hairy on both surfaces, spikes axillary and terminal dense 
lndric hirsute, bracteoles 4 in. linear, corolla ł in. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. 
CEYLON ; Thwaites. , 
Erect, 2-3 ft., glabrous except at the tip. Leaves 8 by 3} in., entire or undulate; 
petiole 2 in. Spikes 1-4 by 1 in., quasi-peduncled, sometimes panicled, resembling 
those of the dense-fid. species of Ebermaiera. Sepals j in., linear, hirsute. Corolla, 
stamens and pistil as of Gymnostachyum (fide Beddome). Capsule 3 in., many- 
seeded. 
XXXI. PHLOGACANTHUS, Nees. 
Shrubs or tall'herbs. Leaves entire, or obscurely crenate. Flowers 
orange red or pink ; thyrses or narrow panicles terminal, rarely racemes or 
cymes axillary; bracts small, bracteoles 0. Caly« deeply 5-fid; segments 
very narrow. Corolla tubular, curved upwards; limb on one side or (not 
very deeply) 2-lipped; segments ovate or oblong, connivent patent or 
recurved, imbricate in bud. Stamens 2, sometimes 2 small rudiments added; 
