Lepidagathis.] CIX. ACANTHACER. (C. B. Clarke.) 517 
cristata, Wall. Cat. 2421, letter C. L. rupestris, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 229.— 
Malabaria; frequent, Wight, &c.— This form differs from L. Hamiltoniana by its 
mach wider usually ciliate leaves. 
** Spikes mostly axillary scattered. 
4. L. trinervis, Nees Monogr. Lepidag. 21, and in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 
lii. 96, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 254 ; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate entire 
glabrous 3-nerved, bracts ovate or obovate spinose-cuspidate glabrous or 
cobweb-ciliate, corolla white. 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 495. 
Barleria ? trinervis, Wall. Cat. 2500. 
Dry hills of CENTRAL INDIA, alt. 1-2000 ft. ; from Bombay Ghauts, Dalzell, and 
jerat, Stocks, to the Kymore Hills, J. D. H., and Chota Nagpore. SIKKIM 
(probably base of the hills), Herb. Griffith. N.W. HiMALAYA? Herb. Falconer. | 
Rootstock woody; stems numerous, 5-10 in. Leaves li by i-i in., sessile, 
muticous, lineolate above ; midrib beneath distinct, with 2 slender nerves parallel to 
it near the margins. Spikes 3 in., ovoid, often numerous, generally near the base 
of the stems, sometimes all conglomerated into a subradical globe as in L. cristata; 
bracts 2-3 in., nearly half their length occupied by the subsquarrose cusp; bracteoles 
linear-lanceolate, softly membranous. Calyx non-spinescent. Corolla and capsule 
nearly as of L., cristata. . 
Var. asperrima, T. Anders. ms. ; leaves $ by yy in. mucronate very scabrous. 
Lepidagathis sp. n. 21, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T.—Concan ; Stocks.—Stem 6 in., 
ranched, stoutly lignescent ; branches numerous, internodes very short. 
5. L. lutea, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 139 ; leaves linear or linear- 
lanceolate nearly glabrous 3-nerved, outer bracts often stout mE » 
spinous inner much smaller, corolla yellow. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI. 190; 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 495. 
Bombay Gnavms ; Dalzell, Stocks, Law. 
Rootstock woody stews 6-20 in., quadrangular, pubescent or nearly glabrous. 
Caves 2 by 4 in., sessile, minutely hairy above, glabrous beneath. Spi es usu ay 
1-3 together in many of the axils, and also a subradical congested P ik. "i ; inner 
outermost bract of each spike often 1-2 in. with a very stout bayonet-like © derent or 
bracts 4-4 in., membranous, acute or shortly spinescent. Calyx shortly . d epecimens 
mnocuous. Corolla 4 in. (fide Dalzell) ; but appears only à in. in the dried spe > 
much as of L. cristata. 
6. D. spinosa, Wight; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 97, and Monogr. 
Lepidag. 32, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 258; leaves obovate Spinone cont, T. 
mostly entire glabrous, bracts broadly oblong acuminate sat 5497 
"ders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 495. Barleria? spinosa, Wall. Cat. 2497. 
Acanthus mucronatus, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 
CARNATIC and Mysore; Rottler, Wight, Hamilton, &c. i by 1l in. sessile 
Prostrate, much-branched perennial, 6-20 im. Leaves j y *nargins added. 
usually with one spine only at the tip, rarely 1-2 spines on the us P in includ- 
*teads 3-3 in., scattered, ovoid, few-fld.; outer barren bracts nen A its inner 
mg the strong spine, rigid; inner bracts and bracteoles softer ; ca ^" » 
Segments at least) villous muticous. Corolla and capsule as of L. cristata. 
. ees in Wal . As. Rar. iii. 97, and in Monogr. 
Lyle BS eer pA Nees d a 58; leaves ovate spinous-serrato 
glabrous, bracts lanceolate or ovate lanceolate spinous-mucronate, n ens 
Le. t. 456; T' Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 495. Barleria? pungens, 
Vail. Cat. 2498. 
S. Mapras; Rottler, Wight, G. Thomson. 
