Lepidagathis.] CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 519 
12. L. cuspidata, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 97, and Monogr. 
Lepidag. 31, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 258; leaves elliptic or ovate attenuate 
at both ends puberulous, spikes dense or very lax pubescent, bracts ovate 
cuspidate 3-nerved. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 495; Bedd. Ic. Pi. 
Ind. Or. t. 227. Ruellia cuspidata, Wall. Cat. 2405. 
TROPICAL INDIA; extending from W. Himalaya, Falconer, Edgeworth, to Coore, 
Rottler, and MALABAR from the plains nearly to the top of the Ghauts. 
Shrubby ; stems 1-21 ft., erect or diffuse, glabrous or pubescent towards the 
apex. Leaves of the main stem 4} by 1j in., muticous; petiole 4-}in.; on the 
lateral flowering branches the leaves are mostly 1 in., sessile, mucronate. Spikes 
1 in., dense, or 6 in. lax with the flowers in distinct opposite pairs; bracts $ by 4 in. 
Calyx V in., 5-partite. Corolla scarcely } in., whiteish with purple spots. Capsule 
4-seeded. 
13. L. calycina, Hochst.; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 252; leaves petioled 
oblong entire nearly glabrous, spikes numerous small ovoid sparingly scabrid 
puberulous, bracts obovate 3-nerved aristate not spinescent. T. Anders. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 496; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 525.  L. strobilifera, Stocks 
in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 177. 
ScINDE ; Stocks.—DisTRIB. Beloochistan, Abyssinia, . 
A small, erect, rigid, much-branched undershrub. Leaves 1} by 4 in., lineolate, 
obscurely ciliate-pubescent ; petiole 11 in. Heads } iu., appearing sessile often 
conglomerate; bracts 3 by 4 in., scarious, 3-5 nerved, scabrid-puberulous on the nerves ; 
bracteoles 4 in., linear, ciliate. Calyx 4-partite; 2 outer segments j—3 in. broad, 
scarious, nerved, one bifid half-way down; 2 inner segments 1-3 in., linear. Corolla 
2 in., white, lower lip purple-spotted. Capsule nearly 3 in., 4-seeded. 
14. L. chlorostachya, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 256; leaves large 
petioled elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes axillary oblong 
dense ciliate scarcely pubescent, bracts and bracteoles narrowly lanceolate 
mucronate scarcely spinescent. 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. ix. 496. 
Mzxzovr; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6141). . . . 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves 64 by 1} in., entire membranous ; petiole j-1 in. Spikes 
2 by 4 in., subsessile, mostly solitary in each axil sometimes 2 together, erect, 1-sided 
or subsymmetric; bracts } by jj in., white ciliate, subsymmetric or in the 1-sided 
spikes faleate; bracteoles similar rather smaller. Calyx 5-partite ; segments linear- 
lanceolate, nearly similar. Corolla } in. and stamens as of L. hyalina. Capsule 
oblong, 4-seeded. 
. 15. L. subuninervia, Clarke; spikes linear-oblong pubescent, bracts 
linear-lanceolate sub-1-nerved ciliate mucronate. Neuravanthus subuniner- 
vus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 95. 
Prome HILLS; Kurz. . 
The fragment on which Kurz founded this species is the leafless base of a 
stem, whence arise 2 erect spikes, very similar to those of L. chlorostachya, but 
Pubescent as well as ciliate, and the bracts rather smaller. Stamens 4; anthers all 
2-celled, cells superposed ; filaments slightly bearded at the apex. Style glabrous, 
stigma small minutely bitid.—The stamens and bracts are not those of a Neuracanthus ; 
and the fragmentary solitary specimen is so like L. chlorostachya that it might be 
merely a burnt-down hill specimen of it. 
16. &. pur lis. Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 96, and Monogr. 
Lepidus. oP anl in ieee. xi. 257; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 
pubescent, spikes axillary sessile solitary or clustered oblong hairy, bracts 
nceolate or ovate-lanceolate mucronate striate, calyx sub-5-partite one 
Segment broad the other 4 very narrow. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 
