520 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Lepidagathis, 
496. L. striata, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 96, and Monogr. Lepidag. 
26, and in DC. Prod». xi. 257, and in Wall. Cat. 7165. Ruellia mucronata, 
Wall. Cat. 2366, sheets B, 8, (. 
SUBTROPICAL W. HIMALAYA; Hooshianpur, Aitchison; Hurdwar, Wallich ; 
Kumaon, Strachey § Winterbottom. CnorA NagPonRE; Parasnath, Edgeworth; 
Rajmah), Watt. Prome HILLS; Wallich. . 
Stems herbaceous, 8-24 in., suberect or diffuse, glabrous or hairy, often purple. 
Leaves 1-5 in., sometimes in unequal pairs; larger attenuate at both ends. glabrate, 
smaller subovate more pubescent. Spikes 4-1} in., dense; bracts j by & in.; brac- 
teoles 4 in., linear-faleate. Large sepal 4-4 by 1 in.; 2 next j in., linear- 
lanceolate, 2 inner linear. Corolla and capsule as of L. hyalina, from which this 
species differs very little. 
17. b. dulcis, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 96, aud Monogr. 
Lepidag. 30, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 257, and in Wall. Cat. 7167; leaves 
petioled elliptic narrowed at both ends pubescent on the nerves beneath, 
spikes axillary ovoid or somewhat elongate hairy, bracts elliptic scarious, 
calyx sub-5-partite, outer segment broad. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
ix. 496. Ruellia dulcis, Wall. Cat. 7167. 
Prome Hiris; Wallich. Peau; Kurz. 
Annual stems 6-12 in., subundivided, flexuose, in appearance procumbent, some- 
what pubescent. Leaves 34 by 14 in., undulate, soon glabrate above ; petiole i-i m. 
Spikes 1 by à in. mostly solitary opposite, l-sided ; bracts j by 4 in. somewhat 
obovate, apiculate not spinescent, nerved, scarious, ciliate; bracteoles similar, but 
rather smaller, subfaleate. Outer sepal nearly } by ł in., obovate, nerved, scarious, 
ciliate ; 2 next } by 2 in. falcate, 2 inner } in. linear. Corolla à in. (Nees). Capsule 
exceeding 4 in., 4-seeded. 
18. L. scariosa, Nees in Wall. Pi. As. Rar. ii. 95, and Monogr. 
Lepidag.15, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 251; leaves petioled ovate furfuraceous- 
pubescent, spikes mostly terminal ovoid dense, bracts narrowly obovate 
mucronate, outer calyx-segment large obovate scarious. Wight Ic. t. 497; 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 497. L. terminalis, Hochst.; Nees n 
DC. Prodr. xi. 251. Ruellia scariosa, Wall. Cat. 2354. 
E Deccan PENINSULA; Coimbatore, Wight; S. Canara, Beddome.— DISTRIP. 
Abyssinia. 
h small undershrub; branches numerous, much-divided, stellately woolly o 
glahrate. Leaves 2 by 1] in., hardly acute, undulate ; petiole 0—4 in. Spikes 1 in. 
diam., solitary or 2-3, conglomerate, all at the tips of the branches; bracts g In^ 
ciliate, scariose ; bracteoles } in., nearly linear. Calyx } in., sub-5-partite ; outen 
segment ł in. broad; 2 next j, in. broad, 2 innermost linear. Corolla j in. an 
upwards, Capsule } in., 4-seeded.—T. Anderson, as well as Nees, keeps Z. terminalis 
distinct; but the only difference is that the corolla in Z. terminalis is $ in., whereas 
in L. scariosa it must not exceed 3 in. 
19. L. simplex, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 497 ; leaves sessile 
narrowly oblong glabrous, spikes terminal solitary ovoid or ellipsoid, bracts 
and bracteoles narrowly obovate white-ciliate, calyx sub-5-partite, segments 
lanceolate submucronate. 
TENASSERIM; Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6140). 
Stem simple, 4-10 im reet glace hr. Leaves 1 by 1 in., rigid, obtuse, 
entire, shining. Spike 4-1 in., sessile, 1-sided; bracts } by } in., scarcely acute, 
scarious; bracteoles similar to the bracts, but rather smaller. Calyx 3-4 in. white 
ciliate; 2 outer segments oblong, subentire, 2 inner linear. Corolla not seen. 
Capsule i in., oblong, 4-seeded. . Seeds densely, elastically hairy.—This looks like 
a form of L. Ayalina var. semiherbacea, 
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