Lepidagathis.] ^ crx. AcANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 523 
tellate sub-bifid stigma, the corolla suddenly ventricose in the middle not tubular (as 
in Hemigraphis latebrosa). 
Van. major ; leaves larger toothed or subentire, heads larger, bracts 1 by } in. 
acute subspinulose, calyx 4 in., corolla 3 in.— Tenasserim ; Mooleyit, Beddome.—Much 
finer than the ordinary L. fasciculata, of which some examples from moist valleys in 
Malabar (marked Z. goensis) come so near this Tenasserim plant that it is difficult to 
treat the latter as a species. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
L. LONGIFOLIA, Wight Ie. t. 1564; leaves large lanceolate glabrous, ‘spikes 
elongate lax terminal subpanicled, bracts large elliptic acute, flowers large, anthers 
minutely spurred at the base. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 499. 
Maracca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6138), Maingay. 
Branches terete, glabrescent. Leaves 9 by 2 in., acute at both ends, entire ; 
petiole $ in. Spikes 3-7 by 1 in., clustered towards the end of the branch, lax, 
nodding, pubescent; bracts = by i in. opposite, one of each pair usually barren ; 
bracteoles } in., oblong. Calyx nearly } in., 5-lobed nearly to the base; 3 segments 
broadly lanceolate, 2 linear. Corolla in form nearly as of Lepidagathis but larger, 
minutely hairy without, nearly glabrous ; no traces of dots on the lower lip. Stamens 
4, slightly didynamous; filaments glabrous, connective papillose; anthers oblong, 
cells parallel approximate each with a divaricate minute mucro at the base. Ovary 
depressed, glabrous, 4-ovulate ; style patently hairy; stigma capitellate (not as in 
Wight Ic.). Capsule not seen.—A remarkable plant, both in habit and characters 
removed from Lepidagathis ; in the absence of fruit it is advisable rotto found a new 
genus on it. Nees marked it * Species ab Acanthaceis aliena." In many points it 
approaches Asystasia Lawiana and Strobilanthes. 
L. STROBILINA, T. Anders. ms.; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 96; 
glabrous, leaves lanceolate membranous entire, heads lax terminal largeish, corolla 
lin. funnel-shaped purple-lilae tube short. 
ManTABAN ; Parish (fide Kurz). . . 
A herb, 1-2 ft., stems terete with 4 elevated lines. Leaves 7-8 in., acuminate at 
oth ends, shining, petioled. Bracts 1 in., oblong-lanceolate acuminate thin-papery, 
tinged purple-lilac, l-nerved and reticulated, glandulose-puberulous ; bracteoles 
Similar to the bracts but narrower. Calyx large. Capsule wanting.-—Not seen; the 
oregoing translated from Kurz l. c. Appears ex descr. to be allied to Z. longifolia. 
XXXV. PHIALACANTHUS, Benth. 
An erect, glabrous shrub. Leaves large, entire. Cyme terminal, loosely 
Corymbose; pedicels slender; bracts minute. Calyx membranous, coloured, 
tubular-campanulate, shortly 5-toothed. Corolla-tube elongate, ventricose 
upwards ; limb 2-lipped; lobes 5, subequal, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4; 
anthers all 2.celled ; cells oblong, parallel, muticous. Style filiform ; 
Stigma minutely 2-lobed; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule shortly stalked, 
oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds (unripe) compressed, orbicular in outline, retinacula 
Stout 
P. Griffithii, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1102. 
MISHMEE; Griffith. . . 
Leaves 7} Me broad.elliptie, acuminate at both ends, bearing raphides on 
both surfaces; petiole 1} in. Cymes 3 in. diam., short-peduncled ; lower bracts iin» 
linear, upper minute ; pedicels 1l in. Calyx } by d in., enlarged in fruit ; teeth 45 in», 
triangular, Corolla 13 in., orange with yellow mouth (Griffith), Stamens glabrous ; 
anthers minutely pubescent. Style glabrous. Dise small, cup-shaped. Capsule 
(unripe) 4 in., glabrous. 
XXXVI. MONOTHECIUM, Hochst. 
Diffuse herbs. Leaves entire. Spikes small, ovate or oblong, dense ; 
