558 CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Hypoestes. 
nearly as long as the bracts. Calyr Lin. Corolla pink or.white. Capsule jin, 
nearly glabrous. Seeds verrucose.— The placentae tend to rise elastically, and the 
inflorescence also draws this plant very close to Dicliptera. 
3. H. malaccensis, Wight Ic. t. 1555; leaves elliptic acuminate 
pubescent beneath, flower-clusters numerous capitate, bracts lanceolate 
acute connate at base, corolla $ in. slender. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. ix. 522. H. Decaisneana & laxiflora, Mees in DC. Prodr. xi. 508. 
Maracca; Griffith, Capt. A. C. Wight, Maingay. . 
Branches herbaceous, diffuse, minutely pubescent. Leaves 24 by 1 in., petiole 
4 in. Inflorescence dense, minutely ashy-pubescent ; bracts 4—8 in., several connate 
into a tube, enclosing 1-4 flowers, of which all but 1 are usuaily rudimentary ; brac- 
teoles 4 in., linear, scarious. Calyx scarcely à in. membranous. Capsule nearly 
3 in.— This extends, with slight variation in size of corolla and degree of union of the 
bracts, throughout the Maley Archipelago to the Philippines. 
Ordrer CX. SELAGINZEIE. (By J. D. Hooker.) 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or the lower opposite, entire or toothed. 
Flowers small, solitary or spicate, irregular, 2-sexual. Calyx inferior, 
spathaceous or tubular and 2-5-fid or -partite, imbricate in bud. Corolla 
monopetalous, tube entire or split, limb 2-lipped or 4—5-lobed, imbricate 1n 
bud. Stamens inserted on the corolla-throat or -lobes, 2, or 4 with a rudi- 
mentary 5th, filaments filiform ; anther-cells confluent. Ovary free, 2-celled ; 
style simple, terminal, stigma subcapitate or 2-lobed; ovules 1 pendulous 
from the top of each cell, anatropous. Fruit small, 2-celled, indehiscent or 
of 2 cocci, one often imperfect. Seeds pendulous; embryo straight 10 the 
axis of fleshy albumen; cotyledons 4-cylindric, radicle superior.— DISTRIB. 
Species 140, all S. African, except the European genus Globularia and the 
following. 
LAGOTIS, Gaertn. (GYMNANDRA, Pall.) 
. Perennial fleshy herbs. Leaves radical and cauline, entire crenate or 
incised. Flowering branches scape-like, ascending, leafy above. Flowers 
spicate or capitate, bracteate, blue or purple, ebracteolate ; bracts usually 
broad, imbricating, as long or longer than the flowers. Calyx spathaceous 
or of 2 sepals. Corodla-tube curved; limb 2-lipped, lower lip 2—4-lobed. 
Stamens 2, inserted on the corolla-throat; anthers very large, reniform. 
Ovary 2-celled; style slender, jointed at the base, stigma capitate or 2-fid. 
Drupe small, 2-celled, 1-2-seeded, sometimes separable into 2 indehiscent 
cocci.— DISTRIB. Species 4 or 5, Arctic Regions and Mts. of N. Asia an 
N.W. America. > 
L. stolonifera, Koch (Gymnandra), a species found from Armenia to Affghanistan, 
has been collected in Wazuristan, alt. 5-7000 ft., by Stewart, close to the British 
frontier. It may be known by its small size, narrow leaves, and long stolons. 
* Calyx of 2 oblong sepals. 
1, L. globosa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. xxxix. 2, 80, t. 7, f. 1 (Gymnan 
dra); leaves long-petioled oblong pinnatifid, scape almost naked, bracts much 
larger than and concealing the flowers suborbicular densely imbricate 
forming a globose head. 
WESTERN TIBET; Therichan Pass, alt. 15-16,000 ft, Heyde; Gilgit, Col- 
Turner (fid. C. B. Clarke). : i dnd di 
