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ENUMEfiAfioN OP lAcantkaceiB. 



17. ACAWTHUS, Linn. 



I 



1. A. ilicifolius, Bhime, (DC. Prod. xi. p. 268, cum svn. : Wight 

 t. 4^9.)— c.p, mi8.—Dilivaria iUcifolia, fnss. 

 Var. a. integrifolius, T. Anders.— c.p. 2017. 

 Hab. Common near the sea. 



TRIB. ANDROGRAPHILE^. 



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r 



18. ANDBOGRAPHIS, Wall. 



1; A. paniculata, N. ab E. in DC. Prod. p. 515, cum syn. ; Wight, Ic, 

 t. 518.)— c.p. 3664 (1981 partim). J ' b > 



Hab. South of tlie island, not uncomTnon. 



Pedunculi glabri.— 7! A, 



. 2. A. alata, N. ab E. in DC: 1. c. p. 516, cum syn.— c.p, 1977.' 

 Hab. Common upon banks, in the hot, drier parts of the island. 



Folia lineana, lanceolata, vel oblonga. basi gradatim aiigustata. Corolla albida. 

 Antker^e purpureaj. — G. T/iw. 



macrobotry 



Hab. Near Kandy, not common. 



part 



^ Pedunculi patentim glanduloso-pflosi. Corolla pallide purpurea, interne labio 

 mfenore nigro-pux-pureo albo-marginato. Antherce purpurea, basi albo-barbatse.— 



G. Thw. 



anica, N. ab E. in DC. I. c. p. 518^ Wight 

 on, Walker, in Eerh. Rooh. 



C.p. 606. 



Wight; 



Hab. Very common in the hotter parts of the island. 



19. GYMNOSTACHYUM, N. ab E. 



1. G. sang^inolentum, T. Anders.— CrvptopJiraqmium sanmiinohn- 

 ftt^ cum syn. et C. axillare, N. ab E. in DC. Prod. xi. p. 96 ; Wight, Ic 

 t. 1496 (T. ^.).— c.p. 186. ^ 



Hab. Very common in forests, up to an elevation of 4000 feet 



Planta iota plus minus purpurascens. Corolla violacea.— 6^. 17iw. 

 ^2^ G. Ceylanicum, W. Arn. et N. ab E. j DC. Prod. xi. p. 93.- 



Hab, Shady places, in the hot, drier parts of the island; not un- 

 common. 



Folia superne secus costam venas primariasque albescentia. Corolla tubo pallide 



rpureo : limbo flavo. ^.\t*».mp viv:flf.a/»pntf. d^4i,^^^ „ii.,m™. n vtx«. 



•C.P. 



purpureo 



Anthera albidse. — G. Thw. 



Thwaiteaii, T. Anders,: tomentosum, caule radicante 



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libus, elongatis, multifloris ; ramulis oppositig, cymiformib 

 ^m sulcatis {T. ^.).— c.p. 3356. 



termma 



District 



paniculatum 



attonuatis 



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