234. 



ENUMEEATION OF lAcanthacecB. 



7. J. glabra, Kcenig.—EIiapMdospora, N. ab E. in DC. 1, c. p. 499, 

 !um gyn.; Wight, Ic. 1554.— c.p. 2718, 3663 (713 pai ' 



;im 



nami 



20. RHINACANTHUS, N. ab E. 



^ 1. R. communis, N. ab E. in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. p. 109 ; DC. Prod. 

 XI. p. 442 ; Wight, Ic. t. 464.— ig. Bottlerianus, N. ab E. 1. c— c.p. 1982. 

 Hab. Very abundant in tbe hotter parts of the island. 



21. ROSTELLULARIA, Eeichen. 



1. R. Royeniana, N. ab E. in DC. Prod, xi. p. 373, cum syn.— ^. ro- 

 tundifolia, N. ab E. in DC. 1. c. p. 370. B. procumbens, N. ab E. 1. c. p. 

 371, etWjght, let, 1539. R. Ahyssinica^Brongu. B,mollissima,lS.^h 

 E. 1. c. p. 373* i?. crinifa, N. ab E. 1. c. B. simplex, Wight, Ic. 1. 1543 

 (r. ^.).— c.p. 142, 228, 404, 2904, 509. 



Hab. Yery abundant throughout the island. 



I have failed in finding any cliaracter by which to separate these species even as 

 Vtoeties ; I am therefore forced to consider them as states of one very variable 

 species. — Z A, 



v 



2. R. diffusa, N. ab E. in WaU. PI. As. Ear.: DC. 1. c. 371, cum syn. 

 •c.p. 1976, 1992. 



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



22. PERISTROPHE, N. ab E. 



1. P. tinctoria, N. ab E. in Wall. PI. . 

 cum syn. 



Hab. Ceylon, Walker, in Kerb. Hook 



23. MONOTHECIUM, Hochst. 



-rwA" ■!!*■ f^*****^^* T. AuHQVB.—AntJiocometes aristatus, N. ab E. in 

 DU Prod. XI. p. 312, cum syn.— c.p. 1984. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island j not very common. 



Corolla albida, labia inferiore fauce rufo maculato. — G. Tliw. 



24. EUNGIA, N. ab E. 



1. R. parviflora, N. ab E. in WaU. PI. As. Ear. ( 

 cum syn.)—B.pectinata,'^. ab E. in DC. 1. c. p. 470 

 B.murahs, Eoyle. B. poli^gonoides, N. ab E. in 

 i>C. 1. c. p. 471. B. oriy amides, N. ab E. in Wall 



1- Mr. Z).— c.p. 257, 1975, 3354, 3357. 



000 



; Wight, 

 Wall. P 



Like most of the species of this genus, this plant varies much in the size and shape 

 the leaves and the form of ibp aniVpa nf flnwo^a «. i..«ii «a ^n +1ia pttent of the 



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