Acanthacem."] ceylon plants. 



235 



^- repens, N. ab E. in Wall. PL As. Ear. ; DC. 1. c. p. 472, cum 

 sm ; Wight, Ic. t. 465.— c.p. 257, 1972, 1973, 1974, 2935. 

 Hab. Very common in the hot, drier parts of the island. 



Like the preceding species, this is veiy variable. There is a state of it from the 

 central Province in which the bracts arc acutely lanceolate, and their scarious mar- 

 gin nearly absent.— 21 J. 



w ^" u^ ^°^^A^°?'*' ^- ^^ ^- et.W. Arn. in DC. I.e. p. 471.— i2. laiior, 

 r<. ab Ji- ; DC. 1. c. p. 472.— c.p. 89, 257, 301, 686, 708, 1974, 3355. 

 ilAB. Kamboda and Adam's Peak. 



25. DICLIPTERA, Juss. 



. 1- JP- ^ivalvis, Juss. in Ann. Mus. (DC. Prod. xi. p. 475.)— D. Zeylan- 

 tea, N. abE. in DC. 1. c. 474.— c.p. 399, 2576. 

 Hab. Not uncommon on shaded banks, in the Lot, drier parts of the 



c.p 2576 is the normal state of this species: c.P. 399 is probably only a stunted 

 condition of it.— Z J. i J J 



26. EBANTHEMITM, Linn. 



1. E. crenulatum, WaU. in Bot. Eeg. t. 879 (DC. Prod. xi. p. 453.) 

 ".P. 1703, 1979. & \ t / 



Hab. ]yot uncommon. 



in DC. I. c. 

 abE. iuDC. 



a\i,^' ^*^^o1»"«») T. Anders. —Justicia, Linn. ; N. ab E. i 

 '. 4ib cum syn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 463. J. gymnostachya, N. a 



\r^ r '-'^^^^^^^^y Vahl, En. i. p. 118.P "/. stroUlifera, Lam. III. i. p. 



K T? • ^Jl^^rg^nata, N. ab E. in DC. 1. c. p. 427. J. rotundifolia, N. 



1 T7 0* ^°r^^^^- I^l- ^s. Ear. iii. p. 108. J. syringifolia, Vahl, En. i. p. 



i •,./• ^^^^da, Wall. Cat. n. 2482 c. J. dentata, Klein. {T. A.).— 

 C.P. 1978. 



■tl-AB. Common in the hot, drier parts of the island ; a very variable 

 and widely diffused plant. 



27. PTYSSIGLOTTIS, T. Anders. 



i^(uyx profunde 5-partitus, sequalis. Corolla infundibuliformis ; Urn- 

 "* o-partitus, lahio inferiore longitudinaliter plicato, lobis lateralibus 

 ^^ if r ^ siistivatione. Stamina duo. AnthercB bilociilares, loculia 

 parallehs, muticis, ovatis. Stigma capitatum, clavatum, obtusum. Cap- 

 *« a basi dissepimentis adnatis, apice tetrasperma. Semina discoidea, 

 mmute tuborculata {T. A.). 



P K ^'. ^■^^'^osa, T. Anders.— HJiyliglossa radicosa, W. ab E. in DC. 

 1 ^*^^- ^- P- 344. Bostellularia sarmentosa, Zollinger, Pi. JaV. ; DC. 

 i-c.p. 370 (r.^.).— c.P. 3538. 

 ■Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



inf • "^'^i'laj 6 lin. longa, labio superiore bipartite ; segmentis oblongis, subacutis, 

 •wenore tripartite, scgmeatis rotundatis.— (?. Thw. 



28. ASYSTASIA, Blume. 



1- A. Gangetica, T. Anders.-^. Coromandcliana, IM. ab E. in Wall. 



