138 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOTANY OF 
lin. longa, columnaris, quadrisulca, glabra, loculis a basi 12-spermis. 
—Crescit in ripis ** Sheravati,’ prov. Mysore; fructum maturum 
habet mens. Aprilis. 
2. Lepidagathis grandiflora ; caule erecto suffruticoso quadrangulari 
glabro, foliis integris ovatis acuminatis glabris in petiolum bipolli- 
carem attenuatis utraque pagina densissime lineolatis, spicis axillari- 
bus et terminalibus simplicibus vel trifidis longis gracilibus dense 
lanatis, bracteis bracteolis calycisque lacinia superiore obtusis con- 
formibus trinervibus reticulato-venosis lanatis, calycis lacinia inferi- 
ore bipartita, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis, laciniis duabus lateralibus 
subulatis, corolla profunde bilabiata, labio superiore bifido inferiore 
amplo trifido, palato convexo transversim plieato medio canaliculato 
lineis duabus pilosis longitudinaliter decurrentibus, antheris ciliatis 
basi divergentibus, stigmate acuto, capsula calyce paulo longiore 
subpollicari 4-sperma, seminibus 2 inferioribus abortivis superioribus 
compressis, testa fusca pilosa.— Crescit in montibus Syhadree, lat. 
16-19? ; fl. Dec. 
A species remarkable not only for its size (5—6 ft.), but also for its 
large and showy flowers, an inch and a half in length, of a purple 
colour, with two rows of bright yellow hairs down the centre of the 
lower lip ; the leaves are 1 foot long and 4 inches broad. The flowers 
turn black in drying. 
3. Lepidagathis prostrata ; caule fruticoso repente radicante flexuoso 
obtuse tetragono glabro, ramis junioribus molliter tomentosis, foliis 
parvis sessilibus oppositis interdum ternis ellipticis spinoso-mucro- 
natis junioribus utrinque tomentosis, bracteis bracteolis calycisque 
5-partiti laciniis lanceolatis spinoso-mucronatis, spicis raro axillaribus, 
frequentius in ramis brevibus adscendentibus terminalibus simplicibus. 
Frutex rigidus, diffusus, a basi ramosus, rami bipedales, ramuli crebri, 
breves, adscendentes, apice floriferi. Folia 7 lin. longa, 5 lin. lata, 
approximata, paucinervia, rigida. Spice erectæ, bipollicares, pilis 
glanduliferis velutino-tomentose. Calycis lacinie posterior et an- 
teriores 3-nervis, laterales l-nervim. Corolle rose 7-linearis tubus 
basi ventricosus, medio constrictus ; faux inflata et intus transversim 
. colore intensiore striata; labium superius latum, breviter bidentatum, 
inferius 3-lobatum, lobis angustis obtusis distantibus. Anthere cili- 
aix. Stigma obtusum.—Crescit in rupibus nudis prov. Malwan. — 
Most nearly allied to Z. spinosa. It is upon this species that I have 
