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Stamina postica brevissima castrata, antica fertilia demum declinata,” 
etc. The genus seems allied to Hoslundia among the Ocimoidee, next 
to which it should probably stand, and not among the Monardea. 
ACANTHACEÆ. 
29. Lepidagathis strobilifera, J. E. S.; suffruticosa, depressa, ramis 
ligneis, ramulis quadrangulis, pilis brevibus ad cacumina adpressis 
infra patulis, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis basi 
sepe inæquilateris apice obliquis junioribus sub lente pube adpressa 
vestitis senioribus denudatis, spicis confertis strobiliformibus, brac- 
teis trinerviis sæpe vacuis apiculo rigido patenti-reflexo cum calycis 
laciniis majoribus lzete-viridibus demum scariosis obovato-acutis mar- 
gine ciliatis ad nervos strigoso-pubescentibus, bracteolis subulatis 
ciliatis, sepalo anteriore prope ad basin bifido binervi, sepalo poste- 
riore trinervi, sepalis lateralibus multo minoribus subulatis ciliatis, 
corolla bracteas et calycem vix dimidio supereminente, staminum 
anteriorum loculis obliquis (uno altius posito), staminum posteriorum 
loculo uno castrato vel penitus abortivo. 
Has. Shah Bilawul, in Lower Beloochistan. No. 613. 
Leaves 7-10 lines by 3-5, and petiole 3-4. Spikes 1-5 of an inch 
in height. Corolla 1-8 lines, dingy white, with the middle of the 
lower lip marked by purple spots. Anterior bracts and larger sepals 
4 lines by 3. Bracteoles 2 lines, and smaller sepals 23-3 lines long. 
30. Dipteracanthus Zongifolius, J. E. S.; basi suffruticosus, viscoso- 
puberulus, caulibus erectis subteretibus, partibus novellis apice seri- 
ceo-lanatis, foliis elongatis linearibus utrinque acuminatis internodia 
superantibus pilis tenuissimis dense et molliter pubescentibus, flo- 
ribus axillaribus solitariis vel binis, bracteis foliaceis florem æquan- 
tibus, calycis segmentis subulatis ciliatis corollæ dimidium sequan- = 
tibus, corollæ tubo brevi in faucem amplissimam infundibuliformem 
plicatam transeunte limbi lobis brevibus obtusis, ovarii loculis 6- 
ovulatis, capsule pubescentis calycem duplo supereminentis basi Kc a 
brevi asperma. 
Has. Shah Bilawul, in Lower Beloochistan. No. 537. 
Leaves 2-3 inches long by 2-3 lines wide. Corolla 9-10 lines long, 
dusky lilac, the throat marked externally by longitudinal furrows caused 
by plaits which project into the throat. 
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