= calyx, and seems a seventh leaflet thereof, Calyzx as in 
so - DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, Acanthus, 
2. B. euphrasioides. Vahl. Symb., iii, 81. Willd. iii, 338. 
Annual, erect, ramous, four-sided and scabrous, — Leaves 
opposite and alternate, linear, scabrous, with short stiff bris- 
tles. Corol clavate. Capsule.cordate, hid in the scabrous : 
calyx, 
A native of nee of Wales’ Island and the islands east- 
ward of the Bay of Bengal, 
ACANTHUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1065. 
Calyx two-leaved, bifid ; (in the East India species it con- 
sists of three pairs of leaflets), Corol one-lipped. Anthers 
bearded. Capsule two-celled, opening with elasticity across 
the mneeo Seeds — | 
; oblong, sinuate spinous, s dentate 
oa pare sce sadienseme hee, Aub; iv. t. 7] S Bhs vey 2 
- Harikusa, the Sanscrit name, A 
= Beng. Harcooch Kanta. 7 . 
~ Paina scbulli. Rheed. Mal. ii, t; 48. > 
A common shrub. in and on the: iaguied of wit or ‘brackish 
fekes) marshes, &c, Flowers all the year on the coast * seed 
romandel, ies Bengal during the rains. 
Roots ramous. _ Stems many, erect; branches bas bark _ 
an “Prickles stipulary,four-fold, idhort, but very sharp : 
Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong, scolloped, waved, 
spinous, dentate, polished on both sides, of a firm texture, from 
four to six inches long, and about two broad, Spikes gene- 
rally oceania though sometimes from the axills also erect. 
Flowers solitary, opposite, large, blue, inodorous. Bractes, 
_ asingle cordate, pointed one below each flower, it presses on 
the family. Corol. cae times parted than any as the leaf- 
