oval oblong, attenuated at the apex: anthers of the 

 shorter stamens imperfect, acute at the base, — A 

 large shrub, branches dichotomous: leaves 5-7 inches 

 ^^'^gj 1| to 2 broad ending in a long tapering point, 

 flowers opposite, subsecund, sessile; bracts minute, 

 subulate, bracteoles linear: larger lobes of the calyx 

 viscoso-pubescent, palmately nerved, entire, biden- 

 tate at the apex: corolla nearly 2 inches long, lobes 

 obtuse: anthers oblong incumbent: capsule about 

 the length of the calyx, the angles pubescent near 

 the apex. 



Courtallam, flowering during the rainy season be- 

 tween July and September. 



repand leaves, pubescent; one of the leaves smaller: 

 bracts reniform and with the upper ovate membrana- 

 ceous lacinea of the calyx ciliate. 



The specimens here figured were gathered in 

 Paulghaut growing by hedge rows. The plant 

 seems to be a rare one, as I'have scarcely ever 

 met with it. It is a ramous, somewhat diffuse, her- 

 baceous plant, everywhere slightly clothed with very 

 short pubescence, on the bracts and calyx only it 

 becomes longer: bracts pale whitish coloured, mem- 

 branous, seed ciliate. 



1534. Blepharis asperima (Nees), proper brac- 



baceous, glabrous, leaves ovate, oblong, acuminate, t p,^!!L^^'^' a ternate, cuniform, tnfid or lanceolate, 

 obtusely dentate ; entire at the base and attenuated M^f/.l^ 



1530. 



Walke 



into the long petiol : spikes axillary, trichotomously 

 compound, crowded, peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves : bracts herbaceo-scarioso about half the 

 length of the calyx, and, like the oblong somewhat 

 obtuse exterior lobes of the calyx, 3-nerved ; brac- 

 teoles, like the bracts, narrower, somewhat acute, 

 1-nerved. 



My specimens of this species are from Courtallum, 

 and possibly may not be identical with Nees,' but 

 the character seems to me to correspond so well 

 with my figure as scarcely to admit of my enter- 

 taining a doubt on the subject. 



1531. Neuracanthus Lawii (R. W) 



Mysore, Belgaum, Coorg. 



Apparently a diflTuse plant with very rough leaves : 

 every part more or less beset with bristly hairs, and 

 a line of them running alone each side of the 

 branches from leaf to leaf, but neither so numerous 

 nor so conspicuous as the lithographer has repre- 

 sented them in the figure. The opposite, not whorld 



leaves of this species, present a ready distinctive 



mark. 



1535-36, AcANTHODiuM GRossuM (Nees), low, 

 branches procumbent, ascending, and like the linear 

 lanceolate, margin revolute leaves, very rough: 

 bracts rhomboid, spinosa-dentate, hirsute on the 



branch^ terete, glabrom. smootli : kav'^s sessd', :±:'i'^Z"17.t^Z}f'"'"'^'^''^'^^- 



subcordato-ovate, obtuse or ending in a short blunt 

 acumen, slightly rough, pale whitish beneath : spikes 

 sessile, capitulate, axillary, copiously pubescent: 

 bracts large, sub-orbicular, about as long as the 

 calyx; bracteoles none: calyx deeply two-lipped; 

 upper two-parted, under three-cleft ; lobes lanceo- 

 late: corolla sub -regular, obscurely 2-lipped (plicate 



cations, ovate, oblong, sessile. 

 Scind, Stocks. 



Mr. Stocks sent me specimens and a drawing of 

 this plant under the name of ^. hirtum : on com- 

 paring them with the characters of ^. grossum 

 I certainly think they quadrate better with them, 

 than with those of hirtum. But while I have 



.ate. yuxuu<t ^uu^iegui^r uu.cui^iy ^-itH>.^u vptiuat^ ^^^j^^j ^. Conclusion, I am hardlv prepared to 

 in _aBstivationr),5-toothed; teeth tipped with tufts of .av that Mr Rfn.l.« ;. «.;.n. .^T^ ^^L^^^^ 



hair: stamens 4, incluse, hairy; anthers 2-celled; 

 one of the cells of the shorter pair, sterile, divari- 

 cate, clavate : capsule 4-seeded. 



Bombay, Law. "This though common, even in 

 the Island of Bombay, does not seem to be in 

 Graham's catalogue." Law, MSS. 



I am indebted to Mr. Law for the specimen here 

 figured. It seems to accord well with the generic 

 character of J^eur acanthus, but is most distinct from 

 Nees' only species. I dedicate it to the discoverer. 



1532 



W 



by, branch^fcs terete, glabrous, smooth : leaves short 

 petioled, sub-obovate, mucronate, glabrous: spikes 

 axillary, secund, dense, the terminal one about the 



say that Mr. Stocks is wrong; on the contrary, on 

 taking collateral circumstances into consideration, 

 I would now, had I the plant to name, adopt his 

 name in preference, and the more readily as I can- 

 not see in what the two species differ. Perhaps 

 my figures contain both. 



1537. Phlogakthus latifolius (R. W.), shrub- 

 by, erect, 4-sided, glabrous: leaves long petioled, 

 broad ovate, entire, cuspidato-acuminate, sub-trun- 

 cate at the base : spikes trifid, axillary, shorter than 

 the petioles: flowers sessile, opposite or alternate 

 on the rachis: calyx lobes subulate: stamens ex- 

 serted: anthers apiculate, cells contiguous: ovary 

 12-ovuled: capsule linear, 12-seeded. 



length of the leaves: bracts ovate, acute, coriace- Coorg jungles. 



3-5-nerved, 



none: calyx sub-bilabiate, lobes lanceolate pube- 

 scent : corolla sub-bilabiate, obscurely 5-lobed ; 

 lobes tipped with a tuft of hair: stamens four, 



longer filaments hairy : anthers 2-celled ; 1 cell of seed, and in P. thwrsifl 



the shorter ones sterile, divaricate ; ovary 2-ceUed, 

 with two ovules in each. 



Salsette, Bombay ; Law. I am indebted to the 

 same liberal contributor for both these very local 

 plants, neither of which appears to have been hitherto 

 described. 



In the generic character Nees gives it a 2-celled, 

 compressed capsule, with the upper portion of the 

 cells 4-seeded, and in his essential character "cap- 

 sula a medio 4-sperma.'' In this species I find 12 



numb 



will be found to supply good specific characters. 



1538. Hemichoriste Montana (Nees), glabrous: 

 leaves oblong, oval, entire, cuspidato-acuminate, ta- 



Eering into the petiol: bracts and bracteoles, sub- 

 erbaceous or membranous, obtuse, a little longer 

 1533. iExHEiLEMA RENiFORME (Nccs), stcm her- than the pedicel: flowers pedicelled ; coralla deeply 

 baceous, and like the ovate, unequal at the base, 2-lipped : stamens two (shorter ones altogether want- 



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