206 SIONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. H'thlSCUS. 



lets. Flon-ers iixillarVi Capsules acute, l>aii y ou the out- 

 side. 



H. Siirattensis. Lour. Cochin CJi. 512. 



Herba crinaliuui. Ramph. Anib. iv. t.\G, appears to me to 

 be this plant. 



Narinam-poulli. Rheed. Mai. vi. p. 75. t. 4. argees better 

 with a very distinct species, f viz. aculeata) formerly de- 

 scribed by me under the idea of its being fS'wra^e/isiA. At 

 that time I had not seen the real Linncean species, which is 

 now before me, otherwise the mistake would not have hap- 

 pened. The stipules are the best marks to know them by. 



A native of various parts of India. Flowers during the 

 rainy and cold seasons in the Botanic garden. 



28. H. aculeatus. Roxh. 



Annual, erect, very prickly. Leaves palmate, three-lobed. 

 Lobes remotely serrate. Stipules lanceolate. Peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, one-dowered. Exterior cahjx ten-leaved^ 

 appendaged. 



I have only observed this in my garden, Avhere it must 

 have been brought from some other jjlace amongst other 

 seeds. It has proved annual with me. 



Stem erect, very prickly, from two to five feet high, round, 

 flexuose. Leaves remote, alternate, petioled, from entire to 

 five-lobed, serrate, a little hairy; Zo&f.s lanceolate, pointed, 

 principal nerves prickly on the under side. Petioles longer 

 than the leaves, round, prickly. Stipules lanceolate, ciliate. 

 Peduncles axillary, single, shorter than the petioles, prickly, 

 one-Howered. Flowers large, campanulate, yellow, with a 

 dark, purple bottom. Calt/x ; exterior articulated below the 

 middle, and there enlarged on the outside with an oval leafy 

 appendage below the articulation, horizontal from it, erect 

 and incurved, covered with strong, straight, sharp bristles* 



29. H. strictus. R. 



Annual, straight, polished. Leaves palmate, lobate ; lobes 



