312 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE ASD PRODUCTIONS. 



AxDROGEAPnis, Wullich. 



Corolla resnpinate, limb constricted. Stamens cohering by the barbed anthers. 

 C'aj)sule very compressed. Itacemes sccundifloral. 



A. (.Justicia) tenuifloea, "Wall. Prome Hills and Taong-doung (W.). 



JIaplanthus tener, I^ee.s. 

 A. (Jdsticia) echioides, L. Ava (W.). 



ACAy THIEF'S. 

 Corolla iinilabiate, lobes 3-5, the middle one exterior in astiration. Stamens 4. 

 Anthers 1 -celled. 



Acanthus, Linnaus. 

 Corolla-tithe very short. Cahjx upper segment, 4- or many-nerved. 



* Filaments all strair/lit. Braets entire. 



A. iLiciFOLR's, L. Coasts of Burma, the x\ndamans, and Kamorta. 



Kha-ya (Kurz). 



An erect evergreen shrub. Leaves sessile, or very shortly petioled, prickly 

 lobcd. Flowers \h to 2 inches long. Capside nearly an inch long, very shining, 

 blunt, seeds large. 



A. EBRACTEATUS, Yhl. 



An evergreen glabrous shrub, 3-4 feet high. Petioles i an inch long, rarely 

 very short, leaves entire, or toothed. Flowers an inch or more long. 



A. voi.UBiLis, "Wall. Tidal Jungles of Arakan and Pegu. 

 Dilivaria scandens, De Can. 



An evergreen twining shrub, 10-15 feet long, unarmed and glabrous. Leaves 

 obovate, entire, flesliy- coriaceous. Corolla white, an inch long, the lower lip shortly 

 3-lobed, velvety inside. 



Blepharis, Jtissicu. 



Calyx upper segment whole, 3-nerved, lower segment 2-nerved. Capsule with 

 membranous valves. 



B. BoEnnAAVi.EFOilA, Pcrs. Ava. Prome (W.). 

 Acanthus Maderaspatensis, L. India. Ceylon. Abyssinia. 

 A. citiaris, Burm. 



U. Alyssinica, Hochst. 



BARLERTE^. 



Corolla liypocraterimorphous, or infundilidiform, the lubes imbricate in estivation 

 {bilabiate in Lepidayathis). 



f Anthers 1-ccllcd. 



LEFiDAGAinis, IVilldenow. 



Calyx 5-partitc. Corolla bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous. Anthers 2-celled. 



L. FALCATA, "^^all. Taong-doung (W.). 



L. CHLOKOSTACHYA, De Can. Mergui*(G.). 



L. puRruKiCAULis, "Wall. Burma (W.). 



Ruellia retrofraeta and striata, Wall. 



L. (Rttfllia) dulcis, "Wall. Prome Hills (W.). 



L. iRiDEscENs, T. And. Rangoon (MacC). 



L. LINEARIS, T. And. Burma (R. S.). 



L. SIMPLEX, T. And. Tenasserim (H.V 



L. HYALiNA, "Wall. (P.). Pegu. Attarau Valley ("W.). 



L. FASCierL.iTA, AYali. Pegu (B.). Tenasserim (W. F. H.}. 



L. STEOBiLLKA, F. And. Martaban (P.). 



