544 Lxxxviii. ACANTHACEii';. [JVelso/iia. 



Willd. Sp. PI. ed, 2. This is a mistake. Willdcnow never published a second edition of 

 his ' Species Plautarum,' aud never knew the genus Nehonia, The specific name tomentosa 

 was lirst given by Roxburgh, and Nehovia tomentosa is Dietrich's. B. Brown's very ap- 

 propriate name, N. campestris, is much older than any of them. 



3. EBERMAIEEA, Nees. 



Calyx divided to the base into 5 segments, the upper one broader tliaii 

 tlie others. Corolla-lobes 5, nearly equal, the 2 upper ones outside in the 

 bud. Stamens 4, in pairs, included in the corolla-tube ; anthers ovate, 

 transverse, 2-celled, Ovules nnmerous ; stigmntic lobes of the style unequal. 

 Capsule oblong-linear, not beaked, 2-celled from tlie base. Seeds numerous, 

 very small, nearly globidar ; rctinacula reduced to minute papillae or quite 

 inconspicuous. — Herbs. Flowers small, sessile in the axils of the floral 

 leaves or bracts, forming terminal dense or interrupted leafy or leafless spikes. 



The genus comprises a considerable number of species from tropical Asia and Africa, 

 with a few American ones. The only Australian species is a common Asiatic one. 



1. E. glauca, A^^*^^ in DC, Prod xi. 73, Stems at first simple and 

 erect, at length diffuse prosti-ate or creeping and rooting at the nodes, with 

 ascending or erect brandies of | to 1 ft., the wiiole plant slightly pubescent, 

 the inflorescence often glandular. Leaves oblong-hanceolate or elliptical, 

 obtuse, narrowed into a petiole, 1 to 2 in. long, the floral ones much smaller, 



ler \ in. Flowers nearly sessile in the axils of tlie floral leaves, 



ather long 



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rather shorter. CoroUa-tnbe about as long as the calyx, slightly dilated up- 

 wards ; lobes short, obovate, obscurely 2'-lipped. Capsule as" long as the 

 calyx.— T. Anders, in Journ. Liun. Soc. ix. 450 ; Wight, To. t. 14S8. 



rr^' -^^stralia. Providence Hill and Macadam Raiiare towards ritzinaun'ce river, 

 i-. Mueller. Common in E. India and the Archipelago. 



_ Tribe III. Euellie^.— Corolla-limb with 5 nearly equal lobes cojitorted 

 m the bud. Seeds flat, subtended by hooked retluacuKi. 



4. HYGEOPHILA, E. Br. 



Calyx more or less deeply divided into 5 or rarely 4 lobes or segments. 



Corol a-limb 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed, the lower 3-lol)ed, the lobes 



usually sliort and contorted in the bud. Stamens 4, in pairs, or in species 



not Australian only 2 perfect ; anthers erect, the cells parallel and equal. 



btyle subulate, with a small upper tooth. Ovules several in eacli cell of the 



ovary. Capsule oblong or linear, 2-celled from the base. Seeds flat ; reli- 



nacula hooked.-Ercct or decumbent herbs. Flowers sessile iu axillary 

 clusters. 



iiij .lusLidiua species is a common Asiatic one. 



I. H. salicifolia, .Yees iu JFall. PI. a,. Ren: aud in DC. Prod- xi. 92. 

 htems erect or ascenduig, branched, from i to U ft. high, glabrous or 

 slightly pubescent with oppressed hairs as well as the foliage. Leaves la"" 



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