290 Acanthacecr. \Cardanthera. 



L. smaller, deeply pinnatisect with a terminal lobe ; bracts 

 broader. 



In turf, damp waste ground, &;c., in low country ; common. FI. Feb., 

 March, September; white. 



Also in India, Trop. and S. Africa, and America. 



Nelso7iia campestris^ Br. (A^. tomentosa^ Nees). — A specimen of this in 

 Herb. Kew from Mrs. Walker is labelled as from Ceylon. Hence it is 

 included in Thw. Enum. 224. It is not unlikely to occur, as it is common 

 in India; but no one else has met with it. 



3. EBERMAZERA, Nces. 



Herbaceous, 1. opp., fl. small, in terminal or axillary- 

 spikes and solitary, bracts apiculate, strongly i -nerved, 

 bractlets as long as bracts, linear ; sep. 5, four linear, subulate, 

 the other wider and longer ; cor. -tube cylindrical, lobes 5, 

 short, nearly equal ; stam. 4, didynamous, included, anth.- 

 cells ovoid, distinct, not appendaged ; ovules numerous in 

 each cell, stigma with 2 unequal lobes, the lower one bifid ; 

 capsule small ; seeds numerous, subglobose, without retinacula. 

 — Sp. 40 ; 28 in FL B. Ind. 



E. zeylanica, Necs in DC. Prod. xi. 74 (1847). 



E. i^Iaiica, And. in Thw. Enum. 224 (non Nees). And. in Journ. Linn. 

 See. ix. 451- C. P. 2717, 3575. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 397. 



Stem erect, 3-6 in., usually with long procumbent branches 

 from the base, densely but shortly hairy ; 1. of the main stem 

 ii-3 in. of the branches l-ih in., petioled, oval, narrowed to 

 base, obtuse, pubescent, paler beneath ; fl. usually in rather 

 dense spikes 1-2 in. long, bracts and bractlets covered with 

 long bristly glandular hair ; sep. a little shorter, with similar 

 hair ; cor.-lobes rounded ; stam. hairy ; ov. glabrous ; capsule 

 ^ in., oval-oblong, smooth ; seeds at first glandular. 



Low country; rare. Near Kandy (Macrae); Ambagamuwa and 

 Sabaragamuwa Dists.; Batticaloa. Fl. Fcb.-March ; pale pink. 

 Also in S. India. 



4. CARDANTKERA, Ha?>i. (in B. & H. Gen.). 

 Annuals, 1. opp., often toothed or cut, fl. small, in spikes or 

 whorls or rarely solitary, bracts and bracteoles nearly equal 

 (absent in C. Thivaitesii) ; sep. 5, narrow, one usually larger 

 than the rest ; cor.-tubc short, ventricose above, limb 2-lippcd, 

 lips long, upper one bifid, lower one shortly 3-toothed and 

 transversely ridged (except in C. Tlnuaitesii), lobes contorted 



