DcEdalacanthus.l Acanthace(2. 297 



minate, subacute, faintly serrate, sparingly hairy on both 

 sides, petiole \-\ in.; fl. usually in threes, bracts reniform- 

 orbicular, numerous, f in., much imbricated, veiny, mem- 

 branous, viscous-pubescent, strongly ciliate, nearly white, 

 forming a very dense secund terminal spike about i in. long, 

 the upper side covered by opp. pairs of much imbricated very 

 unequal bracts ; the large sep. \ in., ovate, strongly ciliate, 

 veiny ; capsule not seen. 



Moist region up to 3000 ft.; rather common according to Thwaites. 

 Heneratgoda (abundant) is the only place I have seen it. Fl. May; white. 

 Also in India and Burma, Madagascar, and Trop. Africa. 



9. DS:DAIiACANTKUS, T. And. 



Herbaceous, 1. opp., petiolate, fl. moderate-sized, in lax 

 erect panicles, bracts large, leafy, bractlets very small ; sep. 

 linear, connate below ; cor.-tube long, very slender, slightly 

 curved, lobes 5, nearly equal, oblong, obtuse, contorted in 

 bud ; stam. 2, inserted near mouth of tube, slightly exserted ; 

 capsule clavate, with a solid base ; seeds 4, circular, com- 

 pressed, with fine hygroscopic elastic hairs, retinacula large^ 

 slightly curved. — Sp. 17; 1 3 in Fl. B. Ind. 



I>. montanus, And. in Thw. Enmn. 229 (i860). 

 Fl. Zeyl. n. 15. Eranthemum capense, L. Sp. PI. 9 (part). Justicia 

 montana, Roxb., Moon Cat. 3. Thw. Enum. 229. C. P. 2003. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 421. Wight, Ic. t. 466. 



Stem 2|-3 ft., erect, sub-quadrangular, swollen at nodes,, 

 pubescent ; 1. few, distant, 3-5 in., lanceolate, tapering to both 

 ends, acuminate, faintly crenate, glabrous and shining above,, 

 paler and slightly pubescent and with very prominent vena- 

 tion beneath ; fl. sessile, very laxly arranged in stiff, stalked, 

 glandular-pubescent, terminal and axillary panicles, bracts 

 leafy, linear, acuminate, bractlets very much shorter ; sep. 

 much shorter than bracts but longer than bractlets, pubescent; 

 cor. glandular-pubescent outside, tube i| in., laterally com- 

 pressed, limb about i in. diam., lobes truncate; fil. short,, 

 glabrous ; capsule small, | in., glabrous. 



Low country up to 2000 ft. in both moist and dry regions ; common. 

 Fl. Feb., May, August ; pale violet-blue. 



Also in S. India. 



Linnseus confused Hermann's Ceylon plant with another from the 

 Cape — hence his name. 



\He7nigraphis fiava, Kurz. {Strobilanthes scaler)., And. in Thw. Enum. 

 227 (non Nees). — Specimens of this from Ceylon (Walker) are said to be 



