Gymnostachyum^ AcantliaceCE. 329 



veins, venation reticulate, prominent beneath, petiole |-i in., 

 stout, fl. small, numerous, on ped., in erect spicate glandular- 

 pubescent terminal panicles, peduncles variable in length, 

 often with a pair of small 1. near base, bracts and bractlets 

 very small, shorter than ped., linear, glandular-pubescent ; 

 sep. linear-subulate, glandular-pubescent; cor.-tube \ in., 

 narrow, slightly inflated at base, bent a little below the 

 middle, upper lip erect, 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, middle 

 lobe broader and shorter; anth. slightly exserted; ov. on a 

 globose base, oblong, puberulous, with about 6 ovules in each 

 cell, style very long ; capsule \ in., puberulous. 



Dry and intermediate regions, rare, in shady places. Gonagama 

 (Gardner); Bintenne Dist. (Thwaites) ; Medamahanuwara. Fl. March- 

 August; cor.-tube pink, limb greenish-yellow or all lemon-yellow. 



Endemic. 



A pretty little plant much cultivated in gardens ; the leaves are 

 usually variegated with white along the veins on upper surface. 



2. G-. Thwaitesii, And. in Thw. Emtm. 232 (i860). 



c. P. 3356. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 508. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 255. 



Rhizome creeping, stem short, densely woolly-pubescent ; 

 I. few near the base of the stem, 2-3 in., broadly oval, acute 

 at base, very obtuse or rounded, entire, undulate, sparsely 

 hairy on both sides, petiole about i in., woolly; fl. numerous 

 on short pubescent ped., in lax, elongated, erect, glandular- 

 pubescent, paniculate cymes, bracts short, linear or subulate ; 

 sep, linear, glandular-pubescent; cor. f in., lobes very short, 

 rounded ; capsule scarcely \ in., pubescent; seeds about 6 in 

 each cell, small, compressed. 



Moist region ; very rare. Ambagamuwa Dist. Fl. Dec. 



Endemic. 



I have not seen this living. 



3. G-. paniculatum, And. in Thw. Enum. 232 (i860). 

 C. P. 2994. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 508. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 232. 



Stem i\-2 ft., erect, quadrangular, roughly pubescent or 

 nearly glabrous; 1. not restricted to base of stem, 3-7 in., 

 oval, much tapering on petiole, acuminate, subacute, faintly 

 serrate-dentate, pubescent on both sides or only on veins 

 beneath, copiously lineolate, petioles \-\ in., obscure; fl. 

 rather large, sessile or nearly so, on divaricate branches of 

 rather dense, glandular-hairy, pyramidal, elongated, terminal, 

 paniculate cymes, bracts small, linear-lanceolate; sep. linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, glandular-hairy; cor. f in., glandular-hairy 



