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with 3 lanceolate spinescent teeth at the apex, the middle tooth the 

 shortest, the innermost pair f in. long, linear-subspathulate, apiculate, 

 all green in the upper, membranous and white with green veins in the 

 lower part. Oalyx divided to the base or nearly so, the two longer 

 segments 1 in. long, oblong-spathulate, one of them acutely 2-lobed, the 

 other subacute at the apex, green ia the upper, white with green veins 

 in the lower part, the other 2 segments | in. long, lanceolate, acute, 

 white with a green midrib. Corolla 1 in. long, blue with darker veins 

 or white ; upper lip ; lower lip oblong, 3-fid, hairy above and with 

 yellow hairs in the throat ; lobes g in. long, oblong, rounded. Capsules 

 less than ^ in. long, oblong, apiculate, 2-seeded. Seeds g in. long, 

 ovoid, compressed, closely echinate with soft obtuse spines. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 478 ; Dak. & Gibs. p. 192; Wight, Icon. t. 1534; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 356.— Flowers : Oct.-Dec. Vern. 

 DiJcna : Alcada. 



Common on the Konkan and Deccan bills. Konkan ; Sfoekii !, Law !, KanUJcar ! ; 

 Eevadanda, Woodrow. Deccan: Sinhagad, Bhival; Igatpiiri, Edgavorth\; Maha- 

 bleshwar, Cookel Kanaka: Kala naddi, i?i7c7«/c, 697! — Distrib. India (W. Penin- 

 sula), apparently endemic. 



2. Blepharis boerhavisefolia, Pers. Sijn. v. 2 (1807) p. 180. 

 Stems prostrate, 6-20 in. long, wiry, rooting at the nodes, much 

 divaricately branched, pubescent. Leaves in a whorl of 4, unequal, 

 1-2| by g-lj in., thinly membranous, elUptic or sHghtly obovate, acute, 

 finely apiculate, entire or with a few coarse distant serratures on the 

 margin, ciliate, appressedly pubescent above, paler and glabrous (except 

 on the nerves) beneath ; petioles | in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary 

 or 2 or 3 together ; bracteoles 8 in opposite pairs becoming larger 

 upwards, the outermost pair g in. long, the second pair i in., the third 

 pair \-^ in. long, all 3 pairs cuneiform below, broadly spathulate and 

 rounded above, strongly 3-nerved, furnished on the upper margin with 

 stiff acute, retrorsely hairy bristles yo"8 ^^^- l°^g' ^''^ fourth (innermost) 

 pair of bracts unlike the others, ratber more than \ in. long, linear with 

 a flat rounded apex, strongly 3-nerved, and furnished on the apical 

 margin \vith retrorsely hairy acute bristles as the 3 outer pairs, all 

 4 pairs of bracteoles white with green veins. Calyx-segments lanceo- 

 late, acute ; the largest | in. long, pubescent and ciliate, 3-uerved from 

 the base ; the opposite segment | in. long, acutely and shortly 2-toothed, 

 pubescent and ciliate, 2-nerved, one nerve running into each tooth ; the 

 2 lateral segments | in. long with a strong miduerve, ciliate. Corolla 

 |-| in. long, pubescent, pale blue with a yellow spot on the lower lip. 

 Capsules \-^ in. long, ovoid, usually 2-seeded. Seeds echinate with 

 obtuse spines. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 478; Grab. Cat. p. 160; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 192 ; Wight, Icon. t. 458 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 316 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 356.— Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



Konkan : Stocks ! S. M. Country : Belgaum, Bitchie, ^^ ! Gujarat : Ahmeda- 

 bad, Cooke \ ; Sidpur near Ahmedabad, Stocks, 242!; Surat, Woodrow; Eajkot 

 (Kathiawar), Wood^-ow.—DLSTRm. India (W. Peninsula, Pegu, Behar, Chota-Nagpur, 

 Orissa) ; Ceylon, Ava, Tropical and S. Africa. 



3. Blepharis molluginifolia, Pers. Spi. v. 2 (1807) p. 180. 

 Stems prostrate, wiry, slender, more or less hispid. Leaves subsessile in 

 a whorl of 4, unequal, fleshy, ^-1 by ^-^ in., oblong-obovate, usually 



