354 XCTI. ACANTHACE.i:. 



slender curved retinacula. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 406; Aitch, Pb. & Sind 

 PI. p. Ill; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (189!)) p. 355. 

 Hemiadeljjhis polysperma, Nees, in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 3, p. 80 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 1492. — Mowers : Sept.-Oet. 



S. M. Country: north of Dharwar, EUchie, 1152! Kanara : Haiigal, Bhiva I 

 Gujarat: Verawal (Kathiawar), Woodrowl; Rajkot (Kathiawar), Woodruivl Sind: 

 Stocks I— BiSTRiB. Throughout India in wet places ; Afghanistan. 



2. Hygrophila Serpyllum, T. Anders, in Jotwn. Linn. Soc. v. 9 

 (1867) p. 456. A procumbent herb ; rootstock woody ; stem 4-15 in. 

 long, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves |-1| by |-§ in., elliptic or 

 sometimes suborbicular, entire, more or less hairy on both sides ; 

 petioles g in. long (sometimes in some of the basal leaves |-1 in. long). 

 Flowers in terminal dense or lax spikes ; bracts ^ in. long, elliptic, 

 subacute, hairy ; bracteoles | in. long, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute, hairy. Calyx i-i in. long; sepals narrowly linear, densely 

 ciliate. Corolla ^ in. long; limb about ^ in. long, conspicuously 2- 

 Hpped, the upper lip shorter than the lower, with 2 short oblong obtuse 

 lobes, the lower lip bullate, shortly 3-lobed, the mid-lobe slightly larger 

 than the lateral ones ; tube ventricose upwards. Filaments glabrous ; 

 anthers of the lower stamens the larger, Va by 3L in., those of tlie upper 

 stamens ^ by ^ in. Style pubescent. Capsules 5 in. long, linear- 

 oblong, pointed, glabrous ; valves grooved on the back. Seeds 8-10, 

 orbicular-ovoid. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 406 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 12 (1899) p. 355. Fhysichilus SerpjUum, Nees, in Hook. Comp. Bot. 

 Mag. V. 2, p. 311; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 184; Wight, Icon. t. 1493.— 

 Flowers : Sept.-Jan. Vern. Rdn-tewan. 



Xonkan : Law, 148 .', Stocks !, Dalzell ! ; island of Bombay, Balzell S[ Gibson \ 

 I'anvel, Kanifkar ! Deccan : Stocks ! ; Khandala, Cooke ! ; Mahableshwar, Cooke ! ; 

 Poena, Woodrow ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Vae. Hookeriana, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 407. A 

 larger plant. Leaves orbicular, obtuse, often 1 iu. in diam. ; petioles 

 ^-| in. long, with minute white bristly hairs. 



Konkan : Stocks \, Law ! 



3. Hygrophila angustifolia, 11. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 479. Her- 

 baceous, erect, often much-branched, 1-3 ft. high ; stems obtusely sub- 

 quadrangular, glabrous or with finely appressed pubescence. Leaves 

 glabrous, usually entire, variable, |-3 by |-^ in. ; lower sometimes 

 obovate or oblong; upper lanceolate; petioles 0-| in. long. Flowers 

 sessile, in dense opposite axillary clusters forming rather distant 

 whorls ; bracts -^ in. long, oblong, subobtuse, hairy ; bracteoles g in. 

 long, lanceolate, acute, hairy. Calyx tubular, divided |-way down 

 in flower ; teeth linear from a broad base, acute, hairy. Corolla hairy 

 outside, pale puri:)lish-blue, |-| in. long ; tube much and abruptly 

 swollen above, hairy witliin at and below the insertion of the stamens; 

 limb conspicuously 2-lipped, the upper lip ovate-obloiig, sliortly 2-lobed, 

 the lower lip i—]- in. long, oblong, hairy inside and witli 3 short subecpial 

 rounded lobes. Stamens didynamous ; filaments hairy at the base. 

 Style pubescent. Capsules .|-| in. long, narrow, subquadrangular. 

 Seeds 20-28, orbicular. Jfyqrophiln salirlfolia, Nees, in Wall. Pi. As. 

 liar. V. 3 (1832) p. SJ ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. 15. I. v. 1, p. 4ii7 ; 



