XCVI. ACANTHACE.i:. 301 



but small. Capsules i— | in. loag, clavate, poiutecl, pubescent at the 

 apex, with hard backs and scarious sides. Seeds orbicular, -^ in. in 

 diam., dark brown, slightly hairy on the faces, densely so on the margin. 

 Phaylopsis parvi-ftorci, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3 (1800) p. 342 ; C. B. Clarke, 

 in Hook. f. JFl. B. I. v. 4, p. 417 ; Trim. FL Ceyl. v. 3, p. 296 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 355. ^theilema reniforme, Nees, 

 in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) p. 94 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1533 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 192. Ruellia imbricata, Vahl, Symb. v. 2, p. 73; Qrah. Cat. 

 p. 162. — Flowers : Nov.-Jan. Veen. Waiti. 



KoNKAN : stocks I Banda in the Wari country, Dahell ^ Gibson. Deccan : Eavines 

 about Par, Graham; Mahableshwar, Graham, H. M. Birdwood, Cooke\ S. M. 

 Country : Badami, Woodrow ; 'BQ\gaxi\Q,Dal2ell\ Kanara : KAlanaddi, Bitchie, 1 194 ! 

 — DisTiiiB. Throughout India (except the N.W.); Oejlon, Madagascar, Tropical 

 Africa. 



15. DYSCHORISTE, Nees, in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) p. 75. 

 CALOPHANES, D. Don, in Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. Ser. 2(1833) t. 181. 

 Perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, petiolate. Flowers in axillary 

 clusters or short cymes ; bracteoles small, narrow. Calyx tubular ; 

 lobes 5, subequal, lanceolate or subulate. Corolla tubular, obscurely 

 2-lipped ; lobes 5, obtuse, twisted to the left in bud, spreading in 

 flower. Stamens 4 perfect, didynamous ; filaments glabrous or hairy ; 

 antliers similar, 2-celled, the cells oblong, parallel, minutely mucronate 

 or spurred at the base ; pollen globose, ribbed. Ovary 2-celied, glabrous ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell ; style linear, hairy ; stigma linear, recurved, the 

 upper lobe minute, or dentiform or suppressed. Capsule oblouf, con- 

 tracted below into a solid base. Seeds 4, orbicular, much compressed, 

 with hygroscopic white hairs ; retinacula strong, curved. — Distrib. 

 Warm parts of both hemispheres ; species 60. 



Corolla not or scarcely exceeding the calyx 1 . J), depressa. 



Corolla much longer than the calyx. 



Corolla |-1 in. long; anther-cells with long spurs at the base... 2. D. vagans. 



Corolla 1-1 1 in. long ; anther-cells with minute spurs or almost 



spurless at the base 3, JD. BalzelUi. 



1. Dyschoriste depressa, Nees, in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) 

 p. 81. A perennial herb often woody at the base, or almost a small 

 shrub ; stems numerous, usually glabrous, subquadrangular, with many 

 divaricate usually glabrous subquadrangular branches often prostrate 

 and rooting at the nodes. Leaves |-1| (rarely reaching 2 in. long) by 

 ^-1 in., broadly elliptic or sometimes obovate, obtuse, entire, glabrous 

 or shghtly pubescent, base tapering into the petiole ; petioles |-i iu. 

 long. Flowers subsessile, 1-4 in axillary clusters ; bracts ; bracteoles 

 -jL- in. long, narrowly linear. Calyx |-i in. long, divided about | the 

 way down iu flower, hairy; segments lanceolate-subulate, the lowpr 

 part of each segment with membranous margins, the upper part finely 

 subulate. Corolla pale violet-pink, scarcely exceeding the calyx ; lobes 

 oblong, rounded-truncate, spreading. Stamens didynamous, one short 

 and one long filament of each pair united at the base, the connate 

 portion flattened and pubescent ; anther-cells distinctly spurred at 

 the base. Capsules § in. long, bluntly pointed, glabrous. Seeds 4, 

 large, broadly elliptic, densely clothed with hygroscopic hairs ; retina- 



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