364 XCTI. ACAXTHACE.'E, 



Bomb. ed. 2, p. 2G6 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Pnxl. v. 3, p. 3. Eranthemvm 

 roseum, E. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 477 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 195.— Flowers : 

 Nov.-Jan. Veen. Dasamuli. 



Konkan: Sfcc/i'sl, Law], Woodrowl; Ghats, Bal.relV.; Revadanda, KanitJcai-l ; 

 Matheran, CooJce ! Deccan : Khandala, CooJce. S. M. Country : Belgaum, Bitchie, 

 588! Kanaka: N. Kanara, Z'amYX-ar ! ; Yellapur (N. Kanara), Talbot, 278.'; Kala 

 raddi, Bitchie, 583 !— Distrtb. India (W. Peninsula). 



The root boiled in milk has some repute in native medicine. 



2. Dsedalacanthus purpurascens, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 



Soc. V. 9 (1867) p. 488. Stems 2-4 ft. high, leafy. Leaves 2-8 by 

 l-3g in., ovate, acuminate, lineolate on both surfaces, the lower leaves 

 usually decurrent into the petiole, which is variable in length owing to 

 the decurrent leaf-blade, the upper leaves often rounded or cordate at 

 the base and shortly petiolate : main nerves 7-9 pairs, prominent 

 beneath. Flowers in dense spikes 1-3 in. long, usually solitary, but 

 sometimes 1-3 forming a terminal panicle ; bracts |-1 in. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate, pale green (often becoming whitish in age), 

 with darker green raised nerves, reticulately veined between the nerves, 

 more or less glandular-pubescent, ciliate on the margins with long white 

 hairs ; bracteoles i— ^ in. long, linear-lanceolate, scarious, glandular- 

 pubescent. Calyx scarious, § in. long, divided about f-way down, 

 minutely white-pubescent on both sides ; lobes linear-lanceolate, very 

 acute. Corolla pubescent outside, blue, 1^ in. long ; tube slightly en- 

 larged and funnel-shaped for a short distance below the limb ; lobes 

 1 in. long, obovate, rounded or truncate at the apex. Stamens slightly 

 exserted beyond the corolla-tube; filaments glabrous. Ovary glabrous; 

 fitjle glabrous or nearly so. Capsules ^ in. long, clavate-oblong, pointed, 

 glabrous. Seeds broadlv ellipsoid, ^ in. long, densely hygroscopically 

 hairv. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 420 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 266 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 35.5 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 A'. 3, p. 2. Eranihemum pulchellum^ Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1, p. Ill {not of 

 Andr.); Grab. Cat. p. 163. Eranthemnm nervosum, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 195 

 {not of T. Anders.). — Flowers : Nov.-Jan. Verx. Guhham. 



Xonkan: Stoclcs\, BahcUl, Wondrow; Matheran, H. M. Birdwood, Cooke \ S. M. 

 Country: Belgaum, i??7c-A/e, 1195 ! Kanaka: Kala naddi, Bitchie, 1195! — Distrib. 

 India (Central India, Behar, W. Peninsula, Assam). 



3. Dsedalacanthus xnontanus, T. Anders, in Thw. Enum. (1860) 

 p. 229, TAR. concanensis, C B. Clarice, in JJoolc. f. Fl. B. f. v. 4, 



p. 421. A leafy herb 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 2^-5 by" 1-2 in., elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, base usually attenuated into the petiole, 

 but sometimes rounded ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, conspicuous beneath ; 

 petioles g-lg in. long. Flowers in interrupted spikes l.]-2 in. long 

 forming a compound terminal panicle ; rhachis of the spike quadrangular, 

 viscous-hairy ; bracts ^ by | in., ovate, obtusely acuminate, glandular- 

 hairv, with a strong midnerve, the other nerves somewhat obscure ; 

 bracteoles | by y^ in., ovate, acute, glandular-hairy. Calyx green, 

 X—X- in. long, glandular-hairy, divided ^-way down; lobes lanceolate, 

 acute. Corolla reaching 1| in. long, pale-blue ; lobes 3 in. long, oboviite- 

 oblong, rounded at the apex. Filaments glabrous, 2 abortive ones 

 between the other 2 ; anthers slightly exserted from the corolla-tube. 

 Ovary glabrous; style pubescent. Capsules ^-| in. long or more, 



