XCVI. ACANTHACB.B, 375 



divided almost to the base ; sepals narrowly linear (scarcely -^^ in. wide), 

 acute, ciliate, elongating in fruit. Corolla densely pubescent outside, 

 pink or white, |-| in. long, 2-lipped a little less than |-way down ; 

 upper lip obovate-oblong, rounded ; lower lip 3-lobed about |-way, 

 blotched with purple, the lobes oblong, obtuse, the middle lobe slightly 

 larger than the lateral ones. Filaments flat, sparsely hairy ; anthers 

 bearded. Ovary hairy ; style pubescent. Capsules |-^ in. long, half 

 as broad as long, elliptic-lanceolate (in horizontal section), compressed, 

 acute at both ends, hairy. Seeds ^ by ^^ in., oblong, not compressed, 

 rugosely pitted, glabrous. FI. B. I. v. 4, p. 505; Dak. & Gribs. p. 198 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 327; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 357. Justicia echioides, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 16 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 164.— Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Deccan : sides of ravines, not very common, Balzdl Sf Gibson ; S. of Ahmednagar, 

 rare, Gibson ex Graham ; Hotgi, Bhiva ! ; Mahableshwar, Cooke ! ; Poona, banks of 

 the Mula river, Woodrow ! S. M. Country : Badami, Woodrow ! Gujarat : Stocks ! ; 

 Karnali, KanitkarX — Distrib. Tropical India in the drier districts ; Ceylon. 



20. HAPl^ANTHUS, Nees. 



Erect herbs. Leaves entire. Flowers axillary, pseudo-verticillate, 

 surrounded by numerous abortive branchlets reduced to spine-like 

 cladodes terminated by 2-3 minute spinous or subspinous points (re- 

 duced leaves) ; bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx 5-partite ; segments 

 linear lanceolate, subequal. Corolla small, tubular; tube slightly en- 

 larged above : limb 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-fid, the lower obtusely 

 3-lobed. Stamens 2, shorter than the corolla, inserted below the throat ; 

 filaments flattened ; anthers connivent, subcoherent, 2-celled, dorsifixed, 

 the cells ovate, more or less unequal, muticous, one usually bearded on 

 the back. Disk thick, prominent. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 3-8 in each 

 cell ; style acute or obliquely truncate at the apex. Capsule linear- 

 oblong, compressed contrary to the septum, 6-16-seeded from the base. 

 Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, slightly or not compressed, densely shortly hairy 

 when wetted. — Distrib. Species 3, endemic in India. 



Bracteoles longer than the calyx ; axillary spines exceeding 



1 in. long ; capsule glabrous 1. H. verticillaris, 



Bracteoles shorter than the calyx ; axillary spines not exceeding 



1 in. long; capsule pubescent 2. H. tentaculatus. 



1. Haplanthus verticillaris. Fees, in DO. Prodr. v. 11 (1847) 

 p. 513. Herbaceous, Ij-Sg ft. high ; stem glabrous at the base, more 

 or less pubescent upwards. Leaves 2|-4 by lg-2 in., ovate, acuminate, 

 or acute, or subobtuse, pubescent above and on the nerves beneath ; base 

 shortly cuneate ; main nerves 8-10 pairs, slender, prominent beneath ; 

 petioles 1-2 in. long. Axillary spines {cladodes) 1-1 g in. long, quad- 

 rangular, usually with 2 sharp naked spinous teeth at the apex, clothed 

 with short glandidar and long spreading hairs or sometimes nearly 

 glabrous. Flowers in the midst of the spines, sessile ; bracteoles subu- 

 late, finely pointed, longer than the calyx. Calyx ^ in. long, divided 

 almost to the base ; sepals glandular-pubescent, lanceolate with a 

 subulate point. Corolla | in. long, slightly pubescent outside, tubular, 

 2-lipped about 5-way down ; limb dark-lilac, marked with darker lines, 

 greenish-white inside the throat. Capsules |-| in. long, narrowly 



