370 XCYI. ArAXTUACE r. 



oblong, acute, grooved, glabrous, white. Seeds j^-^ by -^q in., oblong, 

 compressed, yellowish-brown, densely hairy when wetted. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 506 ; Dalz. & Gibs, p. 197 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 357. Justlcia verticillata, Koxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1, p. 135; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 165. — Flowers : Dec. Veen. Jalcdra ; Kateri. 



Dalzell, without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : Laiu ! ; Konkan bills, Wvodrow, 

 20!; Matheran, Cooke \ Deccan : Kbandala, Cooke \, Graham; Maliablesbwar, 

 Cooke ! ; Sinhagad, Gamjaram ! S. M. Cou.vtry : near Belgaum, Eitchie, 577 ! — 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Haplanthus tentaculatus, Nees, in DC. Prodr. v. 11 (1847) 

 p. 513. A slender herb ; stems quadrangular in the upper part, 

 glandular-pubescent througbout. Leaves 2-4 by 1^-2 in., ovate, acu- 

 minate, more or less pubescent, decurrent into the petiole which is 

 therefore often obscure; main nerves 8-10 pairs, slender; petioles 

 obscure owing to the decurrent leaf-blade. Axillary spines (cladodes) 

 slender, :|-| in. long, shortly densely and softly villous and also with 

 long hairs, with 2 or 3 more or less flattened villous (hardly spinous) 

 teeth (reduced leaves) at the apex. Flowers sessile in the midst of the 

 cladodes ; bracteoles subulate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx ^ in. long, 

 divided almost to the base ; sepals linear-subulate, densely hairy. 

 Corolla I in. long, blue or lilac, 2-lipped about 5-way down. Capsules 

 -^ in. long, oblong, pointed, pubescent. Fl. B. I, v. 4, p. 507; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 197; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357.— 

 Flowers : Dec. 



Konkan : Marmagao, Woodrow. Deccan : Nasik, Bkiva I ; Kbandala, Cuoke I, 

 Woodrow I Gujarat: Surat, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula, Central 

 India). 



21. GYMNOSTACHYUM, Nees. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves cauline or subradical, entire, sinuate, 

 crenulate or toothed. Flowers subsessile or shortly pedicellate, in 

 axillary cymes or in a terminal panicle, often spicate or racemose ; 

 bracts and bracteoles usually minute. Calyx deeply divided ; lobes 

 equal, linear-lanceolate. Corolla 2-lipped ; tube narrow, cylindric ; 

 lobes subequal, oblong-elliptic, imbricate. Stamens 2, nearly equalling 

 the corolla, rarely exserted beyond it ; filaments often hairy near the 

 base ; anthers 2-celled, the cells subequal, oblong or ovate, h.niry or 

 glabrous. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules numerous in each cell ; style slender ; 

 stigma subentire. Capsule linear, pubescent or glabrous, 16-24-seeded. 

 Seeds broadly ovoid, compressed, hairy. — Distrib. India and Malaya ; 

 species 15. 



Flowers in axillary racemes or panicles ; stamens exserted 



beyond tbe corolla ; cansule glabrous 1. G. latifoUum. 



Flowers in terminal spiKes or raci-mes ; stamens not exserted 



beyond tlic corolla ; capsule glandular-pubescent 2. G. glabrnm. 



1. Gymnostachyum latifolium, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 V. 2 (1SG7) p. 5(i5. A <.'labrous undershrub 3 ft, high; stem erect, 

 quadrangular, rough with small tubercles. Leaves large, 3^-8 by 

 2|-G in., broadly ovate, acute, glabrous, base rounded or truncate, some- 

 times (more rarely) acute ; main nerves 10-14 pairs, prominent; petioles 

 reaching 6 in. long. Flowers in axillary racemes or panicles often from 



