xcTi. acanth.vce-t:. 377 



the axils of fallen leaves ; bracteoles yV in- 'ong, lanceolate ; pedicela 

 very short. Calyx ^ in. long, glabrous, 5-partite ; segments 1 in. long, 

 linear, acute. Corolla 1 in. long, 2-lipped ; upper lip | in. long, oblong, 

 with 2 rounded short lobes -^ in. long at the apex ; lower lip 3-partite to 

 the base, the lobes oblong, obtuse. Stamens exserted beyond the corolla ; 

 filaments flattened, glabrous ; anthers glabrous ; ovary and style glabrous. 

 Capsules § by -J^ in., linear, bluntly pointed, striate, glabrous, 24-seeded. 

 Seeds -^-^ in. in diam., suborbicular, much compressed, hairy when 

 wetted. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 509 ; Bedd. Icon. PI. Ind. Or. p. 61, t. 253 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357. Cryptophragmium 

 Utifolmm, Dalzell, in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 137 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 185. — Flowers : Nov.-Dec. 



S. M. Country: Chorla G-hdt, DaLeU\; Castlerock, Kanitknr'., Bhiva\ — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peniusula). 



2. Gymnostachyum glabrum, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 V. 9 (181)7) p. 5'Jf3. An uudershrub, nearly glabrous except the in- 

 florescence ; stems obtusely subquadrangular, more or less lenticellate. 

 Leaves 4|-7 by 2-2| in., elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous or 

 nearly so, uith undulate crenate or toothed margins, base tapering, 

 often decurrent into the petiole ; main nerves 10-12 pairs, prominent ; 

 petioles | in. long, sometimes obscure. Flowers sessile or subsessile, in 

 terminal branched spikes or racemes 6-10 in. long, in rather distant 

 clusters along a glandular-pubescent rhachis ; bracts g in. long, lanceo- 

 late, acute. Calyx glandular -hairy, ^ in. long, 5-partite ; segments ^ in. 

 long, linear-lanceolate, acute, ciliate with glandular hairs. Corolla 

 white, spotted inside with purple spots, ^ in. long, glandular-pubescent 

 outside, 2-lipped about g-way down ; upper lip 3 by g in., obovate- 

 oblong, shortly 2-lobed at the apex; lower lip 3-lobed about g-way 

 down, the lobes -^ by y^ij in., oblong, obtuse. Stamens nearly reaching 

 but not exserted beyond the top of the corolla ; filaments hairy at their 

 insertion in the corolla-tube, otherwise glabrous ; anthers glabrous. 

 Ovary minutely papillose, not pubescent; style slightly pubescent. 

 Capsules ^ in. long by -^ in. in diam., subcylindric, bluntly pointed, 

 glandular-pubescent. Seeds ^ in. in diam., much compressed, finely 

 hairy when wetted. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 509; Bedd. Icon. PL Ind. Or. 

 p. 61, t. 251; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357. 

 Cnipiophraqmium glahrum, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 338 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 185.— Flowers : Dec.-Feb. 



Konkan: shady woods of S. Konkan, Dalzell; Konkan, Law I; Ghats, DalzeU \ 

 S. M. Country: Castlerock, Cooke\, Kanitknr'. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Vae. denticulata, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v, 4, p. 509, 

 cannot stand as a variety. The leaves are not more denticulate than 

 many of the leaves of the type. Dalzell & Gibson, Bo. Fl. p. 185, 

 describe the leaves of the type as denticulate, glabrous, and Dahoell was 

 tlie first to describe the plant. 



Doubtful Species. 



GTMNOSTACllTUM LONGIFOLIUM, T. Anders. MS. in Herb. Kew. There is a 

 single sheet in Herb. Kew. named as above by Dr. Anderson, the specimens on which 

 were collected in Kanara by Mr. Law. No further details as to habitat exist, so that 

 there are no means of ascertaining whether the specimens came from N. or .S. Kanara, 



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