.'594 XCTI. ACANXHACE.I. 



Ihan the 2 lower, ovate, acuminate, the 3 nerves from the base uniting 

 at tlie apex and produced into a short spinous point ; the lower segments 

 somewhat oblanceolate, one of them usually broader than the other, 

 both armed with a long spinous point nearly ^ in. long ; inner lateral 

 segments very slightly longer than the lower, linear-lanceolate with a 

 long spinous point, -very densely silky-hairy. Corolla yellow, | in. long; 

 tube narrowly cylindric for about \ in., then abruptly and truncately 

 expanded, the swollen part crenulate at the base ; limb pubescent out- 

 side ; upper lip short, -^^ in. long, rounded, entire or emarginate ; lower 

 lip -^ in. long, retimlately veined, deeply 3-lobed, the lobes obtuse, the 

 middle one crenulate, twice as broad as the lateral ; })alate furnished 

 with 2 dense rows of hairs. Filaments very short, glabrous or nearly 

 so ; anther-cells slightly bearded. Ovary glabrous ; style pubescent. 

 Capsules I in. long, ovoid-lanceolate, with scarious backs, 2-seeded. 

 Seeds with very long hygroscopic mucilaginous hairs which are many 

 times longer than the nucleus. !F1. B. I. v. 4, p. 517; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. ]!)0 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357.— Flowers : 

 Nov. 



KoNKAN : Malwan. IJahell I ; Marmagao, IVoodrowl; near Eatnagiri, Kanifkarl — 

 DiSTitiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



5, Lepidagathis clavata, Dalz. in Keiv Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 340. Koot woody, perennial ; stems numerous, G-15 in. high, erect, 

 rarely branched, tetragonal, glabrous, usually naked below, marked with 

 the scars of fallen leaves. Leaves rigid, coriaceous, sessile, -j-l by 

 |-| in., longitudinally folded {complicate), ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 decussate, more or less recurved at the apex, spinous-pointed, entire, 

 glabrous, base rounded ; main-nerves 4-5 pairs, conspicuous on both 

 sides, very much so on the lower surface. Flowers in terminal, often 

 purplish, 4-sided, hairy, usually simple spikes 1-2;| in. long (radical and 

 axillary spikes rarely present ; when present depauperate, imperfect, 

 and non-floriferous) ; bracts quadrifarious, nearly ^ in. long by \-^ in. 

 wide, elliptic or slightly obovate, squarrosely spinous-pointed, softly 

 hairy and ciliate with long white hairs, nerved from the base; bracteoles 

 nearly | in. long by j\~^ in. broad, linear-lanceolate, densely hairy and 

 ciliate with long silky white hairs. Calyx rather more than | in. long, 

 4-partite to y^- in. from the base ; upper outer segment ^ in. broad, 

 slightly longer . than the lower, oblong-lanceolate, 3-nerved, finely 

 spinous-pointed; lower segment 2-lobed to about ^— ^in. from the base, 

 the connate portion easily separable, the lobes equal, y'jj in. broad, 

 oblong-lanceolate, 3-nerved, finely spinous-pointed: inner lateral seg- 

 ments lanceolate-subulate, very acute, finely spinous-pointed, 1-nerved. 

 Corolla rose-colored {Dalzell), ^-f in. long; upper lip broad, rounded, 

 2-toothe(l ; lower lip 3-lobed, the lobes oblong obtuse, subequal, pubes- 

 cent outside, the throat and palate spotted with yellow, glabrous. 

 Capsules g in. long, ovoid-lanceolate, acutely pointed, glabrous, 2-valvcd, 

 2-seeded, the back not scarious. Seeds i by j', in., lai-g*^ for the size of 

 the capsule, ovoid, acute, with short hygroscopic hairs. Fl. B. T. v. 4, 

 p. 518; Dalz. & Cibs. p. 191; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 357.— Flowers : Jan. 



Rare. Konkan: Stocks'. S. M. Coin-thy : Cliorla Qlu'it, /'rt/cci'/.' — DisTKin. India 

 (W. Peniusula). 



