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6. Lepidagathis prostrata^ Dalz. in Kew Journ. Boi. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 138. A rigid prostrate uiidershrub ; steins creeping and rooting 

 near the base, obtusely quadrangular, glabrous, mucb-branched ; young 

 branches softly tomeutose. Leaves small, sessile, rigid, subeoinplicate, 

 ^— ^ in. wide, rarely reaching 1 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, spinous- 

 pointed, recurved, pubescent on both sides, base somewhat cuneate ; 

 main nerves 4-5 pairs. Flowers in simple, erect, softly pubescent 

 spikes g-2iu. long, usually terminal on short lateral ascending branches ; 

 bracts | in. long, oblong-obovate, glandular-pubescent, spinous-poiuted, 

 nerved, often purplish, ciliate ; bracteoles i in. long, linear-lanceolate, 

 spinous-poiuted, glandular-i)ubescent. Calyx | in. long, 5-partite to 

 withiti Jq in. of the base, glandular-pubescent inside and outside ; the 

 3 outer segments of nearly equal length, the upper 5-7-nerved, ovate- 

 lanceolate, tuice as broad as either of the other 2, which are lanceolat? 

 and 3-uerved, all 3 spinous-pointed and with cihate margins ; the 2 

 inner lateral segments much shorter and narrower, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, ciliate. Corolla f in. long, pubescent outside, rose-colored or 

 yellowish- white, deeply 2-li|iped ; upper lip ^ in. long, broad, rounded, 

 shortly 2-toothed, marked with dark transverse lines ; lower lip nearly 

 I in. long, deeply divided into 3 subequal oblong spreading lobes ; palate 

 glabrous. Capsules | in. long, ovoid-lanceolate, compressed, glabrous, 

 2-valved, 2-seeded, the back not scarious. Seeds ^ in, long, broadly 

 ovoid, shortly hygroscopically hairy. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 518 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 190 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357.— 

 Flowers : Dec. 



Konk\n: iS/oc/js! ; Malwauon have vocks, Dal jell I Kanaka: Muudele(N. Kanai-a), 

 Ritchie, 19461 — Distrib. India (subtropical W. Himalaya, W. Peninsula). 



7. Lepidagathis rigida, Dah. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 341. An erect undershrub 3-4 ft. high, rigid, little-branched; stem 

 quadrangular, slender, softly hairy with glandular and simple hairs. 

 Leaves coriaceous, 2|-4| by 5-g in., linear-lanceolate, acute, longitudi- 

 nally folded {complicate), glandular-pubescent on both sides, base long- 

 attenuate into an obscure petiole ; main nerves 8-10 pairs, prominent. 

 Flowers in dense glandular-hairy terminal cyliudric simple or compound 

 spikes l-2i in. long, on short lateral branches ; bracts |-i by ^ in., 

 linear-la:iceolate, acute, and, as well as the bracteoles, softly silky with 

 simple and glandular hairs, 3-nerved, spinous-pointed ; bracteoles | by 

 -Jg in., linear-lanceolate, 1-nerved. Calyx 4-partite nearly to the base, 

 densely silky with long simple and glandular hairs, rather less than 

 A in. long to the top of the longest segment ; upper outer segment ^ in, 

 broad, 

 outer se^ 

 wide, lane 

 lateral 



lanceolate, 1-nerved, all the segments finely spineseent. Corolla 

 yellowish-white, spotted with brown or purple, pubescent outside ; upper 

 lip i in. long, broad, i'oundi>d, notched ; lower hp 1 in. long, 3-lobed, 

 the lobes subequal, oblong, obtuse ; palate glabrous. Filaments glabrous ; 

 anthers bearded. Ovary glabrous ; style pubescent. Capsules -^ in. long, 

 ovoid-lanceolate, glabrous. Seeds -^ in. long, ovoid, subacute, clothed 

 with short hygroscopic hairs. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 518 ; Dalz. & Gib«. 



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