306 xfvr. acantiiack.t;, 



p. 191 ; Aroodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1800) p. 357. -Flowers : 

 Dec-Mar. 



KoNKAN : Lamhertl, Stocks I: W. Ghats, Woodrow; Talkat Ghat, Dalzelll S. M. 

 Country: Ramghilt. Dalzelll, Ritchie, 1198! Stnd : T. Anderson. — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



8. Lepidagathis cuspidata, Nees, in Wall. PI. As. Bar. v. 3 

 (1832) p. 97. An erect iindershrub 1-3 ft, high ; stems and branches 

 quadrangular, glabrous or glandular-pubescent upwards. Leaves of tbe 

 main stem 2i-4| by |-1| in., oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 

 usually niucronate, glabrous or nearly so, base acute, cuneately tapering 

 and decurrent into tlie petiole, sometimes nearly to its base; petioles 

 -|— 1 in. long, often obscure ; leaves of the branches |— 1 by § iu., subsessile, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, usually softly pubescent, spinous-pointed. Flowers 

 in terminal spikes often terminating short axillary brandies ; spikes 

 very variable in size, shape, and density, sornctimes 1 in. long, dense, 

 sometimes G in. long, lax with distant flowers in opposite pairs; bracts 

 s~u ^y 6""i ''* ' elliptic-oblong or obovate, acute, spinous-pointed, 

 3-nerved, and, as well as the bracteoles, glandular-hairy ; braeteoles 

 •|— I in. long, linear-lanceolate, spinous-pointecl, 1-nerved. Calyx J in. 

 long to the top of The longest segment, glandular-hairy, almost 5-partite 

 to within jV^"- ^^ tbe base (the lobes of the lower segment very slightly 

 connate) ; upper outer segments slightly the longest, ^-^ in. broad, 

 oblong-lanceolate, subacute, spinous-pointed, 3-5-nerved, reticulately 

 veined ; the 2 shorter outer segments -jL in. wide, lanceolate, acute, 

 spinous-pointed, 1-3-nerved, reticulately veined ; inner lateral segments 

 nearly as long as the shorter outer ones, ^V i"- broad, linear, very acute. 

 Corolla white with darker lines, |-| in. long, pubescent outside ; upper 

 lip tV's" ^^- ^'^^^Si ovate, acute, entire or notched, and, as well as the 

 throat, jnarked with dark transverse purplish lines; lower lip l-|- in. 

 long, 3-lobed, the lobes rounded, the middle the broadest ; ])alate glabrous. 

 Filiiments glabrous ; anther-cells bearded. Ovary glabrous ; style pubes- 

 cent. Capsules ^ in. long, ovoid-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 2-valved, 

 4-seeded. Seeds -jiy iu. long, nearly as broad as long, ovoid, compressed, 

 rounded at the apex, hygroscopically hairy, especially on the margins, 

 Avith hairs shorter than the nucleus. A very variable plant as to the 

 size of the jmrts of the flower as well as the character of the spikes. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 519 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357. 

 — Flowers : Mar. 



Konkan: Lawl, DaLelll; Miradonger near Pen, Sfocksl; Matlieran, Cookel 

 Deccan: Khandala, IVoodrowl; Mahableshwar, Cooke'. ; Phunda Ghdt, Iiiickie,\d-i8l 

 — DisTHin. Througliout India. 



9. Lepidagathis calycina, Ilochst. ex DC. Prodr. v. 11 (1847) 

 p. 252. A small erect rigid much-branched undershrub; branches 

 woody, the young ones more or less pubescent. Leaves ^-^ by ^-^ in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, glabrous or nearly so, narrowed and often 

 unequal-sided at the base ; petioles ^j-^ in. long. Flowers numerous, 

 in short spikes |-^ in. long, racemosely arranged along the branches ; 

 bracts j''^ by -J- in., elliptic-obovate, strongly nuicronate, 3-nerved and 

 reticulately veined, faintly ciliolate, soon becoming scarious ; bracteoles 

 \'\ in. long, linear-subulate. Calyx soon becoming scarious, nearly ^ in. 

 long to the top of tlie longest segment, -J -partite almost to the base ; 



