XCYI, ACANTnA.CE.E. 397 



upper segment sliglitly tbe longest, -i- iu. wide, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 aristate, ciliolate, 3-uei'ved ; lower segment 2-lobed to a little below tbe 

 middle, tbe lobes lanceolate, acute, bristle-pointed, w-ith a strong nerve 

 near the inner m irgin of each lobe, reticulateiy veined, ciliolate ; tlie 

 2 iiaiior lateral segments linear-subulate, acute, 1-nerved, ciliolate. 

 Corolla dingy-wbite, rather more than i in. long, slightly pubescent 

 outside ; upper lip i in. long, oblong, obtuse, 2-tid; lower lip i in. long, 

 divided about |-way dowai into 3 spreading subequal rounded lobes, the 

 middle of the lip marked by purple spots (Stocls). Filaments glabrous. 

 Ovary glabrous; style faintly pubescent. Capsules nearly ^ in. long, 

 4-seeded (fide 0. B.' Clarke). ' Yl B. I. v. 4, p. 519 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 112. Lej)l- 

 dar/athis sfrobihfem, Stocks, in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) p. 177. 

 Sind: (S/oc/ti!— Distuib. Behicliistan, Abyssinia. 



10. Lepidagathis incurva, D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Xejj. (1825) p. 119, 

 A'AE. mucronata, C. B. Clarke. A prostrate perennial herb ; stems 

 1-2 ft. long, slender, obtusely quadi\angular, pale, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves variable in size, 1-3 by f-lf in. (in a specimen collected by 

 Ritchie in N. Kanara the leaf including the petiole reaches 6 in. long), 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, lineolate, glabrous or pubescent, 

 margins entire or obscurely crenulate, base tapering and decurrent into 

 the petiole; main nerves 6-8 i)airs ; petioles |-1 iu. long. Flowers in 

 axUlary and terminal 1-sided, often clustered, softly hairy spikes 

 •g— I in. long ; bracts ^ by ^^ in., oblong-lanceolate, scarious, acute, 

 spinous-pointed, softly hairy on the back, ciliate, 3-nerved ; bracteoles 

 s ^y aV ^^* ^ong, lanceolate, finely spinescent, ciliate, 1-nerved. Calyx 

 ^ in. long, 4-partite to about -^^ iu. from the base, softly hairy with 

 simple and gland-tipped hairs ; segments equal in length or very nearly 

 so ; the upper of the 2 outer segments -^^ in. wide, lanceolate, acute, 

 ciliate, 3-uerved; the lower 2-lobed to below the middle, the lobes 

 lanceolate, hardly ^ in. wide, ciliate; the 2 inner lateral segments 

 linear-lanceolate, all the 5 lobes with very fine subspinous points. 

 Corolla white, ratlier more than 1 in. long, pubescent outside ; tube 

 not much inflated at the top, the narrow part ^ in. long ; upper lip ^ in. 

 long, suborbicular, slightly notched ; lower lip -^ in. long, 3-lobed rather 

 less than g-way down, tlie lobes oblong, rounded at the apex, the middle 

 one twice as broad as the lateral; palate glabrous. Filaments glabrous; 

 anther-cells bearded. Ovary pubescent at the tip. Capsules i- by ^^ in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, pubescent at the tip, 4-seeded. Seeds 3^ in. 

 long, broadly ovoid or suborbicular, shortly hygroscopically hairy. 

 Lepidagatlus hyalina var. mucronata, C. B. .Clai'ke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4 (1885) p. 521. LejndagatJiis hyalina, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 357 {not of Nees). L. mucronata (sp.), Nees, in Wall. 

 PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) p. 95.— Flowers : Jan.-May. 



Dalzell without locality in Herb. Kew.! Konkam : 8iocks\ Kanara: Stocks\, 

 Woodrow ; Hatkumba, Eitchie, ^ ^ ^ ! ; Kala nacldi, Ritchie, 1215 !— Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



11. Lepidagathis fasciculata, Bees, in Wall. PI. As. Rar. v. 3 

 (1832) p. 95. A diffuse weak herb; stems 1 ft. long- spreading, much- 

 branched, slender, quadrangular, geniculate, softly hairy. Leaves often 



