398 xcvi. aca>;tiiack,e. 



ill unequal pairs, 1--1 by |-1 in., ovate or elliptic, subacute, irregularly 

 crenate or dentate, more or less softly pubescent on both sides, base 

 cuneate, suddenly decurrent into the petiole ; petioles ^-| in. long, 

 softly hairy. Plowers few, in terminal often pauiculately arranged 

 leafy spikes ; bracts J-| by ^i in., ovate, acute, 3-nerved ; bracteoles 

 ^ in. long, linear, both bracts and bracteoles hairy with simple and 

 glandular hairs. Calyx | in. long, 5-partite nearly to the base, softly 

 hairy with simple and gland-tipped hairs ; outer upper segment the 

 longest, j^ in. broad, linear-lanceolate not spinous- nor bristle-pointed, 

 3-nerved and reticulately veined, ciliate with long hairs ; the two lower 

 segments about -Jq in. broad, linear, very acute, 1-nerved and reticu- 

 lately veined, ciliate ; the 2 inner lateral segments shorter, subulate. 

 Corolla rather less than ^ in. long, white, pubescent outside ; narrow 

 portion of the tube ^ in. long ; upper lip short, -^^^ in. long, 2-fid, spotted 

 with purple (DalzeU) ; lower lip 4- in. long, 3-lobed, the lobes obtuse, the 

 middle the longest ; palate glabrous. Filaments glabrous ; anther-cells, 

 very slightly bearded, one attached much lower tlian the other. Ovary 

 slightly hairy at the tip ; style pubescent in the lower half. Capsules 

 5 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent at the tip. Seeds yy in. in diam., 

 suborbicular, shortly hygroscopically hairy. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 522 ; JS'ees, 

 Mouogr. Lepidag. (1841) p. 10 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 332 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357. Lepidagatliis goensis, Dalz. 

 in Kevv Journ, Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 340 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 191.— Flowers : 

 Feb. 



KoNKAN : Stoc/csl, DalzdV.; Goa districts at the foot of the Sahyadris, Dalzelll; 

 Wari country, Dalzell cj- Gibson. S. M. Country : Ramgbat, Ritchie, 692 1 — 

 l^isTHTB. Throughout Tropical and Subtropical India; Ceylon. 



28. HYPCESTES, E. Br. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves entire, often with waved margins. Flowers 

 axillary and terminal, usually clustered, running into terminal spikes or 

 panicles ; bracts longer than the calyx, oblong-lanceolate, 2 beneath each 

 spikelet, free or connate at the base, each pair enclosing 1 perfect and 

 1 or 2 rudimentary flowers ; bracteoles longer than the calyx. Calyx 

 deeply 5-fid ; segments narrow or setaceous, subequal. Corolla deeply 

 2-lipped ; tube slender, dilated near the top. Stamens 2, attached below 

 the ttiroat ; anthers 1-celled, muticous ; pollen ellipsoid, longitudinally 

 banded. Disk cupular. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 2 (rarely 1) in each 

 cell ; style shortly and equally 2-fid. Capsule oblong with a solid stalk, 

 4- or 2-seeded ; placentas not rising elastically from the base of the 

 capsule. Seeds smooth or rough, not hairy. — Distrib. Asia, Africa, 

 and Australia; species 60. 



1. Hypoestes lanata, Dalz. In Kew Journ. Dot. v. 2 (1850) p. 343. 

 An undershnil) ; stems glabrous, geniculate, ascending. Leaves 3-6 by 

 1|-2| in., elliptie-lancei)late, acuminate, entire, glabrous or nearly so, 

 base acute, decurrent along the petiole, sometimes nearly to the base. 

 Inflorescence axillary and terminal, in woolly-tomentose elongate inter- 

 rupted leafy spikes 6 in. long and upwards running into terminal 

 panicles; flowers in clusters of 1-3 in the opposite axils of floral leaves; 

 bracts 2, connate at the base, y^, in. long, linear, subacute, denselv 



