-loo XCVJ. ACANTlIArK.E. 



inucrouate, oi'ten wiili a narrow scarious margin on the lower edge 



1 eachijig about |-way up from the base, llie feitile bracts ^ by yu ^^' 

 (inchiding the scarious margin), broadly obovate, mucronate, pubescent, 

 with a broad scarious margin ; bracteoles ^ in. long, elliptic-oblong, 

 concave, pubescent, with scarious ciliolate margins. Calyx densely 

 hairy, i in. long, divided nearly to the base; segments linear-lanceolate. 

 Corolla blue, | in. long, hairy outside ; upper lip rather less than § iu. 

 lung, broadly ovate, acutely acuminate ; lower lip nearly i in. long, 

 obovate, with 3 short obtuse lobes, the middle lobe the narrowest. 

 Hlameuts glabrous; lower cell of anthers with an obtuse white ap- 

 pendage. Capsules j^-g in. long, ovoid, acute, pubescent at the apex, 

 compressed, the 2 flat f;ices scarious, the narrow edge hard, wliite, 

 shining. Seeds -J^ by yi^, in., ellipsoid. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 547; "Woodr. 

 iu Journ. Bomb. >:at'. v. 12 (1899) p. 358. 



Eare. Konkan: Stocks]; Goa jungles, Dalsell\ S. M. Coltntky : Belgauin, 

 Ritchie, QiQi^\ Kanaka: Xaw!— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Rungia parviflora, Nees, in Wall PI. Js. Bar. v. 3 (1832) 

 p. 110, TAR. pectinata, C. B. Clarice, in Hoolc.f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1885) 

 p. 550. A much-branched annual straggling weed ; stems subterete, 

 glabrous or pubescent. Leaves very variable in size, ^-'2k by -g^-l^ iu. 

 (in a luxuriant specimen from Matherau 4 by Ig in.), elliptic-lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acute or subobtuse, lineolate, glabrous or nearly 

 so, base acute ; petioles g-^ in. long. Flowers in terminal and axillary 

 l-sided subsessile spikes \-l in. long, sometimes 2 or 3 together at 

 the ends of the branches ; bracts dimorphic, the barren i by -^ in., in 



2 rows, lanceolate, cuspidate, pubescent, usually with scarious margins 

 on both sides or sometimes on one side only, rarely not margined ; fertile 

 bracts g in. iu diam. (including the broad scarious margin), hairy on 

 both sides, orbicular, the central herbaceous portiou lanceolate, cuspi- 

 date, the scarious margins often -^ in. broad, usually 2-fid at the 

 rounded apex ; bracteoles -^ in. long, elliptic-oblong, concave, with 

 ciliate scarious margins which are 2-fid at the apex. Corolla blue, \ in. 

 long, pubescent outside ; upper lip ^ in. long, broadly ovate, acutely 

 acuminate ; lower lip -jL- in. long, obovate, shortly obtusely 3-lobed. 

 Filaments glabrous; cells of the lower anthers with a long white ap- 

 pendage. Capsules ^L by -gL in., ovoid, acute, compressed, pubescent at 

 the tip, with scarious faces, 2- or 4-seeded. Seeds when 2 about ^^ in., 

 when 4 hardly 7^ in. in diam., orbicular, minutelv echinulate, yellow. 

 Trim.Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 343 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 358 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 592. Kmigia pecti- 

 nata (sip. \ '^^ean, in DC. Prodr. v. 11, p. 470 ; Wight, Icon! t. 1547. 

 Ji. parvijlora, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 195. Ji. pohfjonoides, Nees, in AVall. PL 

 As. Ear. v. 3, p. 110; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 190. Jvsticia pectinata, Linn. 

 Amcen. Acad. v. 4, p. 299 ; Grab. Cat. p. 165. — Flowers : Nov.-Feb. 



Verj common. Konkan: Law'.; Batnagiri, Kaniflcarl; Marniagao, Woodrowl; 

 Amhogh-kt, lihim[\ Va.n\c\, Wood raw; Matheran, C'w/c .' Deccan : J'andigani Gbat, 

 Coolce ! ; Khaiidala, Woodrvu: Kanaka : Law I ; Kunipta, Bhiva ! — DibTKiB. Through- 

 out India; Ceylon. 



Var. mitralis, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. L v. 4, p. 550. Spikes 

 yeiy dense, reaching 2 in. long and only -,'. in wide ; barren bracts ovate. 



