15. Diclipteea.] 79. ACANTHACEJE. [17. Reinacanthus. 



Fls. Fr. Nov.-Vec. 



L. acuminate 3|'' by 2'', base ctraeate, shortly densely hairy beneath and 

 hairy above, nerves oblique strong. Petiole 4-l|" hairy. Heads of fl6wera 

 terminal and on leaf-opposed branchlets %-V long. Cor. -tube -jY', npper 

 lip ligulate, lower £'' broad minutely 3-toothed. Capsules ^Vi'' pubescent 

 and with long hairs. Seeds densely papillose. 



N.B.— D. Roxburgh iana is described in the F.B.I, as having leaves 

 obscurely pubescent or glabrous. In the C. N plant the proper bractB of 

 each flower are setaceous 5'', the larger cyme bracts (which are perhaps 

 those referred to in the F.B.I.) oblanccolate |*, and the smaller f long. 



2. D. micranthes, Nees., is a diffuse herb with a corolla only i" ot 

 less. 



16. Peristropke, Nees. 



1- P. bicalyculata, Nees, Barge Khode baha, S. ; Nasa 

 bhaga, Beng. 



A laxly panicnlately branched herb 3-6 ft. high with 

 swollen nodes and sharply 6-angled stems, ovate leaves and 

 smallish light purple 2-lipped flowers in lax axillary and ter- 

 minal divaricate panicled clusters of two flowers. 



Very common in hedges, also under light shade in waste ground where 

 not browsed. Fls., Fr. Nov. -J any. 



Lower leaves 4i" by 2£", floral often lanceolate, hairy, base somewhat 

 decurrent on the H-2" slender petiole. Panicles with setacotis £'' bracts. 

 Each cluster (or pair) terminal with an outer linear or linear-spathulate 

 bract 1-| times as long as the calyx and an inner smaller one, bracteoles 2 

 prs. but one jlower sometimes abortive. Sepals ^''connate at base. 

 Cor .-tube £-£'' twisted. Posterior lip (lower) elliptic obtuse entire i-yW ¥ , 

 anterior |* long very shortly 3-lobed or divided into 3 linear petals. 

 Capsule i" solid below. Seeds glochidiate. 



It is hardly separable generically from Dicliptera. 



L. acuminate 3|" by 2", base cuneate, shortly densely hairy beneat 

 And hairy above, nerves oblique strong. Petiole |-H". Rean« of flower 

 terminal and on leaf-opposed branchlets £-1" long. Corolla hairy, tub 

 iV» upper lip ligulate, lower &" broad minutely 3-toothed. 



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17. Rhinacantlius, Nees. 

 R. communis, Nees. 



A slender divaricately branched shrob with elliptic 

 obovate, or ovate-oblong leaves 3-7'' by f-3£" and white 



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