17. Rhinacasthtts.] 79. ACANTHACEJE. [19. Phlogacakthus, 



flowers V long with a slender pubescent corolla-tube. Calyx 

 •jL" deeply 5 -partite longer than the minute clustered bracts. 



Rocky ground under shade. Karampoda and Porahat forests, 

 K«onjhur boundary. Palandu (Ranchi), Wood. Koderma, Gamble. FIb. 

 Jany.- April. 



L. narrowed both ends. Petiole slender. Upper lip of corolla Bhortly 

 f A fid, lower with 3 broad lobes \'' long. 



18. Andro^raphis, Wall. 

 Herbs or small undershrubs with small 2-lipped pubes- 

 cent flowers in axillary and terminal- often 1 -sided racemes 

 with small bracts, and bracteoles or minute. Anther 

 cells parallel, base bearded. Capsule 6-12 -seeded. Seeds 

 glabrous, not compressed. 



1. A- paniculata, Nees. Kalmeg, S. y H ; Chiretta, Beng. 

 (The true Chiretta, however, is a Swertia.) 



An erect herb 1-3 ft. with square stems glabrous 

 below, lanceolate glabrous leaves about 2\" and flowers \* 

 long vertical on spreading panicled racemes. 



: Common, often seen on fire-lines before they are cleared. "Pis. Bept.- 

 April. Fr. Dec-May. 



L. narrowed both ends. Petiole 0-j''. Inflorescence glandular-hairy. 

 Capsule narrow f-f ''. 



Used in fever (a decoction of the whole plant). Also given M in 

 diarrhoea, convulsions, and epilepsy," Camp. 



2. A- CchioideS» Nees, Bir Kubet, 8 t 



Erect herb 8"-2 ft. with pubescent stems, sessile oblong 

 leaves l|*by J" to 3 J 7 by If pubescent or somewhat hairy 

 both, sides, and flowers vertical on spreading simple or 

 branched (but not panicled) racemes from all the axils. 



Similar localities. Girga Forest, etc. FIs, Jvly-Nov. ¥r. Sept.-Jaru 

 Sepals slender £-£". Capsule ellipsoid. 



19. Phlogacanthus, Nees. 

 1. P. thyrsiflorus, Nees. 



A handsome shrub with entire dark green elliptic leaves 

 6-8* long and widely tubular 2-lipped curved brick-red 



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