19. Phlogacanthus.] 79. ACANTHACEM. 



flowers in terminal thyrses. Bracts linear. Bracteoles 0. 

 St. 2. 



Damp ravines in Singuhum, rare. F1b. April . 



(I find that I have no specimen or note of occurrence of this familiar 

 shrub, and memory may be at fault in quoting it from the Singbhuu 

 forests.) 



20. Blepharis, Jnss. 

 1. B- boerhaaviaefolia, Per*. 



A herb or nndershrnb aboat 2 ft. high with a creeping 

 rootstock. Stems pubescent. L. in unequal pairs or 3-4- 

 nately wborled 2 ¥ by J" to 3£" by 1J" elliptic with cuneatd 

 base, with a few small teeth. Fls. nearly J" long- solitary 

 axillary and terminal on many -brae tea te reduced branchlets. 

 Corolla with a white narrow- urceolate tube ^" long with a 

 truncate rim on one side and one narrowly-obovate 3- 

 toothed lip pubescent with pink veins. 



Among rocks in Palamau jungles. Fls. and Fr. Nov.-Dec. 



L. acute or very acute and apiculate. sparsely hairy both sides. Petiol* 

 -j*g-£". Brads with retrorsely hispid awns obovate. Bracteolt 

 epathulate. 



2. B. molluginifolia, Pers., is somewhat similar but with obtusa 

 leaves and with the 2 seeds shaggy, whereas iu the last they are densely 

 covered witb thick fleshy compound hairs (described as spinous in 

 Bengal Plants) and are viscous when young. Chota Nagpur, Prain. 



Fain.— 80. CONVOLTIJLACEJS. 



Usually twining herbs or shrubs, sometimes with milky 

 juice (Cnscuta is parasitic,). L. alternate (0 in Cuscuta) 

 e^stipulate. Fls. regular usually cymose. Sepals 5 imbri- 

 cate, often persistent and accrescent. Corolla campanulate 

 or funnel-shaped, rarely rotate, petals often very short 

 Aestivation usually plicate and usually also contorted. St. 

 5 on the tube. Ovary 2- (rarely 3- or 1-) or 4j-celled. 

 Style 1 (rarely 2 or 0), stigmas 2 (rarely 1,5-lobed). Ovule* 

 4 altogether (i.e., 2 in each ( carpel), erect, anakopoua 



