202 ACANTRACEM. [ Bableeia. 



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strigose on the upper surface, densely strigose on the nerves and vein3 

 beneath and with bulbous-based hairs intermixed, margins ciliate. 

 main lateral neives 6-8 pairs. Floivers in dense fulvous-hairy 

 unilate ral spikes, often crowded at the tops of the branches ; 

 bracteoles about § in. long, lanceolate, hairy on, the back and with 

 ciliate margins. Calyx densely strigose ; outer segments subequal, 

 f-1 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, sub-acute, margins denticulate and 

 ciliate ; inner smaller, linear, acute, densely clothed with white 

 a ppressed silky hairs. Corolla l|-2 in. long, blue ; tube pale-blue, 

 upper part funnel-shaped ; lobes obovate-oblong, obtuse. Capsule f 

 - in. loDg, acute at the top, 4-seeded, glabrous. Seeds silky-hairy. 



Plentiful inDehra Dun, on the SiwalikEange and in the Sub-Himalayan 

 tracts eastwards. Flowers during the cold season. Distbib. Bengal, 

 Assam and Sikkim, extending to Burma; also in the Bombay Pre3. 

 and S. India. Cultivated in gardens. The root is used by the Santals 

 as a remedy for coughs. 



19. ASYSTASIA, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 492. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers in lax or dense 

 usually 1-sided simple or compound spikes or racemes ; bracts and 

 bracteoles linear, usually shorter than the calyx. Calyx deeply 5- 

 partite ; segments equal, linear or linear-lanceolate. Corolla-tube 

 inflated above ; lobes 5, subequal, imbricate in bud. Stamens didyna- 

 mous, all perfect ; anthers oblong, cells parallel, approximate, minute- 

 ly spurred at the base or submuticous. Ovary "with 2 ovules in each 

 cell ; style linear, very hairy, stigma minutely bifid or subcapitate. 

 Fruit an elliptic-clavate capsule, its base contracted and solid. Seeds 

 4, compressed suborbicular or irregularly angled, rugose or tubereu- 

 late, glabrous. — Species about 34, in tropical regions of the Old 

 World. 



A. macrocarpa, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. in, 89 ; F. B. I. iv, 495 

 Prain Beng. PI. 813. 



A diffuse rambling hairy undershrub. Stems 1-4 ft., obtusely 4-gonous. 

 Leaves about 4| in. long, i etioled, oblong or lanceolate, narrowed at 

 both ends, hairy on both sides, margins subrepand, main lateral nerves 

 8 pairs, petioles J in. long. Racemes usually condensed and 1-sided; 

 sometimes 3-4 in. long, erect, somewhat lax and with the lower flowers 

 opposite, lower pedicels up to g in. long, bracts | in. long. Calyx- 

 segments 5 in. long, linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla lj in. long, 

 dull-pink, pubescent, cylindric base of tube much shorter than the 

 ventricose portion. Anther-cells distinctly spurred at the base. Capsule 

 1% in. long, pubescent, its solid base f in. long. Seeds £ in. in diam., 

 tubercled and rugose. 



Dehra Dun (Gamble). Distbib. W. Himalaya up to 4,000 ft. in 

 Kumaon, also in N. Bengal. 



