Diclipteba.] ACA1STUACE&. 21* 



Leaves ovate, acuminate; flowers mostly in 

 axillary clusters, bracts glabrous except the 

 ciliate margins ; corolla less than £ in. long . /. />. micro nt lie.--. 



Leaves elliptic, acute | flowers in terminal and 

 axillary clusters, bracts pubescent and with 

 ciliate margins ; corolla J-in. long : — 



Bracts cuneate-olliptic or obovate, apicu* 

 late, not acuminate . . . . 2. D. Roxburghiwa. 



Bracts linear or linear-oblong, with nearly 

 parallel margins, acuminate-cuspidate D. Roxburghiana, 



var. bupleuroides. 



1. D. micranthes, yees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. Hi, 112; F. B. I. iv, 553; 

 Prain Beng. PL 882; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 402. 



An erect usually glabrous herb, G-1S in. high, branches angular. Leaves 

 irlabrous or slightly hairy, l$-8i in. long, ovate or elliptic, acuminate, 

 lineolate, petioles i - 1 .V in. long. Flowers in small seesile axillary 

 clusters; bracts herbaceous, unequal, reaching | in. long, oblong or 

 obovate, cuspidate ; margins scarious, densely ciliate towards the base, 

 each pair of bracts enclosing usually 3 flowers ; bracteoles £ in. long, 

 linear-lanceolate, hairy. Calyx £-£ in. long; segments lanceolate- 

 subulate, acute. Corolla }•£ in. lorjg, hairy outside, upper lip longer 

 than lower. Capstde ± in. long, compressed, ellipsoid, subacute, hairy 

 at the apex. Seeds very small, echinulate. 



Found chiefly in the drier western districts of the area. Flowers Oct. 

 to Dec. Distbib. Behar, Chota Nagpur and C. India to the Konkan ; 

 also in Trop. Africa and the Comoro Islands. 



2. D. Roxburghiana, Kees in Wall. PI. Ae. Rar. Hi, 111 ; F. B. I. iv, 

 553; Watt E. D.; Prain Beng. PI. 822. 



A herb, 1-3 ft. high. Stems nearly glabrous. Leaves up to 2\ in. long, 

 elliptic, acute, obscurely pubescent or glabrate, petioles al out ± in. 

 long. Flowers in terminal and axillary, usually sessile clusters ; bracts 

 nearly \ in. long, cuneate-elliptic or obovate, not acuminate, pubescent 

 and with ciliate margins. Corolla J in. long. Capsule i in. long,, 

 clavate, narrowed into a solid stalk, puberulous or glabrate. Seeds 

 distinctly verrucose. 



Frequent in most part 1 ? of the area. Distbir. Plains of Punjab and 

 Bengal, extending to Assam and Bhutan. 



Var. bupleuroides, F. B. 7, iv, 554; Watt E. D. ; Prain Beng. PI. 822. 

 D. bupleuroides. Nee*} Collett FL Siml. 377.— A much more hairy 



filant than the type. It differs also in the bracts which are linear or 

 inear-oblong and acuminate, and the margins are nearly parallel. 

 Watt describes the capsules as much smaller and flattened at right 

 angles to the septum.— Dehra Dun and eastwards a!ong the Sub- 



