21. Lepidagathis.] 104. ACAWFHACEJE. 



didynamons, vipper pair shorter with 1 -celled anthers, the second cell 

 replaced by a knoh. 



Sins'bhum, Saranda forests on shady banks ! Parasnatli, Thorns, and Anders. ! 

 Fl. Feb. 



Branches flexuous 4-angled and swollen below the nodes and with puberulous 

 stipular lines. Smaller leaf in each pair often less than half the larger, both 

 attenuate at base, scarcely petioled or petiole winged, pale beneath, membranous, 

 glabrous or minutely ciliolate or young hairy, deciduous on the older branches but 

 with tufts of smaller leaves and glandular spikes at the nodes. Bracts with 

 subaristate tips, bracteoles linear," '35". Calyx sub-2-lipped, denselj' glandular 

 hairy, sepals very unequal, dorsal prominently 7-8-nerved, two anterior 3-4-nerved 

 oblong-lanceolate, innermost (lateral) linear 1-3-nerved, all subaristately acuminate. 

 Stigma simple. 



4. L. hyalina, Nees. 



A much-branched herb 1-2 ft. high Avith root of fleshy fibres, stems 

 subterete with 4-2 raised green lines decurrent from the base of each 

 leaf. Leaves variable in shape, oblong, ovate or linear, 2*5" in some forms 

 to 1" long in others, always decurrent on the petiole, rather strongly 

 nerved. Spikes numerous dense, 2-10 together, fascicled secimd, on 

 very short axillary peduncles and forming dense terminal heads, 

 •5-i*5" long. Flowers "S" long distinctly 2-lipped, white with mottled- 

 brown palate or upper lip brown. Bracts very dense 4-farious imbri- 

 cate, •3-'4", ovate-oblong or lanceolate acuminate with a strong 

 midrib excurrent as an awn or point, bracteoles similar or narrow^er. 

 Outer sepals nearly as long, oblong sub-aristate, strongly 3-nerved, 

 margins long ciliate and glandular, inner nai'row. Capsule •22-*25" 

 oblong with a short beak, sides parallel to septum rather thin. 



Usually in damp places, among rocks in the Sal forests, or on banks along nalas 

 and firelines. Throughout Chota Nagpur ! Angul, Chattarjee ! Sambalpur, Griff. \ 

 As it also occurs in the Sikkim Tarai'and Duars it will probably be found through- 

 out our area. Fl., Fr. Dec-April, Perennial. 



Stems often reddish. Branches moi'e or less pubescent, especially near nodes, 

 with the 4 green lines sometimes much raised. Leaves often light-coloured or 

 yellowish along centre and main nerves, varying from •2o-"3" broad to 2'25''' broad ; 

 margins entire or u.ndulate, slightly pubescent on nerves beneath and with small 

 scattered hairs above or hairy'bot'h sides or (in Angul specimen) glabrous above 

 but densely shortly lineolate, beneath often shiny; sec. n. 7-9. Petiole "l" (in 

 uppermost leaves) to I'o" Dorsal bracts of spikes barren, all with marginal nerve 

 and long cilia and glandular. Cor. •3-"35" long, tubular below, siiddenly ventricose, 

 upper lip emarginate or 2-lobed, concave ; lower patent. Beak of capsule puberu- 

 lous. Seeds '04". 



5. L. f asciculata, Nees. Serendri-dumbu, Bile-mata-a :, K. 



A highly aromatic viscovis hairy herb 1-2 ft. high, much branched 

 from the creeping rootstock, Avith crenate or serrate ovate acuminate 

 leaves much decurrent on the petiole and small white-lipped flowers 

 in numerous subcapitate spikes rarely exceeding "S" in length. 



Among rocks in the Sal forests and in grass near nalas. Singbhum, common .' 

 Sambalpur, Griff. ! Kalahandi ! Fl., Fr. Jan.-April. 



Stems hairy and glandular with 4 raised green lines. Lower leaves attaining 5" 

 by 2" or sometimes 6" by 2" including the short petiole on which the blade is 

 decurrent nearly to its base, sometimes quite coarsely toothed, at other times 

 shallowly crenate, hairy or glabrescent both sides ; sec. n. 7-9 curved strong beneath 

 with sub-scalariform tertiaries. Spikes usuall.y very many and congested at the 

 ends of the branches, very short with oblong or elliptic 3-nerved hairy bracts •25" 

 long, acute, but not at all aristulate, bracteoles narrower. Sepals hairy, upper 

 broad oblong or lanceolate -2- 22", 3-nerved acute, anterior also 3-nerved, linear- 



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