so. DiCLiPTERA.] 104. ACANTHACE^. 



linear '3". Cor. pubescent, tube '25", three-toothed anterior lip becoming upper- 

 most, "4", posterior (lower in actual position) entire subequal, ovate-lauceolate 

 ■s\ath recurved margins. Seeds usually 2, large discoid glandular-papillose, scarcely 

 verrucose. Embryo large blue. 



Var. 



Habit of last. Leaves in a pair often very unequal, one Avith 

 petiole attaining -7". Inflorescence more elongated. Pair of cymule 

 bracts often connate at base, larger -i-'o" by -08" but very unequal. 

 The cymule contains 3-5 fls. each with a slender bract and bracteoles 

 and very shortly pedicelled. Bracteoles •27-'28" slenderly subxilate. 

 Calyx •2--S", all glandular-pubescent as in the last. Style very 

 slender -6-7" long. 



Appears to be a form of the same species with the cyme less contracted. 

 Ranchi and Palamau, elev. 3000 ft. ! 



2. D. bupleuroides, Nees. Syn. D. Roxburghiana, var. buj^leuroides, 



Clarke. 



A tufted herb or undershrub about 18" to 2 ft. high. Stems 

 4-angled or grooved and striate Avith swollen nodes, usually pubes- 

 cent, on two sides and at the nodes. Leaves in a pair often unequal 

 and one of a pair (subtending) the inflorescence often deciduous, 

 laro-er 3"o by 2", ovate acuminate, very hairy beneath but hairs more 

 or less deciduous with age, thinly pubescent or hairy above. Petioles 

 •5-l'2". Fls. rose-purple in very compound axillary sessile cymes and 

 terminating short axillary (or leaf-opposed, OAving to fall of leaf) 

 branchlets -S-IS" long from the axil of the smaller (often deciduoiis) 

 leaf. Cymule (pairs of) bracts in several ti-ansverse series, each 

 series with 5-7 cy mules enclosed between a pair of lateral bracts, the 

 cymule bracts being anterior and posterior to the cymule. Larger 

 bract ■4-'5", 3-nerved, slightly linear-oblong, slightly Avider upwards, 

 cuspidate or shortly aristate, smaller bract similar but narroAver 

 and one-nerved, both Avith very long hairs. Bracteoles of perfect 

 flowers "27", pubescent, setaceous. Calyx •1.5-'18" with the subulate- 

 setaceous segments rather unequal. Corolla-tube -23" long, lips sub- 

 equal, •25-3", very pubescent or hairy. Capsule •2--25", pubescent 

 and villous excepting the short glabrous base. 



Among hfematite-schist rocks, on the mnuntains of Chota Nagpur. Singbhum ! 

 Fl., Fr. c.s. 



L. sometimes with cuneate base and almost tomentosely hairy beneath when 

 young, t^ec. n. strong beneath, 6-7. Corolla "o" long, hairy without, throat inflated, 

 iips purple spotted with darker purple within, upper (anterior) minutely 3-toothed 

 recurved, lower ■\7" t)road entire. Anther-cells superposed, filaments hairy. Seeds 

 4 densely papillose. 



Possibly intermediate forms between D, Boxburghiava and this species occur 

 which induced Clarke to unite them, but in our area they appear to be quite 

 distinct. 



3. D. micranthes, :Nees. 



A herb Avith tough or sub- woody usually decumbent and rooting 

 stems, somewhat angular above and Avith pale longitudinal lines. 

 Leaves usually small, -75-2", ovate or rhomboid acute and apiculate 

 or acuminate, cuneate at base, Avhich tapers into a slender S-o" long 

 petiole, very lineolate, glabrous or sometimes somewhat hispid 



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