t • 



32 



Yunnan. Mengtze, 1350 m., Henry, 9120 ; in crevices of rocks 



on mountain flanks in the Mengtze plain, Hancock, 492. 



6. E. acanthocarpus, Franch. PI. Delav. (1889), p. 129 ; Loes. in 

 Engl. Jahrb.t vol. xxx., p. 459. 



3-4 



Leaves 



lanceolate or oblanceolate, more rarely ovate or obovate, shortly 

 acuminate, 5-12 cm. long, 1/5-5 cm. broad ; lateral veins rather 

 oblique, easily seen on the upper surface in the dried state, and 



mm 



Peduncle 1-6 cm. long. Cj'mes twice to five times forked 

 Corolla about 7 mm. across, greenish-yellow. Capsule about 

 1 cm. across, including the prickles ; prickles 2 mm. long. 



Ytns'NAtf. On Mt. Che-tcho-tze, above Tapintze, Delavay, 2816 ; 

 Mengtze, N. Mts. 2100 m., Henry, 10544 B, 10301. 



Szechuan. Mt. Omi, Wilson, 3330 A, 4781 A. 



Hupeh. Fang, Wilson, 1280 ; Paokang, Wilson, 2150, 2150 A ; 

 Patung district, Henry, 3706 ; Nanto, Henry, 2991. 



7. E. subsessilis, Sprague, n. sp. 



A Bhrub, 2-2-5 m. high. Leaves elliptic-oblong, lanceolate or 

 ovate, acuminate, 4-9 cm. long, 1*5-4 cm. broad ; lateral veins 

 rather oblique, anastomosing at a considerable distance from the 

 margin to form a loose network which is very evident, especially 

 on the lower surface ; petioles 1-2 mm. long. Peduncle 1-3 cm. 

 long, conspicuously winged. Cymes twice or three times forked. 

 Corolla 7-8 mm. across. Capsule brown in the dried state, hardly 

 1 cm. across, including the prickles ; prickles 1-1-5 mm. long. 

 A. eclnnatus, Loes. in Engl. Jahrb., vol. xxx., p. 459, non Wall. 



35U U B EH ' Neighbonrllood of Ichang, Henry, 3116, 3511, 3511 A, 

 Atl f B S- H tt ? AN * Mt 0mi ' 1050 m " Faber > 198 i Mt. Omi, Wilson, 



4<o±, 4i 85. 



8 E. echinatus, Wall, in Roxb. Ft. Ind. ed. Carey, vol. ii. (1824), 

 £410; Laws m Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind., vol. i„ p. 611, partly 

 Duthie, Cat. PL Kumaon, p. 32. . ' v 3 



A scandent shrub. Leaves elliptic- oblong or lanceolate 1<ra 

 frequently ovate, acuminate, 3-5-8%m. lon|, 1 %TZ broad 



^t^Z^X t PStl l! 0U8 ' ana8to ^i to for^ a ™ther 



tt oles ^7 mm lonl " T^ T* evident ° n the u PP er 8 » rf * ce I 

 petioles d-{ mm. long. Peduncles very slender 1-2 cm lo™ 



Cymes once or twice forked. Corolla 7 X Vr.™ g * 



Sikkim. Hooker. 

 Kkpal. Wallich. 



JUMAON. Bi„ aM Peak) aW 2>200 ^ s 



& Winter 



Garhwal. Herb. Falconer, 361, 



Kashmir, Jamu hills, Thomson, 





