238 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



The last four are two-seeded,, the next two four-seeded, * L. hya- 

 lina, an erect herb, leaves ovate viscid, bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 flowers white, with brown spots. Konkan, Canara, &c. (H.). * L. 

 fasciculata (L. Goensis D.), herbaceous, diffuse, hairy, leaves ovate, 

 crenate serrate, spikes short, panicled, flowers as in the last. Wari 

 country. The last two apparently have no spines. 



Three more genera belong to the didynamous section. Elermaiera, 

 herbs, leaves sometimes alternate, corolla lobes 5, short, styles 2- 

 lobed, the lower lobe often divided. *E. glauca, erect, leaves 

 oblong, mostly alternate, flowers small, purplish, striped, in long lax 

 spikes ; one sepal much larger, bracts stalked and leaf-like. S. Kon- 

 kan (D.) . * E. zeylanica (Erythracanthus elongatus, D.) branches trail- 

 ing, leaves oblong, oval, spikes dense short, calyx and corolla nearly 

 as in the last. Wari jungles (D.). 



Calophanes, herbs, calyx tubular, with 5 narrow teeth. * C. vagans, 

 calyx teeth long, hairy, flowers in hairy cymes, bluish, the palate 

 pleated across, anther cells pai-allel with prominent white spurs. 

 Konkan and Belgaum (fl.). * 0. Dalzellii, closely resembling the 

 last, but cymes denser, calyx teeth broader, flowers larger, and no 

 spurs to the anthers. Konkan and Poona (H.). 



Neuracanthus, calyx 2-lipped, corolla limb nearly entire. N. triner- 

 vius, a shrubby plant, leaves orate lanceolate, bracts round ovate, 

 white with hairs, flowers small blue in hairy 4-sided spikes, calyx 

 segments very narrow. Bhandup. Near Alibag (D.). N. sphcero- 

 stachyus, stout, unbranched, rough, leaves ovate, bracts roundish, 

 silky, flowers pretty, blue, in close round sessile heads, corolla 

 throat and tube streaked with white. Dhanu. Konkan and Bombay 

 (D.). For these two H. has no other habitat than the Konkan and 

 Ghauts. 



(&) Stamens 2. 



16. KELSONIA. 



N. campestris (N. tomentosa, D.). Very downy, with 

 numerous stems and branches pressed close to the ground ; 

 leaves oval entire, rather glutinous, flowers small, lilac or 

 purple in spikes, bracts ovate, crowded. 



Pauchmahals. Wari jungles (D.). Throughout India (H.) 



17. D2EDALACANTHUS. 



D. purpurascens (Eranthemum nervosum, D.). A shrub 

 more or less hairy ; stem 4-sided, leaves ovate, flowers in stiff 

 spikes, handsome purplish blue, the throat streaked darker, 

 bracts large imbricated all up the spike, oval pointed, veined 

 ciliated, bracteoles and calyx segments very small, whitish. 

 GuUhdm. 



The Konkans and Ghauts. Bombay (G.). 



* D. montanus, a leafy herb, attributed by -D. to the Ghauts near 

 Dharwar, If. calls a vaiiable specie?, best distinguished by the long 



