Lepidagathis. acanthacea:. 525 



1. L. calycina (Ilocli.st. \\\ Schimp. cxs. — n.c. Prodr. XI' 

 p. :2;)"2) fruticulosa virciis adpressiusciilc hirta, loliis parvis brcviter 

 petiohitis ol)longis et oblonso-hinccohitis sicpc subobliquis, spicis 

 axilhu-ibus confcrlis strobiliforniibus oblongis, bractcis scariosis fri- 

 nerviis obovatis aculis apiculatis ciliatulis ad ncrvos pubcrulis, 

 braclcolis subulatis ciliatis, calycis scariosi albidi laciniis anticis in 

 unicani basi coalilis, poslcriore trincrvi latiorc, latcralibus multo 

 minoribus subulntis. corolhe albid;c tubo incluso limbo parvo 5- 

 L. discolor Stocks exs. — L. strobiiijem Stocks in Hook. Journ. ct 

 Kew xVlisc. IV, p. 177. 



Hali. ad Schah Bilawul in Belutschia inferiore (Stocks!). 



Fruticulus Vi-1-pedaHs, foha 7-10 lineas longa, spicce poUicares vel breviores, 

 caly.x i lineas. corolla 7 longa. 



Ar. Geogr. Abyssinia, regio Scinde Indire. 



4l'STICI.4 (L. GcD. 27. ~ Rostellaria Nees in Wall. As. III, TH). 



Calyx in segmenta 4-5 angusta tequalia partilus. Gorolh'e tubus 

 limbo brevi sublongior superne ampliatus, limljus bilai)iatus labio 

 supcriore concavo integro vel breviter biiido, infcriore jiatontc tri- 

 lobo. Stamina bina fauci afhxa labio superiore breviora, autbenc hi- 

 locularcs ioculis discretis. altcro altius affixo mutico, altero inferiorc 

 basi calcarc parvo albo appendiculato. Stylus llliformis iuteger vcl 

 minute bidentatus. Capsula ovata vel oblonga basi in stipitem soli- 

 dum contracta tetrasperma, semina rugosa vcl tuberculata. — Her- 

 bfe, rarius fruticcs. 



1. J. peploides (Nees in d.c. Prodr. XI, p. 875 sub Ro.stc//.<i.- 

 rid) aiuuia. ramosa ramis erectis vel procumbentibus ramulosis. 

 foliis viridibus sparsim papillari-asperulis vel glabris parvis pctinhi- 

 tis ovato-oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, spicis terminalibus densis 

 tenuii)us cylindricis l)asi foliis binis uiinoribus subscssilibus s;epi;is 

 suffultis, bractcis calycisquc laciniis subfequalibus lineari-laiiccolatis 

 acutis asperis et ciliatis rarius glabriiisculis, corollfc albidtC tubo in- 

 cluso limbo parvo Q. J. Valilii Iloth Nov. Sp. p. 14. — J. quiu- 

 qiimigularis Roxb. Fl. Ind. p. 1^3 ex [lartc. 



Hali. in oryzetis, locis humiJis, regnuni Cabulicum (Grilfli, t5elut>(hia 

 (Stocks !). 



Ar. Geogr. Abyssinia, India. 



ECBOUni (Kurz Journ. .4siat. Rcihj. 40, p. 75). 



Calyx profiuide quinqiiepartitus scgmciitis lanceolatis subfcquali- 

 bus. CorolhT tubiis hmgus tcnuitcr cyliiidraceus iu faucem brcvilci* 

 ampliatns, limbus bilahiatus labio suiieriore lincari brcviter bidcii- 



