Car/I mthera.] cix. ACAXTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 405 



ciliato-pubescent. Sepals wider upwards. Scarcely specifically separable from 

 C. balsamic a. ' 



5. C. triflora, Ham. mss. -^Bent/i. in Gen. PI. ii. 1074; pubescent, leaves 

 ovate or round creuate-serrate, flowers mostly in axillary whorls, sepals 

 equalling the bracts linear. Ruellia triflora, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 46, and 

 FL Ind. iii. 52. Adenosma triflora, Nee* in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 79, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xi. 68; Wall. Cat. 7147; T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 45 I, 



On the margin of water ; BENGAL, very common. ASSAM, PEGU and SINGA- 

 POEE. 



Annual, decumbent, rooting at the base, 1 foot. Lower leaves often pinnatifid, in 

 water large, pectinate, membranous ; cauline ^-1 in. diam., tip founded, base cuneate 

 or subpetioled, somewhat closely sharply toothed. Flowers 1-3-nate ; bracts nearly 

 3- in., obovate, sometimes toothed hracteoles in., oblong. Sepals hairy, one longer 

 than the others, very acute. Corolla g ill. Anthers nearly equal. Capsule 

 ^-^ in., pubescent. 



6. C. avana, Bentk. in Gen. PL ii. 1074 ; subhirsute, leaves sessile 

 oblong dentate, base obtuse, spikes elongate interrupted, flowers solitary, 

 sepals exceeding the bracts linear. Pedicularis ? avana, Wall. Cat. 1007 ; 

 Benth. Scroph. Ind. 52. Synnema avanum, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 538. 

 Adenosma biplicata, Neesin Wall. PL As. Bar. iii. 79, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 68 ; Wall. Cat. 7146 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 454. 



BURMA ; WallicTi, M'Lelland, &c. DISTEIB. Ava. 



An annual weed, 1 foot, decumbent, rooting in mud, branches erect or procum 

 b,ent. Lower leaves usually pinnatifid ; upper 1-1 in., obtuse, base often subquad- 

 rate, with many patent white hairs. Spikes 1-5 in., weak ; bract ^-^ in., narrowly 

 elliptic; bracteoles in., narrowly oblong, obtuse. Sepals $ in. and upwards, white- 

 hirsute. ' Corolla ^-f in., pubescent without, purple. Anthers nearly equal. Cap- 

 sule 3 in., puberulous. 



7. C. pinnatifida, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1074; dusky pubescent, 

 leaves petioled oblong or elliptic pinnatifid or crenate, flowers solitary 

 axillary or in lax spikes, sepals linear slightly wider upwards sometimes 

 toothed. -Nomaphila pinnatifida, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 38 ; Dalz. 

 4* Gils. Bomb. Fl. 184 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 843. Adenosma pinnatifidurn, T. 

 Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 455; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 246. 



W. DECCAN PENIXSULA ; Concan and Canara, Dalzell, Seddome, &c. j Manga- 

 lore r Wight. 



Biennial; branches 1-2 ft. Leaves 2-4 in., deeply pinnatifid; lobes numerous, 

 oblique, oblong ; or smaller, or in. and crenate on the same plant, cuneate or 

 spathulate, more or less petioled. Spikes 1-4 in., terminal, weak, hardly interrupted, 

 many-fid.; or more commonly flowers few, distant, solitary, sometimes on very short 

 axillary branches appearing pedicelled; bracts in., elliptic; bracteoles J in., oblong. 

 .Sepals \ in. Corolla J in. Anthers subequal ; cells parallel, base not divari- 

 cate nor cordate. Capsule nearly \ in., glabrous. 



Subgenus 2. Fleesianthera. Stamens 2, fertile. Flowers solitary, 

 on alternate axils. Seeds densely elastically hairy. 



8. C. Thwaitesii, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 1075 ; pubescent, leaves 

 spathulate-oblong entire, flowers small subsessile in lax compound cymes. 

 Adenosma Thwaitesii, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 224, and m Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 455. 



CEYLON ; Batticaloa, in the tropical region, Thwaites. 



