Hygrophfla.] cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 409 



hispid. H. longifolia, Kurz in Journ, As. Soc. 1870, ii. 78. Barleria longi- 

 folia, Linn. Amcen. Acad.iv. 320; Wall. Cat. 2505. B.,hexacantha, Moris 

 in Mem. Acad. Torin. xxxvi. 200, t. 7. Rnellia longifolia, Koxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 50. Asteracantha longifolia, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 90, and in 

 J)C. Prodr. xi. 247 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 189 ; Wight Ic. t. 449. 

 A. auriculata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 248, with syn. Rheede Sort. Mai. 

 ii. t. 45 ; Jones in As. Research, iv. 291. 



Throughout INDIA in ditches, abundant ; from the Himalaya to CEYLON (not 

 seen from Malay Peninsula). 



Stems 2-5 ft., usually fascicled and undivided. Leaves 3-7 in., suhsessile, acute at 

 both ends, sparsely hispid with long white hairs. Whorls large, dense, with (nor- 

 mally 6) straight stout spines 5-!^ in.; bracts ^-1 in., lanceolate; bracteoles J- in., 

 narrow. Sepals j-J in., lanceolate; upper rather the largest, lower obtuse emargi- 

 nate or shortly bifid. Corolla 1 in., nearly glabrous, pale blue-purple. Anthers 

 oblong, subequal. Capsule in., shorter than the sepals, linear-oblong, 4-8-seeded 

 from the base. 



VIII. NOlTCAPHIliA, Blume. 



Erect herbs. Leaves petioled, entire. Cymes axillary, subsessile; 

 branches unilateral, sympodal upwards ; flowers pedicelled ; bracts linear, 

 minute; bracteoles 0. Sepals 5, linear, one somewhat larger. Corolla 

 tubular, ventricose upwards ; limb deeply 2-lipped ; lobes 5, twisted to the 

 left, edges narrowly overlapping in bud. Stamens 4, didynamuus, glabrous ; 

 anthers 2-celled, lower somewhat smaller ; ceils oblong, parallel, muticous. 

 Ovary oblong; style linear, stigma simple linear. Capsule linear, seed- 

 bearing from the base, 8-32-seeded. Seeds ellipsoid, reticulate, elastically 

 white-hairy when wetted ; retinacula hardened, hooked, but slender. Species 

 7, in S.E. Asia, Madagascar, and Trop. Africa. 



1. N. Parishii, T.Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 455; leaves lan- 

 ceolate pubescent or mature nearly glabrous, cymes and calyx glandular- 

 pubescent, sepals subulate. N. pubescens, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871 , 

 pt. ii. 74, excl. all syn. 



MocLMEiN; Falconer, Parish. PEGU; Kurz, J3randis. TENASSERIM ; Bed- 

 dome. DISTBIB. Java. 



Stem 1-2 ft.,^m!5e"scent upwards. Leaves 3 by -f in., acute at both ends (larger 

 ovate tide T. Anders.), young minutely softly pubescent, mature ,glabrate lineolate 

 above, sparsely pubescent or glabrate beneath ; petiole j-li in. Cymes 1^ in. diam. ; 

 bracts - in , opposite; pedicel in one axil |- in., in the other suppressed. Sepals 

 % in., one slightly longer than the others, acute. Corolla f-1 in., nearly glabrous. 

 Ovary glandular ; style patently hairy. Capsule % in., 32-seeded, pubescent from the 

 base. Very near to, and doubtfully distinct from the Javan N. corymbosa (Blume 

 Bijd. 801 ; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 84). Col. Beddome has collected in Tenawerim 

 two forms, one with the calyx and corolla half -as large agaiu as in the other; but no 

 other difference can be found. 



2. N. stricta, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 84, excl. syn. ; leaves broadly 

 lanceolate mature glabrate, cymes nearly glabrous, sepals linear subobtuse 

 glabrate or minutely pubertilous, ovary nearly glabrous except at the .tip. 

 Kuellia paniculata ? Heyne in Herb. Rattier. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ? ; Rottler. DISTEIB. Malaya to the Philippines. 

 This plant is in Bottler's Madras collection at Kew, but it may be doubted (see 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 456) whether it was collected wild in India. It 



