Neur acanthus.] cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 491 



Le-pidagatMs differs by the anthers all 2-celled, the stigma subequally minutely 

 2-lobed, and the presence of bracteoles. N. subuuinervius, Kurz, has been removed 

 to Lepidagathis. 



* Spikes axillary, elongate, bracts sub-^-ranked. 



1. N. trinervius, Wight Ic. t. 1532 ; leaves sessile elliptic cuneate at 

 both ends nearly glabrous, bracts ovate or obovate spinous-mucronate 5- 

 nerved, calyx-segments linear-lanceolate long-ciliate. Dalz. fr Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 190; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 494. 



CONCAN ; in the Ghauts, Law, Dalzell, &c. j Salsette, Herb. Wight. 



Stems 1-3 ft., glabrous except at the tips. Leaves 4 by If in., lineolate above, 

 sometimes minutely setose. Spikes 1-5 in., hairy ; bracts by in. Calyx in. ; 

 segments divided about half-way down ; cilia | "in., rising from minute glistening 

 tubercles. Corolla % in., blue, nearly glabrous without, 2-lipped ; segments 5, sub-v 

 similar, obtusely triangular, plicate in bud, tips tufted. Capsule in. Seeds 



TiJ in - 



2. N. tetragxmostachyus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 97, and 

 Cat. 7168, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 248; leaves short-petioled elliptic or 

 obovate-lanceolate attenuate at both ends thinly pubescent or glabrous, 

 bracts ^ellip tic spinous-mucronate 5-nerved, calyx-segments linear-lanceolate 

 long-ciliate. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 494. 



PEGU ; Prome Hills, Wallich ; Rangoon, M'Lelland ; Moulmein, Parish. 

 Hardly differs from N. trinervius except in the greater attenuation of the leaves 

 at both ends. Flowers blue (Parish). 



3. N. srandiflorus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 95 ; leaves 

 small obovate or oblong snbobtuse nearly glabrous, bracts ovate-lanceolate 

 rigid 5-nerved, calyx- segments lanceolate long-ciliate. ' 



PEGU ; Prome, Kurz. 



Leaves 1 by | in., not lineolate, minute scabrid-pubescent (in Kurz's specimen) ; 

 petiole obsolete. Corolla J in., or rather more, blue. Exceedingly near N. tetragono- 

 stachyus, but has much smaller leaves, and larger flowers. Neuracanthus sp. (Kew 

 Distrib. n. 6144), collected by Griffith in Hookhoom Valley, Upper Burma, is perhaps 

 a variety, but has the leaves closely pubescent beneath. 



* Spikes axillary, densely capitate, bracts not ^-ranked. 



4. N. sphaerostachyus, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 140 ; leaves 

 subsessile elliptic nearly glabrous, bracts ovate softly white-hairy, calyx- 

 segments lanceolate or subovate subobtuse. Dalz. &f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 190; 

 Hook. Ic. PI. t. 835. K Lawii, Wight Ic. t. 1531 ; T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 494. Lepidagathis sphaBro^stachya, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 

 254. 



CONCAN ; Dalzell, &c. ; common in Bombay Island. 



Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves 4| by 2 in., obtuse or subacute, lineolate above; petiole 

 scarcely ^ in. Spikes 1-2 in., sometimes agglomerated into axillary globes 3-4 in. 

 diam. ; bracts in., purplish. Calyx ^ in., one lobe shortly 3-toothed, the other 

 deeply 2-fid. Corolla in. ; limb a tine blue, obconic, subeutire, plicate ; lower lip 

 of 3 very depressed triangular lobes, upper an emarginate subsimilar lobe. Anthers 

 pubescent. Capsule f in., 4-seeded. Seeds in. diam. The plant appears rarely to 

 seed, as Dalzell notes. 



*** Spikes terminal, oblong. 



5. N. Neesianus, Clarke ; hoary silky subtomentose, leaves sessile 



