Haplanthus.] cix. ACAXTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 507 



W. DJECCAN PENINSULA, frequent, Roxburgh, &c., extending north to Mt. 

 Aboo, Stocks. 



Stems 2-3 ft., pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves 3 by 2 in., shortly acumi- 

 nate, base suddenly attenuated, pubescent or nearly glabrous ; petiole 1 in. Cladodes 

 often 1-1 \ in. in fruit, pubescent or glabrous, with or without scattered patent 

 bristles in their lower half. Calyx % in., glabrous or puberulous. Corolla in., 

 pale lilac. Calyx % in. and upwards, glabrous. 



2. K. tentaculatus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 513; cladodes in fruit 

 slender curved glabrous or pubescent not ciliate, calyx pubescent scarcely 

 ciliate. Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 197 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 

 503. Euellia tentaculata, Linn. Amcen. Acad. iv. 320; Burm. FL Ind. 134, 

 t. 40, fig. 1. E. aciculata, Roth Nov. Sp. 301. 



BOMBAY ; Dalzell. BELGAUM ; Ritchie. MALABAR ; Yelwah Hill in Palghaut, 

 Beddome. CENTBAL INDIA ; Mandoo, Edgeworth. 



Cladodes in fruit | in. Corolla less than ^ in., white (Ritchie). Capsule 5-5 in., 

 glabrous; seeds much smaller than in H. verticillaris. Very near H. verticillaris. 

 Dalzell says 1. c. that H. tentaculatus is a much stouter species than H. verticillaris ; 

 but his numerous examples submitted are named by him in accordance with Nees' 

 naming. 



VAB. nilgherrensis ; whorls collected mostly in terminal spikes, cladodes and 

 sepals with many patent needle-like white hairs. H. nilgherrensis, Wight Ic. 1. 1556. 

 Mts. of Nilghiri and Kurg, frequent ; Wight, Hohenacker, &c. 



VAR. plumosa ; calyx densely hispid-hairy subplumose. H. plumosa, T. Anders, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 504. Haplanthus sp. n. 4, Herb. Ind. Or. If. f. Sf T. 

 Concan ; Stocks. Belgaum ; Ritchie. 



3. K. ? hygrophiloides, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 503; 

 leaves petioled ovate acute tomentose on both surfaces, flowers axillary 

 aggregated, bracts minute linear. 



PEGU; Brandis (fide T. Anderson). 



An insignificant weed ; stems 4-angular furfuraceous. Leaves 1-H by 5~1 i n - 

 minutely lineolate. Sepals 5- in., subulate. Corolla small, pubescent. Stamens 2 ; 

 anthers 2-celled, one cell bearded. Capsule linear, compressed, glandular, many- 

 seeded. No example seen j the foregoing copied from T. Anderson. 



XXX. GY1KNOSTACHYUIK, Nees. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves cauline or subradical, entire, sinuate 

 crenulate or toothed. Cymes axillary or in a terminal panicle, often spicate 

 or racemose, sometimes small axillary ; bracts and bracteoles very small, 

 except in Gr. hirsutum; flowers subsessile or shortly pedicelled. Calyx 

 small (except in Gr. Jdrsutum), sub-5-partite ; segments equal, linear- 

 lanceolate. Corolla-tube slender, cylindric ; limb small, 2-lipped ; lobes 5, 

 subequal, quadrate-elliptic, imbricate. Stamens 2, nearly as long as the 

 corolla ; filaments usually hairy at least near the base ; anthers 2-celled ; cells 

 subequal, oblong or ovate, hairy or glabrous. Ovary pubescent, many- 

 ovulate ; style subentire at the tip. Capsule linear, pubescent or nearly 

 glabrate, 16-24-seeded. Seeds ovoid, compressed, hairy, hairs very shortly 

 spreading when moistened. Species 15, Indian, with a few Malayan. 



* Panicle terminal, leafless or nearly so. 



f Leaves mostly near the base of the stem. 



1. Cr. venustum, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 506 ; leaves large 



