Lepidagathis.] cix. ACANTHACE/E. (C. B. Clarke.) 517 



cristata, Wall. Cat. 2421, letter C. L. rupestris, Sedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 229. 

 Malabaria ; frequent, Wight, &c. This form differs from L. Hamiltoniana by its 

 much wider usually ciliate leaves. 



* Spikes mostly axillary scattered. 



4. Zi. trinervis, Nees Monogr. Lepidag. 21, and in Wall. PI. As. Bar. 

 iii. 96, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 254 ; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate entire 

 glabrous 3-nerved, bracts ovate or obovate spinose-cuspidate glabrous or 

 cobweb-ciliate, corolla white. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sue. ix. 495. 

 Barleria ? trinervis, Wall. Cat. 2500. 



Dry hills of CENTRAL INDIA, alt. 1-2000 ft. ; from Bombay Ghauts, Dalzell, and 

 Goojerat, Stocks, to the Kymore Hills, J. D. H., and Chota Nagpore. SIKKIM 

 (probably base of the hills), Herb. Griffith. N. W. HIMALAYA ? Herb. Falconer. 



Rootstock woody ; stems numerous, 510 in. Leaves 1^ by ^^ in., sessile, 

 muticous, liueolate above ; midrib beneath distinct, with 2 slender nerves parallel to 

 it near the margins. Spikes in., ovoid, often numerous, generally near the base 

 of the stems, sometimes all conglomerated into a subradical globe as in L. cristata; 

 bracts - f in., nearly half their length occupied by the subsquarrose cusp; bracteoles 

 linear-lanceolate, softly membranous. Calyx non-spinescent. Corolla and capsule 

 nearly as of L. cristata. 



VAR. asperrima, T. Anders, ms. ; leaves ^ by -^ in. mucronate very scabrous. 

 Lepidagathis sp. n. 21, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. fy T. Concan ; Stocks. Stem 6 in., 

 branched, stoutly lignescent ; branches numerous, internodes very short. 



5. Zi. lutea, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii, 139 ; leaves linear or linear- 

 lanceolate nearly glabrous 3-nerved, outer bracts often stout elongate 

 spinous inner much smaller, corolla yellow. Dalz. &f Gibs. Bomb. FL. 190; 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 495. 



BOMBAY GHAUTS ; Dalzell, Stocks, Law. 



Rootstock woody ; stems 6-20 in., quadrangular, pubescent or nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves 2 by ^ in., sessile, minutely hairy above, glabrous beneath. Spikes usually 

 1-3 together in many of the axils, and also a subradical congested globe, pubeseent ; 

 outermost bract of each spike often 1-2 in. with a very stout bayonet-like tip ; inner 

 bracts -5 in., membranous, acute or shortly spinescent. Calyx shortly spinescent or 

 innocuous. Corolla i in. (fide Dalzell) ; but appears only | in. in the dried specimens, 

 much as of L. cristata. 



6. Zi. spinosa, Wight ; Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 97, and Monogr. 

 Lepidag. 32, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 258; leaves obovate spinous-mucronate 

 mostly entire glabrous, bracts broadly oblong acuminate spinescent. T. 

 Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 495. Barleria ? spinosa, Wall. Cat. 2497. 

 Acanthus mucronatus, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 



CAENATIC and MYSORE ; Rottler, Wight, Hamilton, &c. 



A prostrate, much-branched perennial, 6-20 in. Leaves \ by -j in., sessile, 

 usually with one spine only at the tip, rarely 1-2 spines on the margins added. 

 Heads |-| in., scattered, ovoid, few-flcl.; outer barren bracts numerous, f in. includ- 

 ing the strong spine, rigid; inner bracts and bracteoles softer ; calyx (or its inner 

 segments at least) villous muticous. Corolla and capsule as of L. cristata. 



7. Xi. pungrens, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 97, and in Monogr. 

 Lepidag. 33, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 58 ; leaves ovate spinous-serrate 

 glabrous, bracts lanceolate or ovate lanceolate spinous-mucronate. Wight 

 Jo. t. 456; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 495. Barleria? pungens, 

 Wall. Cat. 2498. 



S. MADBAS ; Rottler, Wight, G. Thomson. 



