Lepidagathis.] cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 519 



12. Xi. cuspidata, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 97, and Monogr. 



Lepidag. 31, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 258 ; leaves elliptic or ovate attenuate 

 at both ends puberulous, spikes dense or very lax pubescent, bracts ovate 

 cuspidate 3-nerved. T. Anders, in J-ourn. Linn. Soc. ix. 495; Bedd. Ic. PL 

 Ind. Or. t. 227. Ruellia cuspidata, Wall. Cat. 2405. 



TROPICAL INDIA ; extending from W. Himalaya, Falconer, Edgeworth, to COOEG, 

 Bottler, and MALABA-R from the plains nearly to the top of the Ghauts. 



Shruhby ; stems 1-2| ft., erect or diffuse, glabrous or pubescent towards the 

 apex. Leaves of the main stem 4^ by If in., muticous ; petiole %-\ in.; on the 

 lateral flowering branches the leave's are mostly 1 in., sessile, mucronate. Spikes 



1 in., dense, or 6 in. lax with the flowers in distinct opposite pairs ; bracts f by ^ in. 

 Calyx i in., 5-partite. Corolla scarcely ^ in., whiteish with purple spots. Capsule 

 4-seedtd. 



13. Zi. calycina, Hochst. ; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 252 ; leaves petioled 

 oblong entire nearly glabrous, spikes numerous small ovoid sparingly scabrid 

 puberulous, bracts obovate 3-nerved aristate not ^pinescent. T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 496 ; Boiss. FL Orient, iv. 525. L. strobilifera, Stocks 

 in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 177. 



SCINDE ; Stocks. DISTRIB. Beloochistan, Abyssinia. 



A small, erect, rigid, much-branched undershrub. Leaves 1| by ^ in., lineolate, 

 obscurely ciliate-pubescent ; petiole ^-^ in. Heads f in., appearing sessile often 

 conglomerate ; bracts 5 by ^ in., scarious, 3-5 nerved, scabrid-puberulous on the nerves ; 

 bracteoles in., linear, ciliate. Calyx 4-partite; 2 outer segments 3^- in. broad, 

 scarious, nerved, one bifid half-way down ; 2 inner segments - in., linear. Corolla 

 J in., white, lower lip purple-spotted. Capsule nearly ^ in., 4-seeded. 



14. Xi. chlorostachya, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 256; leaves large 

 petioled elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes axillary oblong 

 dense ciliate scarcely pubescent, bracts and bracteoles narrowly lanceolate 

 mucronate scarcely spinescent. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 496. 



MEKGUI ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6L41). 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves 6 by 1| in., entire membranous ; petiole ^-1 in. Spikes 



2 by ^ in., subsessije, mostly solitary in each axil sometimes 2 together, erect, 1-sided 

 or subsymmetric ; bracts ^ by ^ in., white ciliate, subsymmetric or in the 1-sided 

 spikes falcate ; bracteoles similar rather smaller. Calyx 5-partite ; segments linear- 

 lanceolate, nearly similar. Corolla % in., and stamens as of L. hyalina. Capsule 

 oblong, 4-seeded. 



15. Zi. subuninervia, Clarke ; spikes linear-oblong pubescent, bracts 

 linear-lanceolate sub-1-nerved ciliate mucronate. Neuracanthus subuniner- 

 vius, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 95. 



PROME HILLS; Kurz. 



The fragment on which Kurz founded this species is the leafless base of a 

 stem, whence arise 2 erect spikes, very similar to those of L. chlorostachya, but 

 pubescent as well as ciliate, and the bracts rather smaller. Stamens 4 ; anthers all 

 2-celled, cells superposed ; filaments slightly bearded at the apex. Style glabrous, 

 stigma small minutely bifid. The stamens and bracts are not those of a Nearacanthus ; 

 and the fragmentary solitary specimen is so like L. chlorostachya that it might be 

 merely a burnt-down hill specimen of it. 



16. Xi. purpuricaulis, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 96, and Monogr. 

 Lepidag. 27, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 257 ; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 

 pubescent, spikes axillary sessile solitary or clustered oblong hairy, bracts 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate mucronate striate, calyx sub- 5 -partite one 

 segment broad the other 4 very narrow. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 



