520 cix. ACANTHACEJL (C. B. Clarke.) [Lepidagathis, 



496. L. striata, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 96, and Monogr. Lepidag. 

 26, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 257, and in Wall. Cat. 7165. Euellia mucronata, 

 Wall. Cat. 2366, sheets /3, d, . 



SUBTBOPICAL W. HIMALAYA ; Hooshianpur, Aitchison ; Hurdwar, WallicTi ; 

 Kumaon, Strachey Sf Winterbottom. CHOTA NAGPOEE ; Parasnath, Edgeworth; 

 Rajrnahl, Watt. PEOME HILLS ; Wallich. 



Stems herbaceous, 8-24 in., suberect or diffuse, glabrous or hairy, often purple. 

 Leaves 1-5 in., sometimes in unequal pairs; larger attenuate at both ends glabrate, 

 smaller subovate more pubescent. Spikes ^-1| in., dense; bracts by in.; brac- 

 teoles in., linear-falcate. Large sepal - by i in. ; 2 next \ in., linear- 

 lanceolate, 2 inner linear. Corolla and capsule as of L. hyalina, from which this 

 species differs very little. 



17. Zi. dulcis, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 96, and Monogr. 

 Lepidag. 30, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 257, and in Wall. Cat. 7167; leaves 

 petioled elliptic narrowed at both ends pubescent on the nerves beneath, 

 spikes axillary ovoid or somewhat elongate hairy, bracts elliptic scarious, 

 calyx sub-5-partite, outer segment broad. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 496. Kuellia dulcis, Wall. Cat. 7167. 



PEOME HILLS; WallicTi. PEGU; Kurz. 



Annual stems 6-12 in., subundivided, flexuose, in appearance procumbent, some- 

 what pubescent. Leaves 3 by 1^ in., undulate, soon glabrate above; petiole \-% in. 

 Spikes 1 by in., mostly solitary opposite, 1-sided ; bracts g by in., somewhat 

 obovate, apicufate not spinescent, nerved, scarious, ciliate ; bracteoles similar, but 

 rather smaller, subfalcate. Outer sepal nearly 1 by ^ in., obovate, nerved, scarious, 

 ciliate ; 2 next 3 by | in. falcate, 2 inner J in. linear. Corolla % in. (Nees). Capsule 

 exceeding in., 4-seeded. 



18. Xi. scariosa, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 95, and Monogr. 

 Lepidag.\b, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 251 ; leaves petioled ovate furfuraceous- 

 pubescent, spikes mostly terminal ovoid dense, bracts narrowly obovate 

 rnucronate, outer calyx-segment large obovate scarious. Wight Ic. t. 457 ; 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 497. L. terminalis, Hochst. ; Nees in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 251. Kuellia scariosa, Wall. Cat. 2354. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA; Coimbatore, Wight; S. Canara, Beddome. DISTEIB. 

 Abyssinia. 



A small undershrub ; branches numerous, much-divided, stellately woolly or 

 glabrate. Leaves 2 by 1J in., hardly acute, undulate; petiole 0-| in. Spikes 1 in. 

 diam., solitary or 2-3, conglomerate, all at the tips of the branches; bracts ^ in., 

 ciliate, scariose ; bracteoles ^ in., nearly linear. Calyx ^ in., sub-5-partite ; outer 

 segment J in. broad ; 2 next T ' 2 in. broad, 2 innermost linear. Corolla % in. and 

 upwards. Capsule % in., 4-seeded. T. Anderson, as well as Nees, keeps L. terminalis 

 distinct; but the only difference is that the corolla in L. terminalis is f in., whereas 

 in L. scariosa it must not exceed in. 



19. Zi. simplex, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 497 ; leaves sessile 

 narrowly oblong glabrous, spikes terminal solitary ovoid or ellipsoid, bracts 

 and bracteoles narrowly obovate white-ciliate, calyx sub-5-partite, segments 

 lanceolate submucronate. 



TENASSEBIM ; Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 6140). 



Stem simple, 4-10 in., erect, glabrous, 4-angular. Leaves 1 by ^ in., rigid, obtuse, 

 entire, shining. Spike -1 in., sessile, 1-sided; bracts by Jin., scarcely acute, 

 scarious; bracteoles similar to the bracts, but rather smaller. Calyx \-^ in., white 

 ciliate ; 2 outer segments oblong, subentire, 2 inner linear. Corolla not seen. 

 Capsule \ in., oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds densely, elastically hairy. This looks like 

 a form of L. nyalina var. semiherbacea. 



