558 cix. ACANTHACE^. (C.B.Clarke.) [Hypoestes. 



nearly as long as the bracts. Calyx ^ in. Corolla pink or white. Capsule in., 

 nearly glabrous. Seeds verrucose. The placentae tend to rise elastically, and the 

 inflorescence also draws this plant very close to Dicliptera. 



3. K. malaceensis, Wig Jit Ic. t. 1555 ; leaves elliptic acuminate 

 pubescent beneath, flower-clusters numerous capitate, bracts lanceolate 

 acute connate at base, corolla f in. slender. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ix. 522. H. Decaisneana & laxiflora, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 508. 



MALACCA; Griffith, Capt. A. C. Wight, Maingay. 



Branches herbaceous, diffuse, minutely pubescent. Leaves 2 by 1 in., petiole 

 ^ in. Inflorescence dense, minutely ashy -pubescent; bracts -f in., several connate 

 into a tube, enclosing 1-4 flowers, of which all but 1 are usually rudimentary ; brae- 

 teoles 5- in., linear, scarious. Calyx scarcely in., membranous. Capsule nearly 

 in. This extends, with slight variation in size of corolla and degree of union of the 

 bracts, throughout the Malay Archipelago to the Philippines. 



ORDER CX. SELAGINEJE. (By J. D. Hooker.) 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or the lower opposite, entire or toothed. 

 Flowers small, solitary or spicate, irregular, 2-sexual. Calyx inferior, 

 spathaceous or tubular and 2-5-fid or -partite, imbricate in bud. Corolla 

 monopetalous, tube entire or split, limb 2-lipped or 4-5-lobed, imbricate in 

 bad. Stamens inserted on the corolla-throat or -lobes, 2, or 4 with a rudi- 

 mentary 5th,. filaments filiform ; anther-cells confluent. Ovary free, 2-celled ; 

 style simple, terminal, stigma subcapitate or 2-lobed ; ovules 1 pendulous 

 from the top of each cell, anatropous. Fruit small, 2-celled, indehiscent or 

 of 2 cocci, one often imperfect. Seeds pendulous ; embryo straight in the 

 axis of fleshy albumen; cotyledons ^-cylindric, radicle superior. DISTRIB. 

 Species 140, all S. African, except the European genus Globularia and the 

 following. 



X.AGOTXS, Gaertn. (GYMNANDRA, Pall) 



Perennial fleshy herbs. Leaves radical and cauline, entire crenate or 

 incised. Flowering branches scape-like, ascending, leafy above. Flowers 

 spicate or capitate, bracteate, blue or purple, ebracteolate ; bracts usually 

 broad, imbricating, as long or longer than the flowers. Calyx spathaceous 

 or of 2 sepals. Corolla-tube curved ; limb 2-lipped, lower lip 2-4-lobed. 

 Stamens 2, inserted on the corolla-throat ; anthers very large, reniform. 

 Ovary 2-celled ;. style slender, jointed a>t the base, stigma capitate or 2-fid. 

 Drupe small, 2-celled, 1-2-seeded, sometimes separable into 2 indehiscent 

 cocci. DISTRIB. Species 4 or 5, Arctic Regions and Mts. of N. Asia and 

 N.W. America. 



L. stolonifera, Koch (Gymnandra), a species found from Armenia to Affghanistan, 

 has been collected in Wazuristan, alt. 5-7000 ft., by Stewart, close to the British 

 frontier. It may be known by its small size, narrow leaves, and long stolons. 



* Calyx of% oblong sepals* 



1. Zi. globosa, Eurz in Journ. As. Soc. xxxix. 2, 80, t. 7, f. 1 (Gymnan- 

 dra); leaves long-petioled oblong pinnatifid, scape almost naked, bracts much 

 larger than and concealing the flowers suborbicular densely imbricate 

 forming a globose head. 



WESTEBN TIBET; Therichan Pass, alt. 15-16,000 ft., Heyde ; Gilgit, Col 

 Turner (fid. C. . Clarke). 



