15^ d5. biunoniaceJiI. [^Fajaneliu 



P, Rheedii, DC Prod. IX. 22?; FL Br. I. 4. 384 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 169. In the moist forests of North Kanara. Along the banks of njilas. 

 in the Yelldpur taluka. FJ. C.8. Flowers very large, filled when young 

 with mucilage. 



Order 6G. ACANTHACEJS. 



Herbs, sbrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, simple. Flowers bracteate 

 and 2 bracteolate. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla 2-lippe(l or subequally 

 5-lobed. Stamens 4-2, on corolla-tube. Ov^ary superior, 2- celled. 

 Ovules 1 or more in each cell. Capsule loculicidal, often elasticaliy 

 ■dehiscent. Seeds generally seated on retinacula and often clothed 

 ■with elastic hairs, seen when wetted. 



Stamens usually 4. 



Climbing shrubs. Retinacula TiiUNBERGiA, 



Erect shrubs. Anther-cells parallel, not spurred. 



Seeds on retinacula. Corolla odohed, not lipped ...STROniLANTHES, 



Corolla deeply 2dipped Calacanthus. 



Corolla 1-lippcd, the other lip obsolete Acanthcs. 



Stamens 2. 



Anther-cells one higher than the other, ofteo spurred 



at the base. 

 Corolla-tube short, \i\>s subequal. 



Anther-cells obtuse with a white Ijasal appcnciage ...Titsticia. 

 Anther-cells acute at apex, minutely tailed at basc...ADiiATODA. 

 Cm-oil a white with a very long tube, 24ipped, lips 



very unequal ...Rhinacanthus. 



The following undershrubs are found throughout the forests of the Deccaii^ 

 Konkan and North Kanara : — Dcvdalacanthiis roseus, T. Anders. ; D. pur- 

 purascens, T. Anders, (gulsham, M.) ; D. moatanus, T. Anders. ; BJephai-is 

 asperrima, Nees ; Barhria Prionitis, Linn, (halsunda, pivala-komnta, M.) ; 

 B. cuspidata, Heyne, (common in the dry districts of the presidency) ; JJ. 

 Hochstetteri, Nees (Sind) ; B. mysorensis. Roth. (Dharwar district) ; B. 

 acauthoides, Vahl.(Sind) ; B. involucrata, Nees (var. elata) ; B. Laivii, T, 

 Anders. ; B. montana, Nees (kolista, ikhnri, M.) ; B. Gibsoin, Dalz. ; B., 

 cristata, Linn,; B. courtcdllca, Nees; B. strigosa, Willd. {wihii, kala 

 horanta, ^l.) ; JVeuracanthiis sphcei-odachij2is, Dalz,; N. t7'i7iervius, Wight, 

 (moist forests of North Kanara) ; Crossandra tindulmfolia, Salisb. (Aboli, 

 M.) {oiten cultivated) ; Eranthemnm malabaricum, C, B. C. (in evergreen 

 forests) ; Gymnostnchyum lailfoUum, T. Anders, (in evergreen forests) ; 

 Echolluhi Linneaiium , Kz. (rnvaboliy dhakta-adaUa, M,) (in the evergreen 

 forests of North Kanara) . 



THUNBERGIA, Linn.f. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves cordate, angular. Flowei'S in axillary, 

 bracteate racemes. Calyx an entire or toothed ring, 2 bracteolate. 

 Corolla curved, ventricose "with 5 subequal lobes. Anther-cells 

 ciliate. Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled. Disc thick, surrounding the 

 ovary. Capsule globular, beaked, 2-4-seeded at the base. 



