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Herbs, erect with Opposite Exstiputate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 

 Corolla Two-lipped, 



Oicliptera Roxburghiana, 

 Var. bupleuroides, 



Kirch, somni. 



ACANTHACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 553. 

 The Plains, to 6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Common in the hilly 

 districts of the area. 



Stamens Two. 



large, hairy, loosely spreading, stems grooved ; 

 leaves 2-5 by f-2§ ins., long-pointed, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, stalked, somewhat velvety ; flowers pink, 

 spotted with purple, or white crowded in axillary 

 clusters towards the ends of branches, bracts -J by 

 | in., often 3-nerved, long-pointed, bracteoles linear, 

 calyx 5-parted, segments linear, corolla velvety, 

 § in. long, tube cylindric, twisted, limb 2-lipped, 

 upper lip erect, notched, lower recurved, 3-toothed, 

 stamens 2, anther-cells blunt, style minutely 

 2-lobed ; capsule \ in., 2-celled, winged, seeds 4, 

 warted. 



Peristrophe bicalyculata, 



A iri lal. 



AcANTHACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 554. 

 The Plains. 



small, spreading, hairy ; leaves 2 by 1 in., ovate, 

 long-pointed, leaf stalk J in.; flowers rose or purple 

 in axillary or terminal clusters, bracts 1-4 together, 

 linear, short-pointed, | in. long, long-stalked, calyx 

 deeply 5-lobed, segments equal, linear, lanceolate ; 

 corolla g~| in., tube slender, deeply 2-lipped, upper 

 lip hardly notched, lower shortly 3-lobed ; stamens 

 2, anthers ovoid, style thread-like, minutely 2-cleft ; 

 capsule ^~| in., seeds 4, flattened, covered with 

 minute papillse. 



(To be continued.) 





