ON PLANTS FROM ANNAM. 153 



thought advisable not to dissect. In spite of this there seems ample 

 warrant for publishing a description. 



167. Blepharis boerhaavia Pers. 



Tour Cham. 



Distrib. East Indies, Tropical and South Africa. 

 168. Cystacanthus turgidus Nichols. 



Daban, 650ft, 



Distrib. Cochin China. 



169. Lepidagathls hyalina Nees. 



Dran, 3,000-4,000 ft. 



Distrib. East Indies, South China. 



170. JUSTICIA PRO0UMBENS Linn. 



Dran, 3,000-4,000 ft. 



Distrib. Africa^ East Indies, Australia. 

 * CYCLACANTHUS, 



Acanthacearum e tribu Justiciearum genus novum. 



Calyx alte 5-partitus, segmentis aequalibus linearibus. 

 Corollae tubus sat elongatus, sursum incurvus, infra medium 

 constrictus inde grarlatim inflatus ; limbus bilabiatus, labio postico 

 aestivatione interiore late ovato sursum attenuate apice emarginato, 

 antico tripartito lobis linearibus. Stamina 2, faucibus inserta ; an- 

 therae biloculares, loculis paullo inaequialtis basi muticis. Pollinis 

 grana globosa, poris 3 induta, tenuiter paucicostata, inter costas 

 subtiliter punctulata. Discus cupularis. Stylus filiformis, apice 



bifidus. Ovula quove in loculo 2. Capsula . 



Sufrutex ? Folia parva, integerrima. Flores coccinei, in axillis 

 saepius verisimiliter foliis jam orbis breviter cymoso-subspicati> 

 rarius subsolitarii. Bracteae parvulae. 



171. CrcLACANTHUS coccinbus S. Moore,sp. unica. 



Rami sat validi cortice ochraceo obducti prominenter costati 

 foliorum delapsoram cicatricibus prominulis hacataque iliac minuti 

 juveniles minutissime cinsreo-pubescentes tanlem glabrescentes. 

 Folia brevipetiolata ovata apice basique obtusa membranacea supra 



* Gr. Kuklein, to bend, in allusion to the shape of the corolla. 



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