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Wilion makes an Acanthus assist in adorning Eve’s “ blissfulBower.” 
“< On either side 
Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub 
Fenc’d up the verdant wall.” 
Paradise Lost. Book 4. 
Probably he had in view A. spinosus. Bot. Mag, t. 1808. which is supposed 
to have furnished the Greeks with the elegant Acauthus leaf of their Ar- 
chitecture;—the prototype of the Corinthian capital. 
571. LEPIDAGATHIS. Willd. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
From lepis—a scale, and agathis—a clew; in allusion to the mode of growth 
resembling a scaly ball. 
1175. LL. Cristata. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 53. Rox. Cor. 3. ¢. 267, 
A small perennial plant with the inflorescence in a dense imbricated 
head, close on the ground. Flowers small, rose coloured; appear in the rains, 
Common on bare rocky ground, such as Malabar hill &e, 
There is a variety or distinct species common at Mahableshwur and 
spreading over rocks toa great extent; the leaves are ofa purple colour, and 
~ spinous pointed; Flowers pink, spotted on the inside, (Dr. Gibson.) Per- 
haps it may be the L. purpuricaulis of Professor Nees in Wall. Asiat. Pl, 
Rar. 3. p. 96. : 
572: BLEPHARIS. Juss. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Greek for the eyelashes;—name given in allusion the shape of the bracts 
of the calyx. 
1176. B. Motiueinirotta. Sprengel’s syst. 2. p.820. Acanthus repens 
Vahl’s Symbols. 2. p. 76. : 
A small creeping, hispid plant; grows on rocky ground by the sea shore 
during the rains. E 
1177. B. BorrnAAVIFOLiA. Sprengel’s syst. 2. p. 820. Nees in Wall, Pl. 
Asiat. Rar. 3. p. 97. Acanthus maderaspatenusis. Kox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 33. 
A. ciliaris. Burm. Ind. ¢. 42. f. 2. Pluk. Phyt. ¢. 99. f. 3. 
Annual, diffuse weed, with quatern leaves; aud blue flowers. Common in 
the rains. 
1178. B. —-—? 
A new species; annual, erect, with flowers much larger than those of the 
last. Discovered on the Ram Ghaut by Mr. Law. 
573. BARLERIA. L. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
In honor of Barelier, a celebrated French Botanist. Gaert. Fruct. 1. ¢. 54.. 
Lam. Ill. t. 549. 
1179. B. Prionitis. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 36. Coletta veetla. Rheed. 
Mal. 9. ¢. 41. Rumph. Amb. 7. ¢. 13. Pluk. Alm.é. 119. f. 5. Justicia ap- 
pressa. Forskols Arabia. p.6. Ainslie. Mat. Ind. 2. p. 376. 
Kholeta.—A shrubby plant, armed with axillary, sharp thorns; Flowers 
axillary, large, yellow; appear all the year round, but in greatest abundance 
about the close of the rains. Common on Malabar Hill, and every where. 
1180. 3B. BuxtrotiaA. Rox. Flora, {nd. 3. p. 37. Cara schulli. Rheed. Mal. 
9. ¢t. 47. Hamilton in Linn. Trans. 14. p. 292. Barleria cristata. Var. B. 
Lam. Ency. Meth. 1. p. 380. Lam. TJ. ¢. 549. f. 2. 
A shrubby, spreading plant, with opposite, subrotund, nearly sessile leaves; 
spines in axillary pairs, longer than the leaves, Flowers solitary in the 
forks of the spines, large, of a beautiful pink colour. The Concaus N. 
1181, B. Cristara. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 27. Moris’ Hist, 3.5. 11. &. 2 
f.7. Bot. Mag. t. 1615. Lam. Ill. ¢. 549. f. a i i 3.5. AL. & 23, 
