^gialitis.] Lxxxvi. PLtJMBAGiNEiB. (C. B. Clarke.) 479 



1. H:GXAI.ZTXS, S. Sr. 



A glabrous shrub. Leaves alternate, broad, coriaceous ; petiole dilated at 

 base, amplexicaul. Racemes panicled ; bract sheathing the pedicel and includ- 

 ing the 2 bracteoles. Calyx tubular, tough, 5-ribbed ; teeth 5, short. Petals 

 linear, -white, connate at base with the filaments into a persistent tube, deciduous 

 above the tube. Anthers oblong. Styles distinct, from the angles of the ovary ; 

 stigmas capitate. Fruit (in Ai. anmilata) linear, long-exserted from the calyx, 

 slightly pentagonal, dehiscing finally along the angles. Seed elongate, albumen 0. 

 — Species 2, littoral, an Australian and a Malayan. . 



IE. rotundifolla, Hoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. Ill ; leaves orbicular base mostly 

 rounded, calyx ^ in., young capsule OToid pentagonal. Wall. Cat. 7240 ; Oriff. 

 Notul. iv. 207. J&. annulata, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. ii. 217, and For. Fl. ii. 

 96, not of R. Br. ^gianilites rotundifolla, Presl Bot. Bermerk. 103. 



Mangrove swamps ; Bengai. ; abundant. Mbegtii ; Griffith. Anbamans ; Kwts. 

 Malacca; Griffith. 



Height 3-8 ft. Leaves 2J-3 in. ; petiole 2J in. Bract ^ in. ; pedicels stout. 

 Young capsule J by ^-^ in., shining, horny ; endocarp very tough, spongy. Seed 

 narrowly oblong. — This plant has been united with the Australian ^. annulata, K. 

 Br. (DC. Prodr. xii. 621) ; in which the calyx hardly exceeds ^ in. The ripe fruit of 

 the Indian species is unknown ; but the young capsules are much broader than in the 

 fruit of JE. annulata at any stage. Corollsi-tube ^ in. long, in .lE. annulata a mere 

 ring. 



2. ACANTKOXiinXON, Bmss. 



Small, prickly shrubs. Leaves crowded, linear, spinescent. Scapes many- 

 flowered ; rachis brittle, simple or dichotomous ; bracts usually 3. Calyx-tube 

 cylindric, 10-ribbed; limb widely funnel-shaped, scarious, subentire, with 5 

 sometimes excurrent nerves. Petals oblong or obovate, united shortly at the 

 base into a tube with the stamens, rose or white, contorted in bud. Filaments 

 linear ; anthers oblong. Styles distinct, at the angles of the ovary ; stigmas 

 capitate. Utricle included within the calyx, oblong or pentagonal, membranous ; 

 seed more or loss albuminous. — Species 80, Greece to Kashmir, most numerous 

 in Persia. 



A. lycopodloldes, J?(«««. in DC. IVodr. xii. 632; leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, spikes dichotomous short, bracts coriaceous with hyaline margins, ribs 

 of the wide-spreading calyx-limb glabrous. Bunge Acanthol. 20. A. tibeticum, 

 Herh. Ind. Or. H. f. Sr T. Statice lyjopodioides, Oirard in Ann. So. Nat. 3, ii. 

 330, excl. syn. WiUd. 



NosTH Kashmib; alt. 11-14,000 ft, frequent, Thomson, &c. — Disteib. Kashgar. 



Densely tufted. Leaves 1 by ^ in., needle-pointed. Scapes 1-2 in., minutely 

 scabrous. Bracts J by ^ in., inner wholly scarious except the midrib. Calyx-tube 

 ^-| in., pilose without ; limb white, subtruocate. Petals \ in., rose-red. 



8. STATICS, Unn. 



Herbs or small shrubs. Leaves alternate, radical often rosulate, entire (in 

 the Indian species), not spinescent. Scapes branched, many-flowered ; bracts 

 small, amplexicaul, margins scarious. Calyx tubular or fimnel-shaped ribbed ; 

 limb scanous, spreading, &-nerved, sometimes laciniate or plumose. Petals 

 spathulate-oblong, entire or bipartite, united at base into a short tube with the 

 stamens. Styles distinct, at the angles of thd ovary ; st^igmaa subcapitate. 

 Utricle included within the calyx, oblong fusiform, membranous ; seed more or 

 }ess albuminous. — Species 100, cosmc^olitan, especially in saline places. 



