450 



(,5) L. scARiosA, (^Nises.)) 



. : lient. N. ab. E. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. III. p. 95.^Dec. prpd, 

 XI. p. 251. , 



- Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 457. 



Spec. Chak. Stem shrubby, and like the under surface of the 

 ovate repand leaves pulverulently tomentose : spikes terminal, capi.' 

 tat'e, involucrate, all the bracteas membranaceous, and like the seg- 

 ments of the 4-cIeft calyx, shortly armed, the inferior one deeply 

 bifid, acuminated. 



Shady vallies in Madura districtsi Palamcottah. Travancote. 



(6) L. CRISTATA. (JVilld.) 



Tdent. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 96-— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 256. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 455.— Roxb. Cor. III. t. 267. 



Spec. Char. Stem suffruticose, diffuse, and with the linear 

 lanceolate leaves, glabrous : spikes capitate-congested, conglomerat- 

 ed near the root, on the branches axillary, woolly : bracteas and 

 bracteoles conformable, oblong, mucronate : calyx 4-parted, seg-: 

 ments mucronately aristate, the inferior one bifid : flowers smalf^ 

 rose-coloured. 



Coromandel. Bombay. Banks of the Jumna. Malabar. Flower- 

 ing in the cold season. 



(7) Ii. PUNGENS. (Nees.) 



Idetit. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. Ill, p. 97.— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 258. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon, t, 456. 



Spec. Char. Stem shrubby, very ramous : leaves (small), spi- 

 nously dentate : spikes binate or ternate, capitately congested, ax- 

 illary, villous : dorsal bractefe ovate, and like the fertile oHes and 

 bracteoles oblong- lanceolate, rigid, spinous at the apex : calyx 4- 

 parted, segments mucronate, spinulose, the inferior one bifid at the 

 apex. 



Plains in Tinnevelly. Neilgherries. 



(8) L. WAiKERiANi. (Nees.) 



Jdent. Dec. prod. XI. p. 260. 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon, t, 1530. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, glabrous: leaves ovate, oblong, acu- 

 Tninate, obtusely dentate : ; entire at the base and attenuated into 



