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capsule 2-celled, 2-4<-seeded at the base : dissepiment adnate '. 

 seeds subtended with retinaoulal — Suffrnticose, creeping, hispid 

 herbs : leaves verticilled, unequal : spike bracteate, imbricated, 

 lofwer bracts empty, often awnedly ciliatfed : flower terminal, bi- 

 bracteolate, bra;Cteoles agreeing' with or differing in shape from 

 the bracts. 



(1) B. BoERHAAVIvEFOLlA. (JuSS.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 266.— N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. 

 Ear. III. p. 97. 



Syn. Acanthus Maderaspatensis, Linn. — Roxb, fl'or. Jnd. IIIj 

 p. 33', 



Engrav.' Wight's Icon. t. 458. 



Spec. Char. Stem creeping : leaves in fours, ovate-rhomboidl 

 or oblong, repand-dentale, the two opposite smaller : flowers axil- 

 lary, sessile or peduncled : bracteoles flat, wedge-shaped, ciliated 

 with bristles at the apex : flowers pale blue, with a yellow spot on 

 the under lip. 



Madras. Banks of the Jumna. Travancore. Flowering in the 

 cold season. 



(2) B. ASPERBIMA. {Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 267. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1534. 



Spec Char. Stem herbaceous, suberect: leaves oblong or 

 pvatet entire or remotely denticulate, opposite : proper bracteoles 

 quarternwy, white, reticulateid with green lines at the base, alter- 

 nate, cuneiform, trifid and lanceolate : flowers blue, solitary, or pair 

 ed in the opposite axils. 



Mysore. Belgaum. Coosg. Common on the Ghauts. 



(3) B. MOLLCGINIFOllA. (t/WiS.) 



^ Ident. Juss. Pers. Syn. II. p. ISO.^Dec. prod. XI. p. 266.-— 



Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 



■ Syn. Blephari's repens, Roth. — Acanthus repens, Vahl. 



Spec. Char. Hispid and bristly : stem creeping : leaves iii 

 fours, oblong, sublinear, densely serrulate, scabrous on the margin, 

 the two opposite ones half smaller : flowers axilldry, attenus»t«>i 

 sessile : bracteoles boat-shaped, pointed with a bristle, and Strongly 

 giliated. 

 i Bassein. Concans. Madras. Monghyr, 



