Lepidagathis.'] aoanthace*,- ^63 



6. IiEPIDAG-ATHIS, Willd. 



Sepals 5, the uppermost larger. Corolla 2-lipped; tke upper lip entire 

 or 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4. Anther-cells parallel and equal. 

 Ovules 1 or % in ea;ch cell of the ovary. Capsule sessile, 3-ceUed from the 

 base. Eetinacula hooked.^Herbs or undershrubs. Mowers usually in short 

 dense spikes or heads, with imbricate bracts, often inucronate or pungent. 



A considerable genua, spread over tropical Asia and eastern Africa. 



1. Ii. hyalina, Nees in BO. Prod. xi. 353. An erect, divaricate or 

 procumbent, coarsely pubescent perennial, 1 to 3 ft. high. Leaves ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate or oblong, usually 1-|- to near 3 in. long, and more or less 

 decmTcnt on the petiole. Flowers in dense terminal oblong cylindrical lor 

 somewhat one-sided spikes, which are f to 1 in. long or rather more, solitary 

 or 3 together, and softly hairy. Bracts and sepals 3 to 4 in. long, very 

 pointed, stiff though thin, and almost transparent. Corolla 5 or 6 lines long ; 

 the upper Kp ovate, the lower broader. Anthers ciliate. Ovules 3 in each 

 ceU. — Buellia depfmdens, Eoxb. Tl. Ind, iii. 49. 



Near the Buddhist Temple, at East Point, Champion. On roadsides at Saywan, Wilfard ; 

 also Hance and Seemann. Common in India. 



7. ACANTHUS, Linn. 



Sepals 4. CoroUa with a very short tube ; the limb expanded into a large 

 entire or 3-lobed lower Up ; the' upper vlip wanting, or scarcely prominent. 

 Stamens 4. Anthers l-celled, hirsute or cifiate. Ovules 3 in each ceU of the 

 ovary. Capstde 2 -celled from the base. Seeds large, flat. Eetinacula thick. 

 — Herbs or shrubs. Leaves usually prickly. Flowers in bracteate spikes. 



A small genus, extending over tropical Asia, northern Africa, and southern Europe. 



1. A. ilicifolius, Lmn. An erect glabrous shrub. Leaves sessile or 

 riearly so, oblong, 4 to 6 in, long, coriaceous and shining, bordered with un- 

 dulate prickly teeth or short lobes. Spikes terminal or in the upper axUs, 6 

 in. to 1 ft. long. Bracts and bracteoles ovate acute. Sepals oblong, coria- 

 ceous; the 3 outer ones i in. long; the 3 inner smaller. CoroUa-limb 

 broadly ovate, blue, 1^ in. long. Capsule coriaceous, shining, 1 in. long. — 

 miivaria ilidfolia, Juss. ; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 368 ; Wight, Ic. t. 459. 



Borders of salt-majjshes, phampion, and others. A common shrub in maritime or saline 

 swamps in tropical Asia, extending from eastern Africa to northern Australia. 



8. JUSTICIA, Linn. 

 (Adhatoda and Gendarussa, Nees) 



Sepals 5. Corolla 3-lipped; the upper Kp concave, entire or notched; the 

 lower 3-lobed, convex, and veined or rugose in the centre. Stamens 2. An- 

 ther-cells oblique, unequally attached ; the lower one mucronate or spurred. 

 Style entire, obtuse at the top. Ovules 2 in each cell of the ovai-y. Capsule 

 laterally compressed below the seed-bearing part. Seeds tuberculate or muri- 

 cate. Eetinacula obtuse.— Herbs or shrubs. Flowers solitary or in spikes. 



A large genus, widely distributed over the tropical and subtropical regions of the globe, ■ 

 with a few species in the more temperate parts of N. America or S. Africa. 



