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subulate, ciliated ; larger calycine segments unequal, elliptic-oblong, 

 ciliate and serrated ; flowers blue, an inch long. Bombay and the 

 Concans. 



Q. Montana, N. ab E. loc. cit. p 232. — Herbaceous, erect, 



2 feet high, all quite smooth, diandrous ; leaves oblong-eUiptic, 

 attenuated into the petiole, a little scabrous on the margin ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary, sessile, opposite ; bracteoles linear ; larger calycine 

 segments equal, elliptic, herbaceous ; flowers of a beautiful rose- 

 colour, 2 inches long, appear in September. Island of Caranjah ; 

 Cross Island, &c. This is No. 1182 of Graham's Catalogue. Syn. 

 B purpurea, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 344. 



6. GiBSONi, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. ii, 339. — SuflPruticose, 



3 to 4 feet high, diandrous, all quite smooth ; leaves elliptic-acute 

 at both ends, glaucous beneath, ciliolated on the margins ; flowers 

 spicate ; spikes short, terminal, solitary ; bracts small, foliaceous, 

 narrow-ovate, obtusely-acuminate ; bracteoles linear-acute ; larger 

 calycine segments oval, subequal, quite entire ; flowers of a beauti- 

 ful pink colour. The Ghauts, and on the Brahminwara Range. 



7. Grandiflora, Dalz. loc. cit. — Stem fruticose ; leaves eUiptic- 

 acuminate, attenuated into the petiole, upper ones subsessile, quite 

 smooth on both sides ; flowers short-pedicelled, sohtary in the 

 opposite axils, very large, pure white ; bracts inserted on the middle 

 of the pedicel, short-subulate ; larger calycine segments equal, 

 herbaceous, ovate-acute, glabrous, 10 to 12-nerved ; smaller ones 

 narrow-subulate, half the length ; flower upwards of 4 inches long. 

 The Mangellee Ghaut. This is by far the showiest of the genus. 



8. Elata, Dalz. loc. cit. iii, 227. — Shrubby, 6 feet high ; stem 

 round-strigose, swollen at the joints ; leaves herbaceous unequal, 

 long-petisled, elhptic-acuminated, suddenly attenuated into the 

 petiole, pubescent on both sides ; spikes terminal, and in the upper 

 axils, solitary, short-spreading, stout, 2 to 3-flowered ; flowers very 

 shortly pedicelled, secund ; jjcdicels subtended by lanceolate, foHa- 

 ceous bracts as long as the calyx ; flowers 3^ to 4 inches long, the 

 tube reddish-purple, the limb blue. Phoonda Ghaut; flowers in 

 November. 



9. Peionitis, Linn. sp. PI, p 887. — Shrubby; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, attenuated at both ends, glabrous ; flowers axillary, verti- 

 celled, sessile, and terminal spicate ; flowers yellow ; fertile bracteoles 

 subulate and spinous; larger calycine segments ovate-entire, 

 glabrous, pointed with spines. Very common in hedges. Coletta 

 veedla, Rheed. Hort. Mai. ix, f. 41. 



18. ASTERACANTHA, N. ab E. 



1. LoNGiFOLiA, N. ab E., DC. Prod. 11, 247.— Herbaceous, 

 erect ; stem quadrangular ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both 



