192 



21. ^THEILEMA, R. Br. 



1. Reniformb, N. ab E. in DC. Prod. 11, p 261. — Stem 

 herbaceous ; leaves ovate, unequal at the base, repand, pubescent, 

 one of the pair smaller ; spike bearing branches axillary, shorter 

 than the leaves ; bracts kidney-shaped, membranous, cihated, as 

 well as the upper ovate division of the calyx ; flovifers whitish, 

 scarcely longer tjian the calyx. At Banda, in the Warree Country, 

 and the Ghauts generally. Syn. Ruellia imbricata, Vahl. Synib. ii, 

 p 73; R dosiflora, Retz. Obs. vi, p 31 ; R glutinosa, Roxb. ; 

 Aeth. parviflorum, Spr. syst. ii, 826; Phaylopsis parviflora, Willd. 

 sp. iii, 342. 



22. BLEPHARIS, Juss. 



1. MoLLUGiNiFOLiA, Juss. Pers. Syn. ii, p 180. — Hispid and 

 bristly ; stem creeping ; leaves in fours, oblons;-sublinear, densely 

 serrulate, scabrous on the margin, the two opposite one half smaller ; 

 flowers axillary, alternate, sessile ; bracteoles boat-shaped, pointed 

 with a bristle, and strongly ciliated. Bassein ; the Concans gene- 

 rally. Syn. B repens, Roth. nov. sp. 321 ; Acanthus repens, Vahl. 

 Symb. ii, 76. 



2. BcERHAAViFOLiA, Juss., DC. Prod. 11, p 266. — Stem creep- 

 ing ; leaves in fours, ovate-rhomboid or oblong-, repand-dentate, the 

 two opposite smaller; flowers axillary, sessile or peduncled; brac- 

 teoles flat, wedge-shaped, ciliated with bristles at the apex ; flowers 

 pale-blue, with a yellow spot on the under lip. A common weed. 

 Syn. B madraspatensis, Var. B. Roth. nov. sp. p 320 ; B procum- 

 bens, Hoth. loc. cit. 



3. AsPEREiMA, N. ab E., DC. Prod. 1 1 , p 267.— Stem herba- 

 ceous, suberect ; leaves oblong or ovate, entire or remotely 

 denticulate, opposite; bracteoles in fours, white, with green veins, 

 cuneiform, trifid, and lanceolate ; flowers blue, solitary, or in pairs 

 in the opposite axils, subsessile. Very common on the Ghauts. 



23. DILIVARIA, Juss. 



1. Ilicifolia, Juss. Gen. p 103. — A shrub, 2 to 4 feet high, 

 spinous or unarmed, glabrous ; leaves elliptic-sinuate, dentate- 

 spinous, waved, ending acutely in a short petiole; spike many- 

 flowered ; flowers blue, with bracts and bracteoles, very like the 

 English Holly in its foliage. In salt marshes, common, Syn. 

 Acanthus dolvaria, Blanco in Fl Philipp. p 487 ; A ilicifolius, Blume 

 Bijdr. p 806 ; A malabaricus, Petiver. 



