398 cix. ACANTHACE*. (C. B. Clarke.) [Miermaiera. 



pubescent hardlj cUiate, calyx ciliate shorter than the bract, corolla i in. 

 and upwards. Nees in DC. Prodr.xi.1Q; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, 

 pt. ii. 78. E*. argentea, Nees I. c. ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 

 451. Adenosma lanceolatum, Blume Bijd. 757. Staurogyne, Wall. Cat. 

 7489. 



PBNANa; Wallich. MALACCA ; Qriffifh. Tenassebim: (or Andamans), Bejfer 

 (Kew Distrib. n. 6077). — Disteib. Java. 



Stems 3-6 in., base almost woody, pubescent. Leaves 3 by | in., narrowed to an 

 obtuse apex, entire, sinuate, pubescent on the nerves beneath, and sometimes also 

 slightly on the lamina ; petiole \-\ in. SpiJces 2 in., dense ; bracts f in., not aris- 

 tate ; bracteoles J in., narrow-lanceolate, ciliate. Sepals 4, ^ in., linear ; the fifth 

 slightly longer and broader ; all prominently ciliate. Capsule J in. 



9. E. Staurogryne, Sfees in DC. Prodr. xi. 75 ; stem decumbent 

 short, leaves nai-rowly elliptic whitened beneath, spikes short cyHndric or 

 capitate, bracts lanceolate 3-nerved long-aristate pubescent not ciliate, 

 corolla f in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soo. ix. 451, excl. all syn. Stauro- 

 gjne argentea. Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. 80, t. 186, and Cat. 4905. 



Khasia Hills up to 3000 ft. alt., and N. Silhet, frequent j Wallich, Qriffith, 

 S.f. Sf T., &c. 



Stems 3-8 in., pubescent, prostrate, rooting, base almost woody. Leaves 4 by 

 IJ iu., subobtuse, base rounded or cuneate, entire, glabrous, nerves beneath prominent 

 puberulous; petiole J-IJ in. Spikes 3-2 in.; bracts^ in. with awns Jin.; bracteoles 

 ^ in., linear, awns J iu. Sepals ^ in., linear, awns ^ in. Corolla purple with rose 

 marks. Stt/le bifid, lower lobe 2-partite. Capsule J in. 



10. E> ang'ustifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 451, excl. 

 many syn. ; stem decumbent short, leaves narrowly elliptic somewhat whiter 

 beneath, spikes short cylindric or capitate, bracts lanceolate 3-nerved loag- 

 awned pubescent ciliate, awns of the bracteoles and sepals without hairs 

 or cilia. B. Staurogyne /3 angustifolia, JVees in DO. Prodr. xi. 75. Stauro- 

 gyne angustifolia, Wall. Gat. 4906. 



Chittaoong, alt. 0-1000 ft., frequent ; S. f. S; T., &c. Peou ; X Scott. 

 MO0LMEIN; Griffith. Rangoon ; M'Lelland. Tenasseeim; King's Island, 

 Belfer. 



Very near E. Stwurogyne ; but the long white cilia on the margin of the lanceo- 

 late portion of the bracts and bracteoles at flower-time give the heads a different 

 aspect. The characters drawn from the breadth of the leaves and the cuneation of 

 their bases fail ; and Mr. Bentham has noted the species as perhaps only a var. of -B. 

 Staurogyne. T. Anderson has variously marked it, E. Staurogyne, setigera, angusti- 

 folia, and aristata. The awns of the bracteoles and sepals have very minute white 

 adpressed bristles. 



11. B. setigera, iVee* in DC. Prodr. si.. 76; stems short branched, 

 leaves short-petioled narrowly elliptic, spikes capitate, bracts almost linear, 

 bracteoles and sepals subulate hairy nearly to their tip vn-Mi patent long 

 tawny hairs from bulbous bases, corolla ^ in. and upwards. T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 451. E. trichocephala, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 774. 



Malacca ; Cuming. — Disteib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Stem 3-6 in., pubescent. Leaves 2 by j in., cuneate, subobtuse at both ends, 

 glabrous above, puberulous whiter beneath ; petiole i-J in. Spikes \-l in. ; bracts 

 ^1 in., linear, long-attenuate, subulate, scarcely awned, herbaceous not nervose (as 

 in the two preceding species) ; bracteoles similar, but rather shorter. Sepals i in., 

 linear-subulate, hardly aristate. Capsule i in. ; bracteoles and sepals less stellate in 

 fruit than in H. angustifolia.— E. trichocephala, Miq., is referred by Kurz (Journ. 

 As. Soc. 1870, pt. ii. 78) to X. lanceolata, and by T. Anderson (Journ. Linn. Soc. 



