Oardanthera.] cix. ACANTHAOEiE. (C. B. Clarke.). 405 



ciliate-pabescent. Sepals wider upwards. — Scarcely specifically separable from 

 C. balsamioa. 



5. C. triflora, Sam. mss. ; BentTi. in Gen. Fl. ii. 1074 ; pubeaoeat, leaves 

 ovate or round crenate-serrate, flowers mostly in axillary whorls, sepals 

 equalling the bracts linear. Ruellia triflora, Eoxb. Sort. Beng. 46, and 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 52. Adenosma triflora, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 79, and 

 in DO. Prodr. xi. 68; Wall. Gat. 714:7 ; T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 454. 



On tlie margin of water j Beng-ai, very common. Assam, Pfiau and Siir&A- 



POEE. 



Annual, decumbent, rooting at the base, 1 foot. Lower Zeo«e» often pinnatifid, in 

 water large, pectinate, membranous ; cauline ^-1 in. diam., tip rounded, base cuneate 

 or subpetioled, somewhat closely sharply toothed. Flowers 1-3-nate ; bracts nearly 

 • J in., obovate, sometimes toothed s bracteoles |^ in>, oblong. >Sepi*fe -hairy, one longer 

 than the others, very acute. Corolla ^4 in. Anthers nearly ' equal. Capsule 

 J-J in., pubescent. , 



6. C. avana, Benth. in Cren. PI. ii. 1074 ; subbirSute, leaves sessile 

 oblong dentate, base obtilse, spikes elongate iiltefrnpted, flowers solitary, 

 sepals exceeding the bracts linear. Pedicularis P avana. Wall. Cat. 1007 ; 

 Benth. Soroph. Ind. 52. Synnema avannitt) Benth. in DO. Prodr^ x. 538. 

 Adenosma biplicata, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Mar. ra. 79, and in DO. Prodr. 

 xi. 68 ; Wall. Cat. 7146 ; T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 454. 



BuBMA ; Wallioh, M'Xielland, &c. — DiSTElB. Ava. 



An annual weed, 1 foot, decumbent, rooting in mUd, branches erect or procum- 

 bent. Lower leaves usually pinnatifid ; upper l-lj in., obtuse, base often subquad- 

 rate, with many patent white hairs. Spikes 1^5 in., weak ; bract i-J iiii, narrowly 

 elliptic; braeteoles ^ in., narrowly oblong, obtuse. Sepals ^ in. and upwards, white- 

 hirsute. Corolla ^-| in., pubescent without, purple. Anthers nearly equal. Cap- 

 sule ^ in., puberulous. 



7. C. plnnatifida, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 1074 ; dusky pubescent, 

 leaves petioled oblong or elliptio pinilatifid or crenate, flowers solitary 

 axillary or in lax spikesj sepals linear slightly wider upwards sometimes 

 toothed. Nomaphila pinnatifida. Dais, in Sook. Kew Joum. iii. 38 ; Dalz. 

 Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 184 ; Sook. Ic. PI. t. 843. Adenosma pinnatifidiim, T. 

 Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 455 ; Sedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 246. 



W. Deccan PEifiKSTTLA ; Conoan and Canara^ BaUell, Seddome, &c. s Manga- 

 lore, Wight. 



Biennial ; branches 1-2 ft. Leaves 2-4 in., deeply pinnatifid ; lobes numerous, 

 oblique, oblong; or smaller, or | in. and crenate on the same plant, cuneate or 

 spathnlate, more or less petioled. Spikes 1-4 in., terminal, weak, hardly interrupted, 

 many-fld. ; or more commonly flowers few, distant, solitary, sometimes on very short 

 axillary branches appearing pedicelled; bracts i in., elliptic; braeteoles J in., oblong. 

 Sepals i in. Corolla J in. Anthers subequal ;' cells parallel, base not divari- 

 cate nor cordate. Capsule nearly ^ in., glabrous. 



Subgenus 2. Plaeslanthera. Stamens 2, fertile. Flowers solitary, 

 on alternate axils. Seeds densely elasticaUy hairy. 



8. C. ThwaiteslI, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1075; pubescent, leaves 

 Bpathnlate-oblong entire, flowers small subsessile in lax compound cymes. 

 Adenosma Thwaitesii, T. Anders, in Thwaites Fnum. 224, and in Jowrn. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 455. 



Ceylon ; Batticaloa, in the tropical region, Thwaites. 



