412 cii. ACANTHAOE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ritellia. 



T. Anders, in Journ. IAn7\,. Soe. ix. 460 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 282. 

 K. Wightiana, Wall. Oat. 2397. R. repens, Seyne in Serb. Bottler. 

 Dipteraoanthus prostratus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Sar. iii. 81, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 124. 



Deccan Peninsxtia, extending North to Behae ; J. B. S. 



Stems 6-18 in.j much branched, nodes short, glabrous downwards. Leaves | in., 

 subobtuse, liueolate by raphides and minutely sparsely pilose ; petiole ^ in. Mowers 

 few together or often solitary ; bracteoles f-J in., oftfin altogether like the leaves. 

 Sepals I in., linear, ciliate. Corolla pubescent, ventricose portion of the tube twice 

 the cylindric portion. Capsule j in., pubescent, seed-bearing f its length. Seeds 

 16-20, i in. diam. 



Vab. dejecta ; diffuse sometimes rambling among bushes with very long nodes, 

 leaves larger often 3 in. frequently acute. Buellia ringens, S.oxb. Ft. Ind. iii. 44 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 2403. B. repens, Wall. Cat. 2384, chiefly. R. deccanensis, Grah. Cat. 

 PI. Bomb. 162. Dipteraoanthus dejectus, Nees in Wall. Fl. As. JBor. iii. 82, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 125 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 185, excl. syn. D. prostratus. Griff. 

 Notul. iv. 135. — Throughout India, from the N. Punjab and Assam to Ceylon, very 

 common (not seen from the Malay Peninsula)i — Distrib-. E. Africa. This variety 

 passes into R. prostrata type by insensible gradations. 



2. R. repens, Linn. Mant. 89 iriot of Burrrir. not of Heyne) ; stem 

 nearly glabrous, leaves ovate acuminate or lanceolate mature nearly glabrous, 

 bracteoles spatbulate elliptic or petioled ovate foliaoeous, corolla f in. 

 Plume Bijd. 794 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460. Dipteracanthus 

 laneeolatus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Sar. iii. 82, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 124. 



Malay PekinsulAj Moulmein, Parish; Mergui and Malacca, Griffith; Singa- 

 pore, Lobb. — DiSTEiB. Throughout Malaya to the Philippines. Siam. 



Usually more glabrous with narrower leaves than S. prostrata, but can only be 

 clearly separated by the smaller flowers j the capsule rarely exceeds J in. 



3. It. patula, Ja^q. Misc. Pot. ii. 358, and Ic. PI. Sar. i. 1. 119 ; 



hoary pubescent, leaves ovate, bracteoles spathulate elliptic or petioled ovate 

 foliaceous, corolla 1-1^ in. Lamh. 111. t. 550 {smaller than nat. size) ; Wall. 

 Cat. 2385 ; Uoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 45 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460. 

 B. erecta. Both Nov. Sp. 308. Dipteracanthus patulus, Nees in Wall. 

 PI. As. Bar. iii. 82, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 126 ; Wtght Ic. 1. 1505 ; Oerst. in 

 Vidensk. Meddel. Kjoh. 1854, t. 4, fig. 19-21. D. erectus, Nees in Wall. PL 

 As. Bar. iii. 82, and Cat. 7186. Petalidium patulum, Dalz. Sr Cribs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 185. 



Deccan Peninsttia, extending to Sciude, Rajpootana and Bandelkund (Edge- 

 worth). Cetloit, frequent. — DistkiBi Arabia, Abyssinia, Ava. 



Resembling B. prostrata^ but densely closely pubescent. Corolla pubescent, 

 very pale grey purple, the cylindric portion of the tube as long as the ventricose 

 part. 



4. R. longifolla, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sao. ix. 460; hairy, 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, bracts linear-spathulate, calyx-lobes lanceolate 

 scarcely longer than the tube, corolla f in. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 519. 

 Dipteracanthus longifolius, Stocks in Hooh. Ketis Journ. iv. 177. 



SoiNDB ; StocTcs, Dahell. — Disteib. BeloochistaUv 



Woody at the base, with many ascending stems 12 in. high; whole plant with 

 glandular viscous white or hoary pubescence. Leaves 2 by ^ in. ; petiole con- 

 tinuous with the attenuate leaf-base, ^'lowers mostly solitary j bracteoles | in. 

 Calyx J in. Corolla pubescent, blue. Capsule | in. , pubescent, nearly as of S. 

 prostrata. 



