478 cix. ACANTHACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Calacanthus. 



compressed, acute at both ends, 2-se6ded. Seeds compressed, exareolate, 

 densely shortly hairy. 



C. Dalzelliana, T. Anders. ; JBenth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1088. Lepida- 

 gathis grandiflora, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 138 ; Dale. £f Gibs. Somh. 

 m. 190; BeAd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 226. 



Sthadeeb Mts. ; near Bombay, Dalzell. Canaba ; near the foot of the Ghats, 

 plentiful, Beddome ; Purwhur Ghat, Ritchie. 



Leaves 7 by 3^ in., acuminate at both ends, very sparsely hairy above, glabrous 

 beneath, minutely lineolate on both surfaces ; nerves 11 pair ; petiole 0-1 in. Spikes 

 1-6 in., sometimes interrupted towards the base ; bracts | in. ; bracteoles J- 1 in., 

 oblong. Calyx 4 in., hairy; one segment elliptic, two narrowly oblong, two linear- 

 lanceolate. Corolla li-2 in. ; cylindric base shorter than the lobes ; palate buUate, 

 yellow -hairy. Filaments glabrous; anther- cells hairy. Ovary glabrous; style 

 hau'y. Capsule f by ^ in. Seeds nearly | in. diam. 



XX. BliEPKAXlZS, Juss. 



Herbs or undershrubs, harsh often rigid or prickly. iea»es^ opposite or 

 4 in a whorl, subentire toothed or prickly. Spikes terminal or on suppressed 

 axillary branches, strobiliform, 4-ranked or capitate and few-fld,, or many- 

 bracteate and 1-fld., bracteate and bracteolate. Sepals 4, unequal, in 

 opposite pairs, inner smaller ; one of the outer pair emarginate or 2-lobed. 

 Corolla-tube ovoid, horny ; limb of 2 lips, upper subobsolete ; lower patent, 

 3-lobed, blue or pinkish. Stamens 4, didynamous ; filaments thick, rigid, 

 anterior produced above the insertion of the anthers ; anthers 1-celled, mar- 

 gins densely bearded, second cell small or 0. Ovary glabrous, 4- or 2-ovu- 

 late ; style linear, very shortly 2- fid. Capsule oblong or ellipsoid, 2- or 4- 

 celled. Seeds compressed, orbicular, echinate by thick papiUas formed of 

 closely connected tubes spirally or annularly thickened, which when 

 moistened usually become free at their upper ends (see Kippist in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xix. t. 6, fig. 5). — Species 20, Indian and African. 



1. B. asperrima, Nees in DC. Prodr.-n.. 267; leaves ovate subentire 

 setulose, bracteoles obovate 3-toothed subglabroifs green-nerved, capsule 4- 

 seeded. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 192 ; Wight Ic. 1. 1534 ; T. Anders, in^ 

 Journ. lAnn. Soc. ix. 499. 



W. Decoan Penittsula ; Concan and Canara, on the Ghauts common, Dalzell, 

 &c. 



Stems 8-24 in., herbaceous, erect, glabrous or sparsely setulose. Leaves 21 by 

 1| in., base rounded or obtuse ; petiole ^ in. Seads terminal and quasi-axillary, few- 

 fld. ; outermost bracts leafy ; proper bracts \ in. or small, obovate or subpetioled, 

 ovate ; bracteoles \-\ in., usually with 3 lanceolate subspinescent teeth, the middle 

 the shortest. Calyx green-and-white nerved, glabrous thinly ciliate or setulose; 

 2 outer segments |-1 in., spathulate, one bilobed ; 2 inner much smaller, lanceolate. 

 Corolla |-1 in., blue. Capsule \ in., oblong, seed-bearing from the base. Seeds 

 ^— J in., compressed, ovate, closely echinate; spines obtuse, lanceolate, many closely 

 connected tubes containing spiral filaments, which rise elastically when moistened, 

 but do not separate. 



2. B. boerbaavisefolia, Pers. Syn. ii. 180; leaves usually 4 in a 

 whorl elliptic repand-toothed puberulous or glabrate, bracteoles spathxdate 

 bristle-ciliate subglabrous green-nerved, capsule 2-seeded. Wall. Cat. 2513 ; 

 Hees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 97, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 266; Wight III. 

 t. 164 b, fig. 6, and le. t. 468 ; Dalz. ^ &ibs. Bomb. Fl. 192 ; T. Anders, in 



