Neuracanthus.] cix. acakthace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 491 



Lepidagathis differs by the anthers all 2-cellecl, the stigma subequally minutely 

 2-lobed, and the presence of braeteoles. N. subuninervius, Kurz, has been removed 

 to Lepidagathis. 



* Spikes axillary, elongate, bracts sub-i-ranked. 



1. IV. trluervius, Wight Ic. 1. 1632 ; leaves sessile elliptic cuneate at 

 bott ends nearly glabrous, bracts ovate or obovate spinous-mncronate 5- 

 nerved, calyx-segments linear-lanceolate long-ciliate. Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 190; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sac. ix. 494. 



CoKCAN ; in the Ghauts, Zaw, Dalzell, &e. ; Salsette, Serb. Wight. 



Stems 1-.S ft., glabrous except at the tips. Leaves 4^ by 1| in., lineolate above, 

 sometimes minutely setose. Spikes 1-5 in., hairy ; bracts \ by J in. Calyx J in. ; 

 segments divided about half-way down ; cilia | in., rising from minute glistening 

 tubercles. Corolla J in., blue, nearly glabrous without, 2-lipped ; segments 5,' sub- 

 similar, obtusely triangular, plicate in bud, tips tufted. Capsule j in. Seeds 



2. N. tetrag-onostacliyus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 97, and 

 Cat. 7168, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 248; leaves short-petioled elliptic or 

 obovate-lanceolate attenuate at botb ends thinly pubescent or glabrous, 

 bracts elliptic spinous-mucronate 5-nerved, calyx-segments linear-lanceolate 

 long-ciliate. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 494. 



Piian ; Prome Hills, Wallich; Rangoon, M'Lelland; Moulmein, Parish. 

 Hardly differs from If. trinervius except in the greater attenuation of the leaves 

 at both ends. Mowers blue (FarisA). 



3. N. grandiflorus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc 1873, pt. ii. 95 ; leaves 

 small obovate or oblong subobtnse nearly glaWous, bracts ovate-lanceolate 

 rigid 5-nerved, calyx-segments lanceolate long-ciliate, 



Peqtt ; Prome, Kurz. 



Leaves IJ by j in., not lineolate, minute scabrid-pubescent (in Kurz's specimen) ; 

 petiole obsolete. Corolla \ in., or rather more, blue. — Exceedingly near N. tetragono- 

 stachyus, but has much smaller leaves, and larger flowers. Weuracanthus sp. (Kew 

 Uistrib. n. 6144), collected by Griffith in Hookhoom Valley, Upper Burma, is perhaps 

 a variety, but has the leaves closely pubescent beneath. 



** SpiJces axillary, densely capitate, bracts not 4i-ranhed. 



4. M. sphserostachyus, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 140 ; leaves 

 Bubsessile elliptic nearly glabrous, bracts ovate softly wMte-bairy, calyx- 

 segments lanceolate or subovate subobtnse. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 190 ; 

 Book. Ic. PI. t. 835. N. Lawii, Wight Ic. t. 1531 ; T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 494. Lepidagathis sphserostachya, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 

 254. 



CoNOAN ; Dalzell, &c. ; common in Bombay Island. 



Stems 1-2 (t. Leaves H hy 2 in., obtuse or subacute, lineolate above; petiole 

 scarcely ^ in. Spikes 1-2 in., sometimes agglomerated into axillary globes 3-4 in. 

 diam. ; bracts i in., purplish. Calyx 5 in., one lobe shortly 3-toothed, the other 

 deeply 2-fid. Corolla | in. ; limb a fine blue, obconic, subentire, plicate j lower lip 

 of 3 very depressed triangular lobes, upper an emarginate subsimilar lube. Anthers 

 pubescent. Cu/psule | in., 4-seeded. Seeds J in. diam. — The plant appears rarely to 

 seed, as Dalzell notes. 



*** Spikes terminal, oblong. 



6. JH. Neesianus, Clarke; hoary silky subtomeutose, leaves sessile 



