506 cax. ACANTHACKS. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ayidrographis. 



founds his species ; which hoth hardly differ from A^ ecJdoides bat by thor 

 sbort-petioled (not sessile) leaves and rather shorter (^ in.) sepals. — This is cer- 

 tainly A. glandidota. Sees, for he has written his name on Wight's n. 2026, 

 though this appears to be an erect annnal. 



17. A. Sothii, Clarke; slirabbj, hairy, leaves small shortly petioled 

 ovate or orbicular, racemes axillary lax few-fld., lower pedicels nearly as 

 long as the calyx. Jnsticia glandnlosa, Both Nov. Sp. 13 ? ; not of WtUl. 



S. DscoAir PBifiNSlFXi ; WigM (Herb. Propr. n. 675). 



Rootftoch woody ; branches 8-12 in., wavy, closely pubescent, and trith white 

 patent hairs, some glandular. Leaves ^— f in., base rounded or in a few of the lower 

 very shortly attenuated ; petiole 0-| in. Bacemet 2—4 in., patent or recurved, 

 wavy, sometimes bifid, upper subpanicled ; bracts | in., ovate. S^als ^^ in. Ct^- 

 sule ^ by f in., sabobtnse. — Found loose in Wight's Herbarium, marked simply 

 Srianthera : it appears to fit very closely Both's description of his JmUeia 

 glandulosa. 



18. A. serpyllifolia, Wight le. t. 517; stems procmnbent viUons, 

 leaves small sessile orbicnlar, racemes many 1- or few-fld. in the lower axils. 

 T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 503. Justicia serpyllifolia, VaAl JEnum. 

 i. 169. J. nummnlarifolia. Wall. Cat. 2461. Erianthera serpyllifolia, Ifees 

 in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 115, and in DC. Prodr. xL 514. 



S. Deccait Pbnissula ; Mysore, Palamcotta, ic., Shuter, Wight, &c. 



Mootstoch woody ; annual stems 2—12 in., closely procumbent, carved, densely 

 leafy. Leaves \ in. diam., obtuse, more or less hairy. Sacemes sometimes forming 

 a small terminal quasi-panicle, but always with many 1— 2-fid. in the lower axils ; 

 bracts ^-^ in , orbicular, being gradually reduced leaves. Sepals ^-J in., linear ; 

 in fruit often ^ in. Corolla J-J in. Capsule J-J by |-^ in. 



19. A. Beddomei, Clarice ; leaves short-petioled elliptic and obovate 

 glabrous, racemes solitary axillary small few-fld., lower pedicels viscous- 

 pabescent, corolla J— | in. conspicuously 2-lipped, anthers exserted bases 

 densely white-bearded. 



Madbas ; Kurnool, Xallaymallays, alt. 2000 ft., Beddome. 



Stems 4-6 in., subsimple, qnadrangolar. Leaves 3^ by 1^2 in., subobtnse, some- 

 what coriaceons, base caneate, raphides or obscure ; petiole 0-J in. Sacemes | in., 

 3-5-fld., viscous-pubescent; bracts ^ in., oblong, subobtnse. Calyx i in. Corolla 

 and stamens nearly as of A. echioides. Capsule not seen. 



XXIX. BAPXiAXTTHTTS, Mes. 



Erect herbs. Leaves petioled, ovate, entire. Flowers asOlary, appearing 

 whorled, whorls sometimes approximated into terminal spikes, surrounded 

 by numerous barren brancmets, reduced to acicular cladodes terminated 

 by 2-3 minute spines; proper bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx smaH; 

 sepals subliuear. Corolla smallish, tubular; hmb 2-lipped; lobes imbri- 

 cated. Stamens 2 ; anthers 2-celled ; cells ovate, equ^ or one sometimes 

 much smaller, muticous ; connective very hairy behind. Ovary 6-16-otu- 

 late ; style shortly bifid at the tip. Capsule narrowly oblong acute, 6-16- 

 seeded from the base. Seeds ellipsoid, somewhat compressed, densely 

 shortly hairy when moistened. — Species 3, endemic in India. 



1. H. verticillaris, Nees in DC. Prodr. ix. 513; cladodes in fruit 

 stout rigid pubescent scarcely dilate towards the lips, calyx minutely 

 pubescent or glabrate. Dalz. 6[ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 197 ; T. Anders, in Joum. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 504. Jnsticia verticillata, Borh. Fl. lad. i. 135. 



