Haplanthus.^ oix. acaxthacke. (C. B. Clarke.) 507 



W. Deooan Pbninbxtla, frequent, Soxburgh, &c, extending north to Mt. 

 Aboo, Stocks. 



Stems 2-3 ft., pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves 3^ by 2 in., shortly acumi- 

 nate, base suddenly attenuated, pubescent or nearly glabrous ; petiole 1 in. Cladodes 

 often 1-lJ in. in fruit, pubescent or glabrous, with or without scattered patent 

 bristles in their lower half. Calyx | in., glabrous or puberulous. Corolla | in., 

 pale lilac. Calyx J in. and upwards, glabrous. 



2. K. tentaculatus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 513; cladodes in fruit 

 slender curved fflabrous or pubescent not oiliate, calyx pubescent scarcely 

 oiliate. Dalz. Cf Cribs. Bomb. Fl. 197 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 

 503. Kuellia tentaculata, Lirm. Amcen. Acad. iv. 320 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. 134, 

 t. 40, fig. 1. E. aciculata. Both Nov. Sp. 301. 



Bombay j Dalzell. Bel&aum ; Mitchie. Malabab j Yelwah Hill in Palghaut, 

 Seddome. Cbnteal India ; Mandoo, Edgeworth. 



Cladodes in fruit J in. Corolla less than J in., white (Eitchie). Capsule l-jin., 

 glabrous j seeds much smaller than in S. verticillaris. — Very near S. verticillaris. 

 Dalzell says 1. c. that S, tentaculatus is a much stouter species than B. verticillaris ; 

 bat his numerous examples submitted are named by him in accordance with Nees' 

 naming. 



Vak. nilgherrensis ; whorls collected mostly in terminal spikes, cladodes and 

 sepals with many patent needle-like white hairs. H. nilgherrensis, Wight lo, 1. 1556. 

 — Mts. of Nilghiri and Kurg, frequent ; Wight, Sohenacher; &c. 



Vab. plumosa ; calyx densely hispid-hairy subplumose. H, plumosa, T. Anders, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 504. Haplanthus sp. n. 4, Merb. Ind. Or. if. /. ^ T. — 

 Concauj Stocks. Belgaum; Hitchie. 



3. K. 7 hygrophlloldes; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 503; 

 leaves petioled ovate acute tomentose on both surfaces, flowers axillary 

 aggregated, bracts minute linear. 



PlGTT ; Srandis (fide T. Anderson). 



An insignificant weed ; stems 4-angular furfiiraceous. Leaves 1-li by J-1 in., 

 minutely lineolate. Sepals ^ in., subulate. Corolla small, pubescent. Stamens 2 ; 

 anthers 2-ceIled, one cell bearded. Capsule linear, compressed, glandular, many- 

 seeded.^ — No example seen ; the foregoing copied from T. Anderson. 



XXX. GVnXNOSTACKVITIMC, Nees. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves cauUne or subradical, entire, sinuate 

 crenulate or toothed. Cymes axillary or in a terminal panicle, often spicate 

 or racemose, sometimes small axillary ; bracts and bracteoles very small, 

 except in G. hirsutum; flowers snbsessile or shortly pedicelled. Calyx 

 small (except in G. hirsutum), sub-5-partite ; segments equal, linear- 

 lanceolate. Corolla-tube slender, cylindric ; limb small, 2-lipped ; lobes 5, 

 subequal, .quadrate-elliptic, imbricate. Stamens 2, nearly as long as the 

 corolla ; filaments usually hairy at least near the base ; anthers 2-celled ; cells 

 subequal, oblong or ovate, hairy or glabrous. Ovary pubescent, many- 

 ovnlate ; style subeatire at the tip. Capsule linear, pubescent or nearly 

 glabrate, i&-24-seeded. Seeds ovoid, compressed, hairy, hairs very shortly 

 spreading when moistened. — Species 15, Indian, with a few Malayan. 



* Panicle terminal, leafless or nearly so. 



■|" Leaves mostly near the base of the stem. 



1. G. venustum, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 506 ; leaves large 



