510 CIS. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Gymnostadiyum: 



leaves large long-petioled ovate, panicles mostly lateral many-fld., corolla 

 1 in. Bedd. Jc. JPl. Ind. Or. t. 253. Cryptopnragmium latifoUum, Dalz. 

 in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 137 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 185. Plilogacantlnis 

 latifolins, Wight Ic. t. 1537 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 508. 



CoNOAir, CanabAj and Malabab, Dalzell, Wight, &c. ; Bababoodun Hills, 

 Wight. 



An undershmb, 3 ft. (Dalzell). Leaves attaining 9 by 5J in., acute, very shortly 

 acuminate into tbe petiole, subentire ; petiole often 6 in. Fanicles chiefly from the 

 axils of fallen leaves, 3-5 in. ; branches subspicate ; flowers solitary or clustered ; 

 bracts small, linear. Sepals \ in., linear. Corolla pnberulous ; limb greenish-yellow. 

 Anthers ovate, minutely hairy. Capsule f in., very narrow, glabrate, 24-Beeded. 

 Seeds ovoid, compressed, hairy. i 



11. G. sang'uinolentum, T. Anders, in Thwaites JSnrnn. 232, and in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 506 ; leaves elliptic*, narrowed at both ends nearly 

 glabrous, cymes small axillary short-peduncled few-fld. subglobose some- 

 what pnbescent, corolla f in. Justioia sanguinolenta, Vahl Symb. ii. 10. 

 Cryptophragmium sanguinolentum, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi 96. 0. axiUare, 

 Nees I. c. ; Wight Ic. t. 1496. 



Cetion ; Champion, Walker, &c. 



Diffuse ; branches nearly glabrous. Leaves 4 by 1 J in., entire undulate or irregu- 

 larly subdentate, punctate or minutely lineolate above sometimes obscurely scaberulous; 

 petiole i-4 in. Feduncles ^J in., nearly glabrous ; cymes ^1 in. diam. ; bracts 

 i in., linear ; pedicels 0-| in. Sepals J in., linear, puberulous. Corolla pubescent. 

 Capsule I in. 



12. €r. toxnentosum, T. Anders, in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. ix. 505 ; glan- 

 dnlar-tomentose, leaves ovate hirsute on both surfaces, spikes axillary and 

 terminal trichotomous, corolla J in. subcylindric pubescent. 



Centbal India ; JBeddome (fide T. Anderson). 



A perennial, erect herb, 1-2 ft. Upper leaves 1 by J in., sessile, base attenuated, 

 undulate, whitened beneath. Spikes dense ; flowers pedicelled ; bracts J in., linear, 

 glandular ciliate. Sepals i in., aristate ciliate. Stamens included; anther-cells 

 equal. Capsule 1 in., linear, many-seeded ; retinacula erect, acute (21 Anderson). — 

 Not seen, genus very doubtful. 



13. G-. birsutuin,,T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 233, and in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 505 ; leaves broadly elliptic acute or ovate acute at 

 both ends hairy on both surfaces, spikes axillaiy and terminal dense 

 cylindric hirsute, braoteoles i in. linear, corolla i in. Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. 

 Or. t. 249. 



Ceylon ; Thmaites. 



Erect, 2-3 ft., glabrous except at the tip. Leaves 8 by %\ in., entire or undulate; 

 petiole 2 in. Spikes 1-4 by 1 in., quasi-peduncled, sometimes panicled, resembling 

 those of the dense-fld. species of Ehermaiera. Sepals J in., linear, hirsute. Corolla, 

 .■stamens and pistil as of Ch/mnostachyum (fide Beddome). Capsule J in., many- 



XXXI. PKZ.OGACiVN'TKUS, Nees. 



Shrubs or tall herbs. Leaves entire, or obscurely crenate. Flowers 

 orange red or pink ; thyrses or narrow panicles terminal, rarely racemes or 

 cymes axillary ; bracts small, bracteoles 0. Calyx deeply 5-fid ; segments 

 very narrow. Corolla, tubular, curved upwards ; limb on one side or (not 

 very deeply) 2-lipped; segments ovate or oblong, connivent patent or 

 recurved, imbricate in bud. Stamens 2, sometimes 2 small rudiments added; 



