Lepidagathis.] cix. aoanthacba (C. B. Clarke.) 517 



cristata, Wall. Gat. 2421, letter C. L. rupestris, Sedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 229 — 

 Malabarmi frequent, Wight, &c.— This form differs from i. Bamiltoniana by its 

 much wider usually ciliate leaves. 



** Spikes mostly axillary scattered. 



... ^- '■ trinervis, Nees Monogr. Lepidag. 21, and in Wall. PI. As. Bar. 

 iii. 96, and in DC. Frodr. xi. 254 ; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate entire 

 glabrouB 3-nerved, bracts ovate or obovate spiuoae-cuspidate glabrous or 

 cobweb-ciliate, corolla white. 2'. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 496. 

 Barleria ? trinervis, Wall. Cat. 2500. 



Dry hills of Centeai, India, alt. 1-2000 ft. ; from Bombay Ghauts, Dalzell, and 

 Goojerat, Stocks, to the Kymore Hills, J. D. H., and Chota Nagpore. Sikkim 

 (probably base of the hills), Serb. Griffith. N. W. Himalaya ? Herb. Falconer. 



Sootstoci; woody.; stems numerous, 5-10 in. Leaves l\ by ^i in., sessile, 

 muticous, lineolate above ; midrib beneath distinct, with 2 slender nerves parallel to 

 it near the margins. Spikes f in., ovoid, often numerous, generally near the base 

 of the stems, sometimes all conglomerated into a subradical globe as in Z. cristata ; 

 bracts J-f in., nearly half their length occupied by the subsquarrose cusp ; bracteoles 

 linear-lanceolate, softly membranous. Cali/x non-spinescent. Corolla and capsule 

 nearly as of L. cristata. 



YiH. asperrima, T. Anders, ms. ; leaves J by ^ in. mucronate very scabrous. 

 Lepidagathis sp. a. 21, Serb. Ind. Or. S. f. ^ T.— Concan ; Stocks.— Stem 6 in., 

 branched, stoutly lignescent ; branches numerous, internodes very short. 



5. Zi. lutea, Dalz. in Hooh. Kew Journ. ii. 139 ; leaves linear or linear- 

 lanceolate nearly glabrous 3-nerved, outer bracts often stout elongate 

 spinous inner much smaller, corolla yellow. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 190 ; 

 1'. Anders, in Journ. Ijinn. Soc. ix. 495. 



Bombay Ghauts ; Dalzell, Stocks, Law. 



Sootstock vfoodj ; stems 6-20 in., quadrangular, pubescent or nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves 2 by J in., sessile, minutely hairy above, glabrous beneath. Spikes usually 

 1-3 together in many of the axils, and also a subradical congested globe, pubescent ; 

 outermost bract of each spike often 1-2 in. with a very stout bayonet-like tip ; inner 

 bracts §-J in., membranous, acute or shortly spinescent. Calyx shortly spinescent or 

 innocuous. Corolla f in. (fide Dalzell) ; but appears only J in. in the dried specimens, 

 much as of L, cristata. 



6. Ii. spinosa, Wight ; Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 97, and Monogr. 

 Lepidag. 32, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 268; leaves obovate spinous-muoronate 

 mostly entire glabrous, bracts broadly oblong acuminate spinescent, T. 

 Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 496. Barleria ? spinosa. Wall. Cat. 2497. 

 Acanthus mncronatus, Heyne in Herb. Bottler. 



Cabnatio and Mysobe ; Mottler, Wight, Samilton, &d. 



A prostrate, much-branched perennial, 6-20 in. Leaves J by J-J in., sessile, 

 usually with one spine only at the tip, rarely 1-2 spines on the margins added. 

 Seads §-| in., scattered, ovoid, few-fid.; outer barren Uracts numerous, § in. includ- 

 ing the strong spine, rigid ; inner bracts and bracteoles softer ; calyx (or its inner 

 segments at least) villous muticous. Corolla and capsule as of L. cristata. 



7. Im. pungrens, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 97, and in Monogr. 

 Lepidag. 33, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 58; leaves ovate spinons-serrate 

 glabrous, bracts lanceolate or ovate lanceolate spinons-mucronate. Wight 

 ic, t. 456; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 495. Barleria? pungens, 

 Wall. Cat. 2498. 



; S. Madras ; Mottler, Wight, &. Thomson. 



