530 cix. ACANTHACB.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Lepidagathis, 



496. L. striata, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. m. 96, and Monogr. Lepidag. 

 26, and in DC. Prodr. sd. 257, and in Wall. Cat. 7165. Euellia muoronata, 

 Wall. Cat. 2366, sheets /3, 8, f. 



Stjbteopioal W. HrMAlAXA ; Hooshianpur, Aifchison ; Hurdwar, Wallich ; 

 Kamaon, Strachey S( Winterhottom. Chota Nagfose ; Parasnath, Mdgeioorth; 

 Rajmahl, Watt. Prome Hills; Wallich. 



Stems herbaceous, 8-24 in., suberect or diffuse, glabrous or hairy, often purple. 

 Xea»e« 1-5 in., sometimes in unequal pairs; larger attenuate at both ends glabrate, 

 smaller subovate more pubescect. Spikes J-IJ in., dense; bracts J by ^ in.; brac- 

 teoles J in., linear-falcate. Large sepal |— J by ^ in. ; 2 next | in., linear- 

 lanceolate, 2 inner linear. Corolla and capsule as of L. hyalina, from which this 

 species differs very little. 



17. Zi. dulcis, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 96, and Monogr. 

 Xepjrfai/. 30, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 257, and in Wall. Cat. 7167; leaves 

 petioled elliptic narrowed at both ends pubescent on the nerves beneath, 

 spikes axillary ovoid or somewhat elongate hairy, bracts elliptic scarious, 

 calyx snb-5-partite, outer segment broad. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sob. 

 ix. 496. EueUia dulcis. Wall. Cat. 7167. 



PbomeHillS; Wallich. Pegf; Xurz. 



Annual stems fi-12 in., snbundivided, flexuose, in appearance procumbent, some- 

 what pubescent. Leaves SJ by 1^ in., undulate, soon glabrate above ; petiole J-J in. 

 Spikes 1 by ^ in., mostly solitary opposite, 1-sided; bracts ^ by ^ in., somewhat 

 obovate, apiculate not spinescent, nerved, scarious, ciliate ; bracteoles similar, but 

 rather smaller, subfaleate. Outer sepal nearly J by i in., obovate, nerved, scarious, 

 ciliate ; 2 next 3 by | in. falcate, 2 inner J in. linear. Corolla J in. (Nees). Capsule 

 exceeding ^ in., 4-seeded. 



18. Zi. scariosa, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Sar. iii. 95, and Monogr. 

 Lepidag. ^.h, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 251 ; leaves petioled ovate furfuraceons- 

 pubescent, spikes mostly terminal ovoid dense, bracts narrowly obovate 

 mncronate, onter calyx-segment large obovate scarious. Wight Ic. t. 457 ; 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 497. L. terminalis, Soehst. ; Nees in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 251. Euellia scariosa. Wall. Cat. 2354. 



, S. Deccan Peninsula; Coimbatore, Wight; S. Canara, Beddome.—TUSTSIB. 

 Abyssinia. 



A small undershrub ; branches numerous, much-divided, stellately woolly or 

 glabrate. Leaves 2 by 1 J in., hardly acute, undulate ; petiole 0-J in. Spikes 1 in. 

 diam., solitary or 2-3, conglomerate, all at the tips of the branches ; bracts J in., 

 ciliate, scariose ; bracteoles J in., nearly linear. Calyx ^ in., sub-5-partite ; outer 

 segment | in. broad ; 2 next -^ in. broad, 2 innermost linear. Corolla ^ in. and 

 upwards. Capsule J in., 4-seeded. — T. Anderson, as well as Nees, keeps L. terminalis 

 distinct; but the only difference is that the corolla in L. terminalis is f in., whereas 

 in L. scariosa it must not exceed ^ in. 



19. Ii. simplex, T.Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 497; leaves sessile 

 narrowly oblong glabrous, spikes terminal solitary ovoid or ellipsoid, bracts 

 and bracteoles narrowly obovate white-ciliate, calyx sub-5-partite, segments 

 lanceolate snbmucronate. 



Tenasseeim ; Selfer (Kew Distrib. u. 6140). 



Stem simple, 4-10 in., erect, glabrous, 4-angular. Leaves 1 by J in., rigid, obtuse, 

 entire, shining. Spike \-\ in., sessile, 1-sided ; bracts 3 by J in., scarcely acute, 

 scarious; bracteoles similar to the bracts, but rather smaller. Calyx J-J in., white 

 ciliate ; 2 outer segments oblong, subentire, 2 inner linear. Corolla not seen. 

 Capsule \ in., oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds densely, elastically hairy. — This looks like 

 a form of L. hyalina var. semiherbacea. 



