Lepidagathis.] cix. acanthacejs. (C. B. Clarke.) 523 



tellate sub-bifid stigma, tbe corolla suddenly ventricose in the middle not tubular (as 

 in SemigrapMs laiehrosd). 



Vae. major ; leaves liirger toothed or subentire, heads larger, bracts i by J in. 

 acute subspinulose, oalyjt | in., corolla \ in. — Tenassevim ; Mooleyit, Beddome. — Much 

 finer than the ordinary i. fasoiculata, of which some examples from moist valleys in 

 Malabar (marked L. go'ensis) come so near this Tenasserim plant that it is difficult to 

 treat the latter as a species. 



DOtTBTBTTL SPECIES. 



L. LONGIPOIIA, Wight Ic. t. 1564 ; leaves large lanceolate glabrous, 'spikes 

 elongate lax terminal subpanicled, bracts large elliptic acute, flowers large, anthers 

 minutely spurred at the base. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soo. ix. 499. ■ 



Malacca; Oriffith (Kew Distrib. u. 6138), Maingay. 



Branches terete, glabrescent. Leaves 9 by 2 in., acute at both ends, entire ; 

 petiole I in. Spikes 3-7 by 1 in., clustered towards the end of the branch, lax, 

 nodding, pubescent; bracts | by ^ in., opposite, one of eacli pair usually barren; 

 bracteoles \ in., oblong. Calyx nearly \ in., 5-lobed nearly to the base ; 3 segments 

 broadly lanceolate, 2 linear. Corolla in form nearly as of Lepidagathis but larger, 

 minutely hairy without, nearly glabrous ; no traces of dots on the lower lip. Stamens 

 4, slightly didynamous; filaments glabrous, connective papillose; anthers oblong, 

 cells parallel approximate each with a divaricate minute mucro at the base. Ovary 

 depressed, glabrous, 4-ovulate ; style patently hairy ; stigma capitellate (not as in 

 Wight Ic). Capsule not seen. — A remarkable plant, both in habit and characters 

 removed from Lepidagathis ; in the absence of fruit it is advisable not to found a new 

 genus on it. Nees marked it " Species ah Acanthaceis aliena." In many points it 

 approaches Asystasia Zawiana and Strobilanthes. 



L. STBOBILINA, T. Anders, ms.; Kurz in Journ. As. Soo. 1878, pt. ii. 96; 

 glabrous, leaves lanceolate membranous entire, heads lax terminal largeish, corolla 

 1 in. funnel-shaped purple-lilac tube short. 



Maetaban ; Parish (fide Kurz). 



A herb, 1-2 ft., stems terete with 4 elevated lines. Leaves 7-8 in., acuminate at 

 both ends, shining, petioled. Bracts 1 in., oblong-lanceolate acuminate thin-papery, 

 tinged purple-lilac, 1-nerved and reticulated, glandulose-puberulous ; bracteoles 

 similar to the bracts but narrower. Calyx large. Capsule wanting. — Not seen ; the 

 foregoing translated from Kurz 1. c. Appears ex descr. to be allied to L. longifoUa. 



XXXY. FKXAIiACANTKUS, Benth. 



An erect, glabrous shrub. Leaves large, entire. Cyme terminal, loosely 

 corymbose ; pedicels slender ; bracts minute. Calyx membranous, coloured, 

 tubular-eampanulate, shortly 5-tootbed. Corolla-tuhe elongate, ventricose 

 upwards ; limb 2-lipped ; lobes 5, subequal, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4 ; 

 anthers all 2-celled ; cells oblong, parallel, muticous. Style filiform ; 

 stigma minutely 2-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule shortly stalked, 

 oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds (unripe) compressed, orbicular in outline, retinacula 

 stout. 



P. Griffithil, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1102. 



MiSHMEB; Griffith. 



Leaves 7J. by 2^ in., broad-elliptic, acuminate at both ends, bearing raphides on 

 both surfaces; petiole \\ in. Cymes 3 in. diam., short-peduncled ; lower bracts jin. , 

 linear, upper minute ; pedicels ^ in. Calyx i by | in., enlarged in fruit ; teeth -,'5 in., 

 triangular. Corolla If in., orange with yellow mouth (Griffith). Stamens glabrous ; 

 anthers minutely pubescent. Style glabrous. Disc small, cup-shaped. Capsule 

 (unripe) | in., glabrous. 



XXXVI. IMCONOTHECZUnX, Sochst. 

 DifEuse herbs. Leaves entire. Spikes small, ovate or oblong, dense ; 



