536 Cix. ACANTHAOE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Justiciar 



An erect, branched herb. Leaves IJ by | in. (in one example 4^ by 1 in.), base 

 attenuate or rounded ; petiole i-li in. Axillary peduncles numerous, J-IJ in., 

 divaricate ; pedicels O-J in., puberulons or pubescent ; bracts and bracteoles minute. 

 Calyx-segments scarcely i in., narrow, pubescent. Corolla upper lip erect, emargi- 

 nate, lower pendent or renexed. Lower anther-cell distinctly white-tailed. Capsule 

 4 in. ; seed-bearing part subquadrate ellipsoid suddenly narrowed into the linear- 

 cylindric pedicel. 



41. J. pubig'era, Wall. Cat. 2490 ; leaves short-petioled ovate lanceo- 

 late hairy on both surfaces, cymes axillary trichotomous, corolla f in. 

 J. Edgeworthii, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sac. ix. 616. Peristrophe 

 pubigera, Ifees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. ui. 114, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 498. 

 Rhaphidospora oiliata, Nees I. c. 500. 



Tkmpbeatb N.W. Himalaya; Bhuddimath (Kumaon), Wallich, Boyle ; Simla, 

 Madden ; Grangootri, alt. 4500 ft., Stracltey ^ Winierbottom ; Mussoorie, alt. 7000 ft., 

 W. S. Atkinson, 



Stems herbaceous, erect, terete, hairy. Leaves 2J by 1^ in., cuneate or rhomboid 

 at the base; petiole J in. Cymes axillary, 2-3 in., somewhat rigid, dense, ascending, 

 hairy; bracts |— J in., linear; pedicels 0-^ in. ; bracteoles or minute. Calyx sub- 

 5-partite; [segments j in., linear, pubescent. Corolla pubescent, purplish-red; 

 lower lip J in., pendent. Lower anther-cell distinctly white-tailed. Capsule § in., 

 linear-elavate, pubescent. Seeds unripe, probably glabrous, only slightly tubercular ; 

 in which case the species will not belong to Sect. Mhaphidospora. The inflorescence) 

 and corolla are exceedingly \ike[Peristrophe ; but the small bracts and distinct anther- 

 tails do not suit. 



Sect. 6. Xtostellularia (Gen. Nees). Spikes terminal and axillary, 

 cylindric or linear. Bracts and bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, usually 

 about as long as the calyx. Calyx sub-4-partite (5th segment if sometimes 

 present small), segments linear or linear-lanceolate. Corolla small. Cap- 

 sule small, 4-seeded nearly from the base. Seeds subconcentrically tuber- 

 cular or rugose or nearly smooth. — Small closely allied weeds, abundant in 

 the tropics, all collected under 3 or 4 ill-defined spe'cies by T. Anderson. To 

 facilitate their description it is necessary to arrange them in more species, 

 or reduce them to vars. of one. 



42. J. micrantha, Wall. Cat. 2449, partly ; leaves ovate or elliptic, 

 spikes short cylindric dense, sepals oblong scarious glabrous midrib green 

 exourrent as a very hispid arista, seeds small concentrically rugose. J. , 

 procumbens, £«««. ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 511, partly. Ros- 

 tellularia crinita, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 101, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 

 373; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 193. 



Decoan Penijtsuia ; Wight ; Vingorla (S. Concan), Dalzell. 



Stems much branched, minutely ptibescent or hirsute. Leaves \\ by | in., mature 

 subglabrons or sparsely setose ; raphides numerous sunk on both surfaces ; petiole J in. 

 Spikes j-lj in. ; bracteoles ^ in., sublinear. Sepals much wider than the bracteoles, 

 nearly glabrous except the awns, hispid with many patent multicellular hairs. 

 Corolla 4 in., rose-purple. Capsule ^ in., pubescent. — A strongly marked species, 

 bnt it is difficult to settle the best name. Wallich's type sheet is mixed, and his 

 name micrantha perhaps relates really to the small-fld. J. procumbens mixed thereon. 

 As to the name J. crinita, that appears to relate chiefly to a mixture of J. procumbens 

 var. latispioa with J. diffusa var. orbioulata. 



43. J. quinqueang'Ularis, Koen. ; Boxb. Fl.Ind.ed. Carey Sf Wall. 

 i. 134 ; nearly glabrous, branches elongate, leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 spikes elongate ^ in. broad, sepals linear-oblong tip obtuse herbaceous 

 glabrous, capsule ^-j in. stout. Wall. Cat. 2443, partly. J. peploides, 



