558 cix ACANTHACKS. (C. B. Clarke.) [Hypoestes. 



nearly as long as tlie bracts. Calyx \ in. Corolla pink or white. Capsule \ in., 

 nearly glabrous. Seeds vermcose. — The placentae tend to rise elasidcally, and the 

 inflorescence also draws this plant very close to DicUptera. 



3. K. malaccensis, Wight Ic. t. 1555 ; leaves elliptic acaminate 

 pubescent beneath, flower-clusters numerous capitate, bracts lanceolate 

 acute connate at base, corolla f in. slender. T. Anders, in Joum. lAnn. 

 Soc. ix. 522. H. Decaisneana & laxiflora, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 508. ■ 



Maiacca; Griffith, Copt. A. C. Wight, Maingay. 



branches berbaceoas, diffuse, minutely pubescent. JOeaves 2} by 1 in., petiole 

 J in. Inflorescence dense, minutely ashy-pubescent ; bracts J-| in., several connate 

 into a tube, enclosing 1—4 flowers, of which all but 1 are usually rudimentary ; brac- 

 teoles ^ in., linear, scarions. Calyx scarcely ^ in., membranous. Capsule nearly 

 ^ in. — This extends, with slight variation in size of corolla and d^ree of nnion of the 

 bracts, thronghoat the Malay Archipelago to the Philippines. 



Obsek CX SSXiAGZK&a:. (By J. D. Hooker.) 



Herbs or sbrubs. ieo»e«altemate or tbe lower opposite, entire or toothed. 

 Flowers small, solitary or spicate, irregular, 2'-8exnal. Calyx inferior, 

 spathaceous or tubular and 2-5-fid or -partite, imbricate in bud. Corolla 

 monopetaiousi tube entire or split, limb 2-lipped or 4-5-lobed, imbricate in 

 bud. Stamens inserted on the corolla-throat or -lobes, 2, or 4 with a rudi- 

 mentary 6th, filaments filiform ;■ anther-ceUs confluent. Ovary free, 2-celled ; 

 style simple, terminal, stigma snbcapitate or 2-lobed ; ovules 1 pendulous 

 from the topof each cell, anatropous. Fruit small, 2-celled,. indehiscent or 

 of 2 cocci, one often imperfect. Seeds pendulous ; embryo straight in the 

 axis of fleshy albximen ; cotyledons ^cylindric, radicle superior. — Distbib. 

 Species 140^ all S. African, except the European genus Glohularia and the 

 following. 



£A6'OTZS, G-aertn. (G-tmnandba, FalV^ 



f Perennial fleshy herbs. Leaves radical and cauline, entire crenate or 

 incised. Flowering branches scape4ike, ascending, leafy above. Flowers 

 spicate or capitate, bracteate, blue or purple, ebracteolate ; bracts usually 

 broad, imbricating, as long or longer than the flowers. Calyx spathaceous 

 or of 2 sepals. Corolla-tuhe curved; limb 2-lipped, lower lip 2-4-lobed. 

 Stamens 2, inserted on the corolla-throat ; anthers very large, reniform. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; style slender, jointed at the base, stigma capitate or 2-fld. 

 Drupe small, 2-celledj. 1-2-seeded, sometimes separable into 2 indehiscent 

 cocci. — ^DiSTRo. Species 4 or 5, Arctic Regions and Mts. of N. Asia and 

 N.W. America. 



L. stolonifera, Koch (Gymnandra), a species, found from Armenia to Affghanistan, 

 has been collected in Wazuristan, alt. 5-7000 ft., by Stewart, close to the British 

 frontier. It may be known by its small size, narrow leaves, and long stolons. 



* Calyx of '2, oblong sepals. 



1. Zi. erlobosa, Furz in Joum. As. Soc. xxxix. 2, 80, t. 7, f . 1 (Gymnan- 

 dra); leaves long-petioled oblong pinnatifid, scape almost naked, bracts mnch 

 larger than and concealing the flowers suborbicnlar densely imbricate 

 forming a globose head. 



Westebn Tibet; Therichan Pass, alt. 15-16,000 ft., Seude; Gilgit, Col. 

 Turner {fid. C. B. Clarke). 



