Dysophylla.] oxii. labiam. (J. D. Hooker.) 641 



forms of fruiting calyx are great, and possibly indicate two species ; in some speci- 

 mens it is almost campauulate with erect teeth, in others almost globose with 

 incurved teeth, 



12. D. tomentosa, Dah. in SooJc. Kew Journ. ii. 337 ; stout, erect, 

 brancted, softly pubescent all over with long hairs, intemodes very short, 

 leaves many in a whorl linear obtuse, margins revolute, spikes stout villous, 

 bracts equalling the flowers linear, flowering calyx A in. subcampanulate. 

 BaU. Sf Gibs. Somb. Fl. 208. 



SouTHEEN CoNCAN ; Malwar, in rice-fields, Balzell. 



Probably a large hairy state of D. stellata, with spikes |- in. diam. Young 

 specimens are decumbent, old and large ones have the habit of D. Sfoofssii and 

 pentagona. 



13. D. gracilis, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 377 ; stem erect stout 

 or slender hairy or glabrate, intemodes very short, leaves sessile 6-20 in a 

 whorl narrowly linear obtuse, or subacute glabrous or hoary, margins revo- 

 lute quite entire, spikes 1-2 in. slender villous, bracts equalling the flowers 

 filiform, calyx ^^ in. campanulate hemispheric and hardly "enlarged in fruit 

 with erect teeth. JDah. Sf Gibs. Somb. Fl. 208. 



Decoan Peninsula ; Sihadree Hills, near Phonda Ghat, Uitchie, Dalzell. 

 Very near D. tomentosa, with which it agrees in habit, but the spikes are more slender, 

 and the calyx much smaller. The form of the bracts affords an inconstant character 

 in this and in D. stellata, of which I suspect this is only a tall form. Stem 2-3 ft., 

 sometimes as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves ^J in., often recurved. Spikes J in. 

 diam. Calyx densely villous. — 1 do not find the toothing of the leaves described by 

 Dahell. 



14. D. erecta, Dalz. in HooJc. Kew Journ. ii. 337; stem erect tall 

 hispidulous, leaves 9-12 in a whorl linear or almost filiform obtuse or acute 

 glabrous or scaberulous, margins recurved, spikes slender pubescent, bracts 

 very short equalling the calyx clavellate, calyx shortly campanulate, teeth 

 obtuse erect. Bah. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 208. 



SoUTHEEN CoNCAN ; margins of swamps, Malwar, Dalzell. 



This is hardly distinguishable from D. gracilis. Dalzell's specimens (named by 

 himself) are of two forms ; one from very wet places has nearly simple flexuous stems, 

 almost capillary lower leaves (evidently immersed), and linear obtuse glabrous upper 

 ones f in. long, in whorls of about 12 ; the other, from drier places, is shorter, more 

 robust, much branched, with scaberulous leaves 4-8 in a whorl, and spikes exactly 

 like D. stellata, of which I suspect the species is a form. 



** Calyx-tube deeply h-grooved, with 5 elevated ridges (all annuals, with 

 sessile quite entire leaves). 



15. D. pentagrona, Clarhe mss. ; slender, erect, nearly glabrous, 

 leaves 4 in a whorl linear obtuse, spikes slender pubescent, calyx 

 densely pubescent all over, angles obtuse, mouth closed by the minute 

 obtuse teeth. 



Chota Naopoee j at Songhboom, alt. 2000 ft., Clarhe. 



Stem 12-18 in., branches suberect. Leaves l-lj in., ereoto-patent, base obtuse or 

 acute. iS^iies 2-3 in., ^-J in. diam. ; rachis hirsute ; bracts linear. Fruiting calyx 

 T5 in., nearly globose, pointed at either end; angles or wings thick. Nutlet solitary, 

 linear-oblong, completely enveloped by the calyx-tube. 



16. D. Griffithii, Hook. f. ; slender, erect, nearly glabrous, leaves 4 

 in a whorl linear obtuse, spikes slender pubescent, fruiting calyx obcoiiic 

 acutely 5-angled, tube glabrous, lobes incurved villous. 



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