993 DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSP. 1245. Lepidagathis. 



carduifolius Leaves tooth-finuate, fpinous : fpike of flowers radical. 

 The Cape. Stem hardly any : fegmentof the leaves fpinous. 



spinosus. Leaves pinnate, fpinous. 



Italy. Hort. Rom. 3. t. I 4., Calyx fpinous* 



arboreus. Leaves finuate-toothed, fpinous, glabrous : ftem ftirubby. 

 Arabia Felix. Vahl Jymb. 1. p. 47. 



Dioscoridis. Leaves lanceolate, entire, fpinous at the margin. 

 The Eaft. Sp. pi 891. 



iliafolius. Leaves repand, with thorny teeth: ftem ftirubby, prickly. 

 India. Rheed. Mai. 2 t. 48. Pet. gaz. t. 94./. 15. 

 Calyx compofed of 6 imbricate leafets. 



ebracteatus* Leaves lance -elliptic, toothed: fpike terminal: ftem 

 ftirubby, unarmed: calyx 4-leaved. 

 India, t Y ahl fymb % 2, /. 40. Rumph. amb. 6. t.Jl,f. I. 



capensis* Leaves oblong, toothed, fpinous: ftem ftirubby, erect: 

 bra&es ending in a fimple fpine. 

 The Cape. Spikes terminal, folitary, feffile. 



furcatus. Leaves oblong, tooth-fpinous: ftem ftirubby: bradtes end- 

 ing in a 3-forked fpine. 

 The Cape. Linn, fuppl 295. 



procumbens. Leaves oblong, with ciliate ferratures : ftem procumbent, 

 ftirubby. 

 The Cape. Linn, fuppl 294. 



integrifolius Leaves oblong, entire : ftem procumbent, herbaceous. 



The Cape. Linn. fuppL 294. 



repens. Stem creeping, briftly : leaves in fours, linear, entire, 



fomewhat ciliate: flowers axillary, folitary. 

 Eaft Indies. Vahl.fymb. z.p. 76. Leaves glabrous. 

 edulis. Leaves in fours, linear-lanceolate, with fpinous teeth: 



ftem fomewhat ftirubby. 

 Arabia Felix. Burm. Ind. 135. /. 42./. 1. Rucllia. 

 madera.'pa- Leaves in fours: flowers axillary: calyx ciliate. 

 tensis. India, Burm. Ind. t. 42./. 2. Pluk. phyt. t 99./*. 3. 



Stem herbaceous, forked ; leaves elliptic, unarmed : outer-calyx 

 imbricate, with 4 pair of obovate wedge- fhaped ciliate leafets; 

 inner 4-leaved : capfuk red. 



1245. LEPIDAGATHIS. Calyx many -leaved, 

 imbrkate: ccrol 2-lipped ; the rpper-lip very* 

 fmall, lower-lip 3-parted : capfule 2-celled, 2+ 

 valved. 



cristate* Le pi dag a this. 



JEait Indies. lVilld.fp.pl 3. p % 400, 



