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67. ACANTHACEiE. 



[Jcanthus. 



C. Dalzelliana, T. Anders. ; Benth. in Gen. Plant. IT. 1088 ; Fl. Br. I. 

 4. 478. L^jpidagathis grandiflora, lalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 190. Motayen^ 

 M. 



W. Ghdts of the Bombay Presidency. Common on the Supa gbats of 

 North Kdnara. On the Konkan ghats, near Bombay. (Dalz.) Fl. Oct.- 

 Nov. Fr, Jan. Flowers annually. 



4. ACANTHUS, Linn. 



Shrubs or herbs. Leaves pinnatifid, toothed, often spinous. 

 Flowers blue or white in terminal, dense strobiliform or interrupted, 

 bracteate spikes ; bracts ovate, large, spinescent, or small ; bracteoles 

 large, lanceolate, rarely 0. Calyx 4-paititp. Corolla 1-lipped, lip 

 3-lobed ; tube short, ovoid, horny. Stamens didynamous ; anthers 

 bearded. Capsule compressed, 4-seeded. Seeds large, flat without 

 hairs ; retinacula thick; testa very lax. 



A. ilicifolius, Linn. Benth. Fl. Austral. IV. 548 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 481. 



Bilivaria iUcifolia, Nees ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 192. Sea Holly. 

 Mdrdndi, mordnnd, M. 



Sea coasts of India; along the coasts of the Konkan and North 

 Kanara. Common in tidal swamps and along the bankg of creeks and 

 tidal rivers, Fl. Apl.-May. Fr. June-July* 



5. JUSTICIA,L. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers small or middle-sized ; 

 bracts large or small ; bracteoles narrow or 0. Calyx 4-5-divided. 

 Corolla 2-lipped, tube shorter or scarcely longer than the limb. 

 Stamens 2, antber-cells oblique, the lower one spurred with a white 

 basal appendage. Capsule 2-4- seeded, base narrow, sterile. Seeds 

 cordate, scaly or tubercular, without elastic hairs. 



Bracts larger than calyx. 



Spikes interrupted. Bracts green, herbaceous. 



Corolla white with purple spots in the throat. L J, montana. 

 Spikes continuous. Bracts white, green-nerved. 



Corolla wbite, rose-spotted ... ... 2. J. Betonica. 



Bracts linear shorter than the calyx. Spikes inter- 

 rupted. 



Leaves lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers and 



capsule glabrous 3. J. Gendarussa* 



Leaves elliptic, pubescent. Flowers and cap- 

 sule pubescent ... ... ... ... 4. J", ivynaadensis. 



1. J. montana, Wall. Cat. 2471, not of Roxb. ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 525. 



Eemichoriste montana. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 194. 



Western ghats, from Mah^baleshvar to the Nilghiris. Konkan and 

 Korth Kanara gh^ts, in evergreen forests. Fl. Dec, -Feb. Fr. Jany.- 

 Mch. A large shrub. Seeds very rugose when ripe. 



