FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
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A weed of marshy places j properties obscure. 
Distrib.— I ndia i IVTalaya ; Indo-China. 
171. Hyp’ophila plilonioides Nees var. Roxbur^hii F. B. I. iv. 408. 
Ruellia obovata F. I. iii. 51. 
Common in the northern parts, Hooker \ Clarke\ Kurs\ Prain\ 
A weed of marshy places ; properties obscure. 
Distrib.- Sub-Himalayan region ; Bengal ; Indo»China. 
172. Hy^ropliila spinosa T. And.; F. B. I. iv. 408. Ruellia longu 
folia F. I. iii. 50. E. D. H 508. 
Northern clearings, conimon. 
Vernac. Kanta Kalika ; Kulia Khara. 
A spinous weed of wet places ; properties obscure. 
Distrib — India generally : Andamans, but there probably introduced. 
134. Hemi^rapliis Nees. 
173. HemioTaphis hirta T. And. ; F. B, I. iv. 422. Ruellia hirta 
F. I. iii, 46. 
Northern clearings, very rare, Prain ! 
A prostrate weed ; properties unimportant, 
Distrib. — Gangetic Plain generally. 
135, Acanthus Linn. 
Leaves spinous ; bracteoles broad ; corolla blue ; stems erect 
ilicifolius. 
Leaves unarmed ; bracteoles o ; corolla white with a yellowish 
tinge ; climbing ....... volubilis. 
174. Acanthus ilicifolius Linn. ; F. I. iii. 32 ; F. B. I. iv. 481. E. D. 
A 324* 
Everywhere on river-banks and in low swampy places within the 
forests. 
Vernac. Hargoza ; Kintki, 
An under-shrub ; an excellent mud-binding species. 
Distrib. — S.-E. Asia and N. Australia: on coasts. 
Heinig reports from the western forests another species with spinous leaves, 
A. ebracteatus, but no specimens of this have reached the Calcutta Herbarium. 
It should be looked for j it differs from A. ilicifolius in having no bracteoles. 
175. Acanthus volubilis Wall. ; F. B. I. iv. 481. 
River-banks in the western forests, very rare, Wallich ! Calcutta 
Garden CollectorsX HeinigX 
A climbing under-shrub; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— I ndo-China; Malaya; on coasts. 
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