N. 0. ACANTHACKjE. 
971 
The root contains a bitter principle of a resinoitl nature dissolving in 
sulphuric acid, with a purple colour. It contains, besides, a crystalline cho- 
lesterol, with small quantities of tannin and sugar (Hooper). 
931. Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus, Nees. h.f.b.i. 
iv. 512. 
Vern. : — Lalbfihuk (Pb.). 
Habitat: — Subtropical Himalaya, from Garb wal to Bhotan, 
very common. Kbasia hills and Assam. 
A shrub 3-7 ft. Leaves large, lanceolate, glabrous, 7 by 
ljin., tapering at both ends, subentire, densely punctulate ; 
petiole fin. Tbyrses 4-1 2in., terminal, solitary or several, 
or quasi-axillary on lateral branches ; peduncles short ; bracts 
Jin., linear. Calyxtube Jin. ; teeth J-Jin., setaceous, densely 
pubescent. - Corolla fin., closely villous, orange; tube broad 
from the base, curved ; 2-lipped, upper lip suberect, lower 
patent. Stamens glabrous, or slightly hairy near the base of 
the filaments ; 2 rudiments often discernible. Style glabrous. 
Capsule 1J by Jin., subquadrangular, glabrous, 12-14-seeded. 
Seeds much compressed, orbicular in outline, densely shortly 
hairy, hairs elastically spreading when moistened. 
Use : — In the Panjab, it is put to the same uses as Adhatoda 
Vasica, Nees. 
932. Lepidagathis cristata, Willd. h.f.b.i. iv. 
516 ; Roxb. 476. 
Vern. : — Bhuyaterada (M.) ; Ot dhompo (Santal). 
Habitat : — Frequent in Coromandel. 
Herbs, with perennial rootstock. Stems 6-18in., branched, 
procumbent, quadrangular, puberulous or slightly pubescent. 
Leaves 1 by Jin., sessile lanceolate above, minutely scabrid 
pubescent on the nerves beneath or glabrate ; linear or oblong. 
Inflorescence subradical globose ; one or two small heads some- 
times added to the lower part of the leafy branches. Bracts 
J in., rigid in fruit. Bracteoles membranous, hairy, spinescent. 
Both bracts and bracteoles elliptic ovate or obovate, suddenly 
spinose acuminate. Calyx sub-4-partite, one segment bifid ; 
