LXXIII. ACANTHACE^E 
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Ovary hairy ; style obtuse, tip minutely hairy. Capsule j in. ; 
seeds usually 4. 
Valleys below Simla ; December-March. — Throughout India, ascending to 
3000 ft. — S.E. Asia, Malaya. 
Goats do not eat this shrub, so it often escapes destruction when other 
species succumb. 
10. BICLIPTEBA. From the Greek diclis , folding doors, and 
pteron, a wing, referring to the 2-celled, winged capsule. — Most 
tropical regions. 
Dicliptera bupleuroides, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 554, under 
D. Boxburghiana. A hairy, diffuse herb ; stems 6-24 in., grooved. 
Leaves stalked, ovate-lanceolate, usually about 2 x J in., some- 
times in moist, shady places up to 5 x2| in., entire, long-pointed. 
Flowers pink, spotted with purple, crowded in axillary cymes 
clustered towards the end of branches ; bracts and bracteoles 
linear. Calyx 5 -parted ; segments linear. Corolla pubescent, 
| in. long ; tube cylindric, twisted ; limb 2dipped, upper lip erect, 
notched, lower recurved, 3-toothed. Stamens 2 ; anther-cells 
blunt. Style minutely 2-lobed. Capsule J in. ; seeds 4. (Fig. 120.) 
Simla, common ; May-Deeember. — Throughout India in hilly districts, 
ascending to 7000 ft. — Afghanistan, 
