55 
plot exceeding 1 inob in length, bracts oval 3-nerved about £ inob long by 3-4 lines broad glanduloso-pubeseent and spinoso-mucronate 
as are the bracteoles and calyx, bracteoles lanceolate much smaller than the calyx, calyx 5-cleft to nearly the base, the upper segment 
broad lanceolate 3-nerved or sub 5-nerved, the 2 lower lanceolate 3-nerved the 2 lateral ones linear lanceolate all equal or subequal in 
length or sometimes the upper one double as long aa the others, corol shortly tubular a little hairy outside, limb bilabiate the lower 
lip larger a little hairy inside below the anthers, 3-partite, the lobes rounded equal, the upper lip rounded emarginate, the 2 Inner 
Stamens a little longer than the other 2, anthers ciliate, one of the cells much below the other and divergent, style hairy. Nee*. DC. 
' l. c. 258. 
South Canara on laterite rocks about Sooleay, quite in the plains ; also on the Bombay ghats. Dr. Wight’s L. longifolia from 
Malacca (I cones tab. 1564) is closely allied but has the anthers spurred. 
PLATE CCXXVIL 
LePIDAGATHIS FASCICULATA. (Nees.) StemB herbaceous somewhat procumbent villous, leaves membranaceous 
ovate to elliptic acute or acuminate softly villous or hirsute, 1-2 incheB long by J-l inch broad, sinuately dentate, petioles 2-4 lines long, 
spikes axillary and terminal simple or branched generally longer than the leaves and often leafy, bracts oval or elliptic 3-nerved 
glanduloso-pubeseent as are the bracteoles and calyx, bracteoles linear lanceolate shorter than or as long as the calyx equal or unequal, 
calyx 5-cleft to nearly the base, segments equal in length the upper one lanceolate 3-nerved the 2 lower linear-lanceolate, the 2 lateral 
« fiubsetaceous, corol 2 3 lines long white with purple mottlings, the upper lip emarginate the lower 3-lobed, filameuta glabrous, auther- 
cells ciliate one rather above the other, Btyle and apex of ovary hairy. Nees, in DC. I . c. 260. Lep. Goensis, Dalz. 1. c. 340. 
Malabar, Canara, &c., also in Bebar, Ceylon and Birmah. 
PLATE CCXXV1II. 
XiEPIDAGATHIS RUFESTRIS. (Nees.) A low plant spreading close to the ground, stems suffruticose acutely 4-angled 
or almost winged, the angles scabrous with thick hairs, leaves oblong sessile rough above with a transverse liueolation, scabrous on the 
nerves beneath with coarse hairs f-l£ inch long by 4-6 lines broad, flowers congested iu a large woolly ball at the apex of the root, 
[bracts and bracteoles similar ovate or oval cuspidato-mucronate, calyx 4-partite the upper segment ovate 5-nerved the lower deeply 
bifid, the 2 lateral ones lanceolate, all scariose and mucronate and densely hairy and ciliate chiefly at the apex with long woolly hair, 
Corol bilabiate very hairy, upper lip emarginate, lower 3-lobed, stamens subequal, filaments glabrous, anther-cells ciliate one above the 
other. Nees. DC. 1. c. p. 256. 
Kurnool and Cuddapah plains, in black cotton-soil. 
PLATE CCXXIX 
VIOLACEJE. 
IONIDIUM TR AVANCORICUM. (Bedd.) A perennial shrub 5 feet high, branches erect woody glabrous terete below, 
angled towards the apex ; stipules subulate glanduloso-puberulous, leaves linear lanceolate subsessile, distantly serrated glabrous 2£-3$ 
inches long by 6-10 lines broad, flowers pink, peduncles 6-8 lines long furnished with 2 puberulous bracteoles towards the apex a little 
below the flewer and there jointed, Bepals long subulate not keeled equal recurved, the lower petal with the long claw saccate and 
furnished with 2 spurs, the others falcate, the upper 2 only ciliate, the 2 anthers nearest the large petal furnished with a round 
gibbous Bpur at the base, seeds white 6 9. 
Travancore and Tinnevelly hills 2-3000 feet elevation, very like the common 1. suffruticosum, but a tall shrub. 
PLATE CCXXX. 
EUPHORBIAOEAE. 
CLAOXYLON InDICUM. (Mull.) An undershrub, direcious, young parts strigose or nearly glabrous, leaves membrana¬ 
ceous elliptic more or less acuminate serrate the serratures often ending in a bristle, rather scabrous with rough dots but in age generally 
without hairs except on the costa, 3-8 inches long by f-2 inches broad, petioles £-2 inches long with often 2 small glands at the 
conjunction with the leaf, racemes axillary shorter than or nearly (particularly in the male) equalling the leaves, the rachls glabrous or 
