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p. 144 et h.! h. DO.! R. et Soh. ayst. 1 p. 156 mant. 1 p. 139, Roxb. fl. 

 ind.ed. Car. et Wall. 1 p. 121 ed. a. 1832 p. 120, Blumebijdr. p.785, 

 "Wall. oat. n. 2440 a-d; f , g et n. 2498 b (ex parte casu admixta), Blanco 

 fl.^de filip., p. 14, Sieb. fl. maurit. n. 247. Justicia Gendarussa Macrae ! 

 n. 425 iti h. Bentham. Puloolli Rheede,- herb. malab. 9. p. 135 t. 69. 

 Nagarmallighi Tamul (Leschenault !). Nomen sanscr. Yootbika-pumee. 

 Beng. Jovi-pana Teling. et Tamul. Nagamulli vel Jasminum Cobra de 

 capella (Roxb.) Javari-Trebe. Japan , Kalawara, damon Sarong Burung 

 (Blume), (v. in h. Wallieh, paris. (6pec. Sonnerat.), Hooker, berol., etc). 

 |3. Magis minusve villosa, foliis ovato-oblongia i basi minus angustatis , ra- 

 tione longitudinis latioribus , paniculis lateralibus triohotomo-diehotomis, 

 ramis soandentibus ? — ■ Spontanea in angustiis nemorosis montium Paul- 

 gat Chury ohita (Wight!),Pondicheri eommets.I in h. Hooker, Perrottet! 

 in h. Bentham.), Tanschauhr ( Kcenig ! in h.. Vahl), Mergui (GrifEth ! 

 in b. Hooker), insulS Ceylon ad Paradeniam (Maorae! in h. Bentham , 

 Walker ! in h. Hooker) , in Java ad sepes, floret omni tempore (Blume , 

 Zollinger! pl jav. n. 627), insula Mauritii (Sieber !) , in Madagascar 

 et Bourbon (Commers.! in h. Vahl ). in Prom. b. sp. (Drege!) Rhina- 

 oanthus communis Moritzil in Zojling. pl. jav. p. 48 n. 627, in h. 

 . DC. Justicia scandens Vahl 6ymb. 2 p._7, en. 1 p. 131, Willd. sp. pl. 

 ed. Dietr. 1 p. 383, R. et Soh. syst, 1 p. 150, Wall. cat. n. 2440. 

 e. Justioia -macilenta H. M ( ! cp,t. pl. Dreg» a. 1837. Jnsticia dipljoto- 

 ma Rottl. et Willd. in nov ; aot. nat. cur. berol. 4 p. 221. Justjcia sil- 

 vatioa Lour. oochinch. 1 p. 26, Vabl en. 1 ,p. 145, Willd.' sp. pl. ed. 

 Dietr. 1 p. 400. Dianthera paniculata Lour. ooohin. ed. Willd. 1 -p. 32. 

 Pubescentia magis minusye conspicua in caule paniculisque villosula, 

 et foliis magis ovatis,sed nulla alift re differre videtur. — Capsulse, 

 in hac varietate obvias , clavataa , a,pice compressiusculas , obtuse mucrp- 

 nataj , pubescentes , tetraspermae , abortu dispermos ; semina obovata, 

 utrinque convexa., basi iniequaii angusfe emarginata. (v. in h. Wallich., 

 Vahl, Willd., Bentham, DC. etc, etc.) 



2. R. osmospekmus (Bojer in sched.), . foliis oblgngis elabris subtus jn costa 

 soabrls, ppiijculis axillaribus terminalique trichptomis divaricatis cauleque 

 pubescentibus , labio superiore lineari-lanceolato recto. 5 Ih cellibus et ad 

 margines agrorum prope Emirna in insulst M^dagascar (Bojerf in h. DO., 

 in ripis fluvii Ranu-Munti prov. Emirnas (idem!). Justicia odoratissima Bo- 

 jer ! in h,- DC. « Caulis 5-6 ped. altus, ramosissimus, floi-ibus albo-roseis. 

 Semina lentioularia, nigra, odorem balsamicum gratissimum spirantia, a mu- 

 lieribus indigenis in collaria conseruntur, quse festis diebus ferunt. » (Bojer). 

 Rhinacantho communi var. (3 soandente perquam Bimilis et ejus forsan varietas 

 est. Differt prseter paniculas earumque ramos maxime d.varica.ps r^mulis 

 autem ciroa ramorum apices densius coufertis brevjoribusque, (sed vidi etiam 

 panjculam prpbabiliter terminalem ramis brevissimis ideaque minus patenti- 

 bus fere spioiformem ) , corollS majore limbo latiore pr_edita\ (v. in h, DC. et 

 Hooker). 



3. R. RottLijbianits ( N. ab E. in Wall. pl. as. rar. 3 p. 109), caule scaber- 

 rimo , foliis oblongo-cuneiformibus obtusis, panicula terminali eorymbosa trifi- 

 da, labio superipre lineari reoto. In IndiS orientali (herb, rnadr.!). Justicia 

 Rottleriana Wall. cat. n. 2477. Differt a Rh. eommuni, ciii admodum similis 

 eSt : ramis gracilioribus , lineblis confertissimis eleVatiS setulisque iadurvis 

 scaberrimo , ramis florentibus axillaribus paucis vel nullis , sed ternis termina- 

 libus longioribus graoilioribus diohotomis fastigiatis papiculam coryrphpsam 

 cdnstituentibus, foliis (inediis saltem) brevi^sime petiolatis, eS oblongo ovali- 

 bus basi cuneatim attenuatis, apice vel obtusis vel brevissime acutis, confertim 

 lineolatis, caeterum glabris ; superiorrbus lanceolato- vel oblongOrCuneiformibus 

 BessilibusV limbo corollffi, rationetubi, paulo hreviore. Calycis, bractearum, 

 corollse, ,staminum reliqua structura non differt. (y. in h. Wajlioh). 



