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foliisquo margine scabrjusculis , foliis in paginfi superiore setis crassis raris 

 incumbentibus, hispidulisinflorescentia subtilissime piiberula. Colorlaetevirens. 

 Caulis erectus, inferne teretiusculus, in novis ramis e compresso-hexagono- 

 tetragonus, snpra genicula tumens carnosus exsiccandoque constrictus. Folia 

 caulis media cum petiolo fere bipollicari angusto apicem versus supra bi-qua- 

 dricostato 6 poll. longa, suprabasin lj poll. lata, ovato-oblonga, in acumen 

 longum obtusum attenuata, basi acuta in petiolum anguste decurrentia, supfa 

 sparsim setulosa, nervis costalibus quinis. Spica terminalis 1-3 poll. longa, 

 basi ramosa, ramis unius vel plurium parium oppositis brevibus, in aliis sim- 

 plex, pedunculo spicse longitudine tetragono , glabra, rhachi pubescenti-scabrS 

 tilternatim compressa et iatere angustiore canaliculatS. Bracteae aequali spatio 

 distantes, patulse, articulis tamen duplo longiores, parium obliquitate spirales, 

 2j-2} lin. longte, apicem versus margine membranaceo cinctse, tenerse in disco 

 venoso-trinervise , scabriusculae , margine subtiliter ciliatae ; steriles paulo 

 minores, oblongee, rnucronato-acutiusculae, fertiles ex obovato-rhombeo-cunei- 

 formes , apice rotundatae, margine membranaceo latiore cinctae. Corolla ad 

 apicem usque labii superioris trescirciter lineas longa, subpubescens , tubo 

 (an tota?) rosea. Capsula 3 lin. longa, ex ovali-oblonga, basi angustior, 

 glabra, pallida, solito more dehiscens, tetrasperma. Retinacula incurva, bre- 

 via, cochleariformia. Semina suborbicularia, hinc concava ? brunnea, tuber- 

 culata. ( v. in h. DC, Wall. , Hook., etc.) 

 12. R. Punduana (Nees ab E. in Wall. pl. as. rar. 3 p. 110), caule fruticoso, 

 foliis oblongis utrinque attenuatis , spicis axillaribus latiusculis bracteis rhom- 

 beo-spathulatis acutis venosis, sterilium margine exteriore, fertilium terminali- 

 bus membranaceis ciliatis , bracteolislanceolatis. Jln India orientali ad Pun- 

 dua (Wall.). Justicia Punduana Wall. cat. n. 2453. Rami pennse gallinaceae 

 crassitie, e tereti tetragoni, alternatim compressi, cortice fusco rimuloso aspero, 

 et aplcem versus pubescentiS. densa rigidulS, tanquam fomentulo vestiti. Folia 

 5-6 poll. longa, li-lj'poll. lata, ex oblongo-cuneiformia, acuta, basi attenuata 

 in petiolum crassum canaliculatum longe decurrentia, firma, utrinque punctu- 

 lata, subtus ad costas strigilosa. Spicse axillares, pollicares vel paulo longiores, 

 oppositae, solitariai vel geminae, pubescentia subtili viscidula' vestitae, pedun- 

 culo brevi, uno alterove pari bractearum minorum lanceolatarum dissitarum 

 instructo. Bractese disticho-alterna;, approximata; , 3-3f lin. longae, acutae, 

 dense puberulaa, venulosas, margine exteriore ab apice ad angulum exteriorem 

 membranaceo-hyalino, minute oiliolato ; inferiores fertilesque paulo loiigiores, 

 basin versus lenius cuneatim attenuatse, acutiusctilse, margine utroque ab apice 

 ad angulum albo-membranaceo ciliato, basi calyeem sessilem amplectentes. 

 Bracteolae calyce paulo longiores, 3 lin. longos, lanceolatae, acutas, membra- 

 nacese, tenerrimas, uninerves, puberulae. Capsula 2 lin. longa, oblonga, com- 

 pressa, pubescens, disperma ; dissepimento a valvis dehiscente sursumque ad- 

 scendente. Retinacula parva, obtusa, emargipata,. (v. in h. Wallich.) 



CXXXVIII. DICLIPTERA Juss. in ann. du Mus. 9 p. 367. excl. sect. 3 et 4. Nees 

 ab E.in Wall. pl. as. rar. 3 p. 77 el 111. Endl. gen. p. 706. Meissn..gen, p. 297 

 (205). — Diantherae spec. Solander et Ruiz et Pav. — Justiciae spec. Linn. et 

 Aut. 



Calyx sequalis, quinqueparlitus , in capitulo bracteato plerumque bi- 

 valvi sessilis. Corolla resupinata, bilabiata, labiis planis vel concavis, 

 superiore ( post conVersionem ) tridentato, inferiore integro vel bidentato. 

 Antherae biloculares, loculis altero pone alterum positis muticis semi- 

 ovalibus post pollem ejectum membranaceis undulatis (nec contortis). 

 Capsula bivalvis , bilocularis, basi brevi spatio compressa unguiculata 

 asperma , commissurd valvularum plana, apicem versus depressa , 

 dorso valvularum angusto plano , tetrasperma, vel sessilis juxta basin 

 telrasperma. Dissepimentum maturo fructu a dorso valvularum parieti- 



