﻿ijEinsTRornE. ACANTHACEiE ( auotor nees ab esenb. ) . 497 



dunculis axillaribus bi-trifidis rarnis dichotomis, oapitulis unifloris oum rudi- 

 mento, involuero communi monophyllo lineari capitulo duplo longiore; proprio 

 pentaphyllo basi suboonnato, calyce parvo membranaeeo. Q-Jjj Communis in 

 ruderatis , ad margines viarum et sepes Indioe orientalis, floret tempore pluvio 

 frigidoque (Roxb., WighUh. n. 2018), in cultis Himalayse et montium 

 Sivalensium frequens , ad Saharumpur, Augnsto (lady Dahhousie! in h. 

 Hooker), Patna, Pirgury 'Hamilt.! Wall. cat. n. 2457 b.), iri Ghazepur (Wall, 

 1. c. ) , in Promaj montibus paulo supra Pagha Mew, Deoembri , et Segain , 

 Novembri ( Wall.! ) , in agris siliceo-saxosis ad Metapaliund Augusto ) 

 Schmidt! ), in Arabia Felici, Hais (Botta! in h. mus. paris.! etNees n. 219 ), 

 Nubia ( Arnaud ! h. mus. paris.! ct Nees n. 50), Abyssinia ( Schimper it. 

 abyss. in h. un. itin. n. 694> Justicia bicalyculata Vahl, symb."2 p' 13 en. 

 1 p. 113 et h.! Willd sp. pl. ed. 2, 1 p. 410 et h.! n. 304. Roem. et Sch. 

 syst. 1 p. 143, mant. 1 p. 130. Roxb. rl. ind. ed. Car. et Wall. 1 p. 127, 

 ed. 2 a. 1832, p. 126. Blume bijdr. p. 783. Wall. oat. n. 2457, a-g. Justicia 

 ligulata Lam. ill. gen. t. 12, f. 2, enc. meth. 1 p. 625. Cav. icon. 1 p. 52 , 

 t. 71, Justicia Malabarica Ait. hort. kew. 1 p. 27. Dianthera Malabarica 

 Linn. suppl. n. 85, Klein! in h. gen. berol. fol. 2. Dianthera bicalyculata 

 Retz. act. holm. a. 1775, p. 297, t. 9, obs. bot. 1 p. 10. Dianthera 

 rugosa Perrottet! in h. DC. Dianthera paniculata Forsk. descr. 1 p. 9? 

 Qua? brp.otea? « exteriores semipollicares oblongaj » dicuntur in Linn. sp. pl. 

 1. o. , has bracteas esse divisionum inflorescentise intelligas. Capituli invo 

 lucrum commune esiino folio constat, 5 lin. longo, lineari, ereoto, mu- 

 cronato-acuto ; foliola 4-5 involuori proprii duplo brevjora , lineari-lanceo- 

 lata, aristato-acuminata, membranaceo-marginata, rigida, binos flores produnt, 

 quorum alter abortu fere semper evanescit. Calyx hoo involuoro brevior, albido- 

 membranaceus, ultra medium quinquefidus, vel lusu quodam quadrifidus. Corolla 

 5 lin. longa, angusta,rosea, pubescens; labium superius ovatum,obtuse-biden- 

 tatum ; inferius ellipticum, tridentatum, dentibus parvis obtusis eonniventibus. 

 Capsula pubescens (v. in h. Wall. Nees, DC. berol., Hook., etc, etc). 



(3. deiiauperata; pedunoulis axillaribus bi-trifloris, foliis ovatis.— Ad Madras 

 (Wight! Wallich 1. c. ) , in Javse graminosis prov. Tjanjor ( Blume ), 

 in rupibus vallis Ferihe Arabiaa feliois, Februario ( Schimper ! ) , in 

 saxosis monticulorum vallis Bucharae et Fatme, Martio (Fischer! in 

 )i. gen. rnonac et Hooker ) , insulis prom. viridis(Jos. Hooker! in h. 

 Bentham), Senegambia, ( Leprieur! in h. mus. paris. et Nees. n. 25 ), 

 h. Hooker! Geoffr.! Sparrman ! Perrottet! in h. DC.) , Sennaar (Acerbi ! 

 in h. DC. ). Justiciabicalyoulata h. Wight ! Wall. cat. n. 2457, d. h. 

 osg. arab. un. itin.! n. 759, h. Willd. n. 304! ( specimen dextrum.) (v. 

 in h. DC.,Wal!., Wight, Hook., Benth., etc). 



15. P. commtjtata, fruticosa, foliis lanceolatis, pedunculis axillaribus termina- 

 libusque 3-6-fidis, lateralibus soepe 3-fidis, divisionibus extremis terminatis, 

 capitulo paivo, bracteis 2-linearibus inaequalibus, capsula clavata. Jln Moluccis 

 (Roxb. ). Justicia b^ivalvis Roxb. fl. ind. ed. Car. et Wall. p. 125, ed. 2 a. 

 1835, p. 124 nec Linn. et Willd. 



16. P. Kotsciitana , caule quadrangulari angulis scabris, foliis (superioribus) 

 oblongo-lanceolatis acutis lineolatis margine nervisque scabris, pedunculis 

 axillaribus bi-trifidis ramis bifidis, capitulis unifloris cum rudimento, involucro 

 communi monophyllo lanceolato subulato oapitulum sequante, proprio penta- 

 phylio basi subconnato, oalyce involuorum subaequante. ^£ Ad montem Cordo- 

 fanum Arash-Cool inter saxa et in umbrS Mimosarum, Ootobri (Kotsohy !) , in 

 vallibus districtus Haramat prope Geraz Abyssiniae, Decembri (Schimper !). 

 P. bicalyculata Hochst. in Kotsch. ;t f nn ^ M n _ jg^ p, Schimperiana Hochst. 

 in Schimp. it. abyss. un. itin. 2, u. 1095. Differt a P. bioalyculatS caule ad 

 angulos setulis subadpressis scabro , foliis angustioribus , involucro communi 

 involucri proprii foliolis conformi apice subulato , nec longiore linearique 



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