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3. Justicia diffusa, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. p. 87, var. prostrata, 
Roxb. ex Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 538. 
Rostellularia diffusa, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. p. 100, et in DC. 
Prodr. xi. p. 371. 
Hainan: Hoihow (4. Henry!) Maus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
North and South India, Ceylon, and Malay peninsula. 
4, Justicia Gendarussa, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 85; Benth. Fl. 
Hongk. p. 264; Bot. Reg. t. 685; Henriques in Bol. Soc. Brot. 
iil. p. 145. 
Gendarussa vulgaris, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 104, et in DC. 
Prodr. xi. p. 410; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 468. 
Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 379 ), Takow (Playfair !) ; 
Kwanetune: Whampoa (Hance, 6049 !), Pakhoi (Playfair !) ; 
Honexone (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
India, Ceylon, and Malaya to the Philippine Islands. 
5. Justicia leptostachya, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba erecta, fere glabra, facie J. decussate, caulibus tetra- 
gonis a nodo ad nodum lateris 2 alternis bifariam pubescentibus. 
Folia ampla, distincte petiolata, tenuia, papyracea, ovato-lanceo- 
lata, maxima visa cum petiolo semipedalia, longe acuminata, basi 
cuneata, integra, simul obscurissime sinuato-lobulata, supra 
parce minutissimeque strigillosa, subtus pallidiora, prsecipue 
secus costam venasque strigillosa, venis primariis lateralibus 
paucis arcuatis sat conspicuis. Flores parvi, 4-5 lineas longi, 
sessiles, in fasciculos parvos densos oppositos distantes graciliter 
spicato-paniculati, spicis vel panieulis pauciramosis gracilibus 
hispidulis terminalibus usque pedalibus; bracteæ et bracteole 
parve, calyce breviores; calycis segmenta sub:equalia, anguste 
lanceolata vel fere lineares, acutissima, corolle dimidium fere 
equantes; corolla puberula, recta, tubo latiusculo, labiis sub- 
equilongis, superiore oblongo integro apice rotundato recto vel 
leviter ineurvo stamina incluso, inferiore lato subequaliter trilo- 
bato, lobis rotundatis patentibus vel leviter recurvis, palato striato- 
venoso ; stamina 2, filamentis glabris, anther loculo inferiore 
distincte appendiculato ; ovarium glabrum, stylo filiformi incluso 
glabro. Capsula clavata, puberula, circiter semipollicaris, szepius 
4-sperma ; semina atro-fusca, leviter muricata. 
Kwanetune: without locality (Ford, 322!). Herb. Kew. 
v 6. Justicia latiflora, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba vel suffrutex folis inflorescentia J. Atkinson? similis, 
