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caulibus simplicibus vel pauciramosis tortuosis adscendentibus, 
1-2 poll. altis tetragonis obsolete puberulis. Folia longe petio- 
lata, fere membranacea, lanceolata, ovata vel interdum sub- 
orbicularia, eum petiolo usque ad 5 poll. longa, sæpius acuminata, 
vix aeuta, basi cuneata, interdum longe attenuata, utrinque 
precipue secus costa venasque plus minusve hispidula, venis 
primariis lateralibus 8-10 arcuatis conspicuis; petiolus gracilis, 
interdum 2-22 poll. longus. Flores pulchelli, in spieas densas 
bipollicares terminales brevissime pedunculatas conspicue brac- 
teatas dispositi; bracteæ colorate, puberule, late, ovales vel 
elliptiee, subite breviter acuminatz, floribus plus quam dimidio 
breviores; calyx puberulus, alte subzqualiter 5-fidus, segmentis 
lanceolatis acutis 3—4 lineas longis; corolla pallide rubra, striata 
(teste Henry), extus pubescens, lata sed vix ultra 9-10 lineas 
longa, costata vel plicata, labio superiore late rotundato concavo, 
labio inferiore patenti late trilobato, lobulis rotundatis lateralibus 
angustioribus, palato insigniter elevato-venoso ; stamina leviter 
exserta; ovarium glabrum, loculis biovulatis. Capsula ignota. 
Hoeven: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 
3412, 3412 4, 3412 B). Herb. Kew. 
7. Justicia procumbens, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 15; Hance in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 116; Debeaux, Fl. Shanghai, p. 48; 
Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 539. 
Rostellularia procumbens, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. p. 101, et in 
DC. Prodr. xi. p. 371; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 265; Nees in Nov. Act. 
Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. p. 383; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or.t. 1539; Franchet, 
Pl. David. p. 230. 
Cuixa: without locality (Fortune, 29!) ; Krawasv: Shanghai 
(Maingay! Carles!) ; FoxiEN : Amoy interior (Swinhoe !) ; 
Formosa: various localities (Swinhoe! Wilford! Oldham!); 
Huren : Ichang, Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. 
Henry!) ; Szecuven: Mount Omei at 2500 feet (Faber!); 
Kwaneotune (Tate !); Howakowa (Hinds !). Mus. Brit. ; 
Herb. Kew. 
India, Ceylon, Malaya, and Australia. 
8. Justicia quadrifaria, Wall.; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. ix. p. 514, partim, ex Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 
p. 530. 
Adhatoda quadrifaria, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 396. 
Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren: Ichang, Nanto and 
