106 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
Lepidagathis fasciculata, Nees; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 522.— 
Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. 
Widely spread in the warmer parts of India from the North- 
west Himalaya to Ceylon and Tenasserim. 
Lepidagathis thymifolia, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba vel suffrutex ramulis sterilibus gracilibus repentibus, 
ramulis floriferis erectis cum inflorescentia 1-2 poll. altis. Folia 
subsessilia, rigida, ovato-oblonga, elliptica, vel fere orbicularia 
11-3 lineas longa. vix apieulata, utrinque puberula, venis pri- 
mariis utrinque 3—4 subtus sat conspicuis. Spice densissime, 
oblong, 6-18 lineas longe ; bractex rigidæ, lanceolate, aculeato- 
acuminate, trinerviæ, longe, precipue secus marginem, pilose, 
quam flores vix dimidio breviores; sepala subæqualia, bracteis 
simillima sed minus rigida, eorolle tubum paullo excedentia: 
corolla 4-5 lineas longa, glabra, maculata, fauce retrorso-pilosa, 
labio superiore erecto rotundato emarginato, labio inferiore sub- 
sequaliter trilobato, lobis oblongis obtusissimis tubo paullo brev!- 
oribus; stamina 4, paullo infra faucem affixa, breviter exserta, 
filamentis vix dilatatis glabris, antheris eiliolatis ; ovarium vertice 
pilosum, 2-loeulare, loculis 2-ovulatis, stylo filiformi parce pu- 
berula. Capsula ignota. 
Shan hills at 3000 feet, growing among grass. 
Tt is possible that the habit of this plant has been considerably 
modified by the periodie fires to which the country is subjected, 
and that, under favourable conditions, it would attain larger 
dimensions. 
Lepidagathis purpuricaulis, Nees?; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 519— 
Upper Burma—specimen imperfect. 
North and East India and Burma. 
Justicia procumbens, Zinn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 539.—Shan 
hills terai at 2000 feet. 
Tropieal India, Malaya, and Australia. 
Justicia khasiana, Clarke? : Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 537.—Popah 
hill at 5000 feet. 
Eastern India. 
Justicia Gendarussa, Linn. f.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 532 ; 
Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 247.—Northern Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
India, Malaya, and China ; often cultivated. 
