Hygrophila.] CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 409 
hispid. H. longifolia, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, ii. 78. Barleria longi- 
folia, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. 320; Wall. Cat. 2505. B. hexacantha, Moris 
in Mem. Acad. Torin. xxxvi. 200, t. 7. Ruellia longifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 
iii. 50. Asteracantha longifolia, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 90, and in 
DC. Prodr. xi. 247; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 189; Wight Ic. t. 449. 
A. auriculata, Mees in DC. Prodr. xi. 248, with syn.— Rheede Hort. Mal. 
i. t. 45 ; Jones in As. Research. iv. 291. 
Throughout INDIA in ditches, abundant; from the Himalaya to CEYLON (not 
seen from Malay Peninsula). . 
Stems 2-5 ft., usually fascicled and undivided. Leaves 3-7 in., subsessile, acute at 
both ends, sparsely hispid with long white hairs. Whorls large, dense, with (nor- 
mally 6) straight stout spines 4-1} in.; bracts 1-1 in., lanceolate; bracteoles 4-4 in., 
narrow. Sepals }-} in., lanceolate; upper rather the largest, lower obtuse emargi- 
nate or shortly bifid. Corolla 1 in., nearly glabrous, pale blue-purple. Anthers 
oblong, subequal. Capsule j in. shorter than the sepals, linear-oblong, 4—8-seeded 
from the base, 
VIII. NOMAPHILA, Blume. 
Erect herbs. Leaves petioled, entire. Cymes axillary, subsessile ; 
branches unilateral, sympodal upwards; flowers pedicelled; bracts linear, 
minute; bracteoles 0. Sepals 5, linear, one somewhat larger. Corolla 
tubular, ventricose upwards; limb deeply 2-lipped; lobes 5, twisted to the 
left, edges narrowly overlapping in bud. Stamens 4, didynamous, glabrous ; 
anthers 2-celled, lower somewhat smaller; ceils oblong, parallel, muticous. 
Ovary oblong; style linear, stigma simple linear. Capsule linear, seed- 
earing from the base, 8-32-seeded. Seeds ellipsoid, reticulate, elastically 
white-hairy when wetted ; retinacula hardened, hooked, but slender.— Species 
7, in S.E. Asia, Madagascar, and Trop. Africa. 
l. N. Parishii, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 455; leaves lan- 
ceolate pubescent or mature nearly glabrous, cymes and calyx glandular- 
pubescent, sepals subulate. N. pubescens, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, 
pt. ii. 74, excl, all syn. 
F MorrwEIN; Falconer, Parish. Peou; Kurz, Brandis, TENASSERIM; Bed- 
ome,— DISTRIB, Java. 
Stem 1-2 ft., pubescent upwards. Leaves 3 by 1-3 in., acute at both ends (larger 
Ovate fide T. Anders.) young minutely softly pubescent, mature glabrate lineo ate 
above, sparsely pubescent or glabrate beneath ; petiole 3-1} in. Cymes 1} in. dame ; 
bracts 3-4 in, opposite; pedicel in one axil 4-4 in., in the other suppressed. epa s 
3 in., one slightly longer than the others, acute. Corolla $-1 in., nearly gla MM 
Ovary glandular ; style patently hairy. Capsule } in, 32-seeded, pubescent from the 
:56.— Very near to, and doubtfully distinct from the Javan N. corymbosa ( ume 
Bija. 804 ; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 84). Col. Beddome has collected in Tenasserim 
two forms, one with the calyx and corolla half as large again as in the other; but no 
other difference can be found. 
2. N. Stricta, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 84, ercl. syn. ; leaves broadly 
lanceolate mature glabrate, cymes nearly glabrous, sepals linear subobtuse 
glabrate or minutely puberulous, ovary nearly glabrous except at the tip. 
uellia paniculata ? Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 
Deccan PENINSULA ?; Rottler.—DisTRIB. Malaya to the Philippines. 
This plant is in Rottler's Madras collection at Kew, but it may be. doubted (see 
: Anders, in Journ, Linn. Soc. ix. 456) whether it was collected wild in In n. it 
Closely resembles N. corymbosa, Bl., except in the points specified. Nees rb acis : 
Wrong: Justicia stricta, Vahl Symb. ii. 6, has calyx shorter than the bracts; J. 
pubescens, Lamk. Ili. i. 40, has ovate bracts, and is from Guinea ; while J. canescens, 
