502 CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke) — [| Andrographis. 
2. A. subspathulata, Clarke ; leaves subspathulate elliptic minutely 
scabrid-punctate on both surfaces, racemes lax divaricate, pedicels manifest, 
capsule nearly glabrous. 
Mapras; Kurnool at the foot of the Nellymallays, Beddome. 
In habit resembling 4. paniculata ; stem minutely hispid near the base. Leaves 
8 by 1 in., apex scarcely acute, base suddenly narrowed; petiole j in., often winged 
to the base, Lower pedicels à in. Corolla % in., similar to that of A. paniculata, 
but rather longer.—This has been considered a var. of A. paniculata; but points 
above noted as differential are constant. 
3. A. elongata, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 502; leaves 
petioled ovate-lanceolate pubescent or glabrate, spikes forming straggling 
panicles, sepals glabrate or minutely pubescent, anthers exsert not barbate, 
capsule nearly glabrous. Justicia elongata, Vahl Enum. i. 130. J. cordi- 
folia, Wall. Cat. 2482. Cryptophragmium cordifolium, Wees in Wall. Pl. 
As. Rar. iii. 100. C. elongatum, Mees in DC. Prodr. xi. 95. 
S. Deccan PENINSULA ; Courtallum, Wight ; Tinnevelly Hills, Beddome. 
Annual, erect, 2-3 ft.; branches divaricate, acutely quadrangular, Leaves 2 by 
lin., base somewhat suddenly narrowed or rarely subcordate ; raphides inconspicuous ; 
petiole often attaining 1 in. Panicles often a foot each way; pedicels mostly very 
short. Sepals | in., linear-lanceolate. Corolla j in., tube curved, limb $-$ in» 
obscurely 2-lipped. Filaments flattened, glabrous or very nearly so, a little longer 
than the corolla; anthers glabrous. Capsule $ by 4 in., compressed, at first minutely 
hairy, soon glabrous. Seeds osseous, rugose, not compressed, glabrous. 
4. A. ovata, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1100; stem glandular-hirsute, 
leaves petioled ovate, spikes often panicled rather lax somewhat recurved, 
corolla 4 in., anthers included not barbate, capsule hairy. Gymnostachyum 
ovatum, T. Anders. ms.; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 250. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Myhendra Hills, Berhampore and Jeypur Hills (Vizagapa- 
tam), alt. 2-4000 ft., Beddome. 
Stems 6-10 in., quadrangular, glandular-pubescent or subhirsute below. Leaves 
21-3 by nearly 2 in. shortly attenuated into the petiole, sparsely hairy above, 
pubescent on the nerves beneath. Racemes axillary and terminal, 2-4 in. Corolla 
as of A. elongata. Filaments much dilated, thinly minutely hairy. Capsule 3 by 
š in., compressed. Seeds 8-10, subquadrate, osseous, rugose, glabrous, not compressed. 
— Perhaps a form only of A. elongata, Nees. 
5. & tenuiflora, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 502; leaves 
ovate or lanceolate glabrous or pubescent on the nerves, spikes lax simple or 
compound, corolla $ in. obscurely 2-lipped, anthers included pubescent or 
slightly bearded, capsule pubescent ultimately glabrate. Haplanthus tener, 
Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 115, and Cat: 7185, and in DC. Prodr. X 
912. Gymnostachyum Parishii & andrographioides, T. Anders. l. c. 504. 
EASTERN FRONTIER, alt. 500-3000 ft., from Assam to Tavoy, frequent. ANDA- 
MANS ; Kurz.—DiSTRIB. Java, Borneo. 
Stems 1-2 ft., quadrangular, pubescent, or glabrous unless at the very base. 
Leaves suddenly or cuneately narr 
j owed at base ; or the upper subsessile, base roun 
or subcordate. _Pedicels rarely & in.—Perhaps not distinct from A. ovata: it pre- 
sents three leading variations, viz. (a) tenuiflora type, T. Anders., leaves ovate, spikes 
long, flowers in remote clusters; (b) Parish, T. Anders., leaves ovate, panicles lax 
glabrate, flowers mostly solitary ; (c) andrographioides, T. Anders., leaves lan- 
ceolate. 
VAR. recedens ; nearly glabrous except the ver lax compound closel landular- 
pubescent panicle.— Tenasserim ; Mooleeyit, alt. 2000 ft., Beddome. ys 
6. A. alata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 516; leaves petioled ovate upper 
