512 CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Phlogacanthus, 
12-seeded. Seeds much compressed, glabrous.— Nearly allied to P. Wallichii, differ- 
ing in the softly hairy under surface of the leaves and the much more open panicle. 
4. P. parviflorus, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 506; leaves 
large broadly lanceolate glabrous, panicle terminal linear nearly glabrous, 
sepals & in., corolla 1 in. narrowly tubular curved. 
S.E. Assam ; Namyoon in the Patkoye Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6154, 
n. 6155 partly). 
A shrub similar in habit to P. Wallichii. Leaves 9 by 24 in., acuminate at both 
ends, subentire, obscurely puberulous above, paler and glabrous beneath; petiole 
lin. Panicles 4 by 2 in., subsessile; pedicels 0—4 in. Calyax-tube scarcely ay in. ; 
teeth linear-lanceolate, nearly glabrous, Corolla very slightly pubescent, blood-red, 
miniate (Griffith); lobes small, scarcely patent. ` Capsule not seen.—Griffith’s 
original ticket remains on the example authenticated by T. Anderson, and shows that 
the plant was not collected in Mishmee, 
5. P. thyrsiflorus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 99, and in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 321; leaves large lanceolate glabrous, thyrses elongate dense 
villous, calyx-teeth 1-4 in., corolla % in. wide-tubular 2-lipped. T. Anders. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 506; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 946. Justicia thyrsiflora, 
Roxb. Fl. Ind.i. 114; Wall. Cat. 2430. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 0—4000 ft., from Gurwhal to Bhotan, very common. 
Kuasia Mrs. and AssAM, alt. 0-3000 ft., common. MOULMEIN ; Parish.—DISTRIB. 
Ava. 
A shrub, 3-7 ft. Leaves 7 by 1$ in. tapering at both ends, subentire, densely 
punctulate ; petiole $ in. Thyrses 4-12 in., terminal, solitary or several, or 
quasi-axillary on lateral branches; peduncles short; bracts } in., linear. Calyz-, 
tube § in.; teeth setaceous, densely pubescent. Corolla closely villous, orange; 
tube broad from the base, curved; upper lip suberect, lower patent. Stamens 
glabrous, or slightly hairy near the base of the filaments; 2 rudiments often dis- 
cernible. Style glabrous. Capsule 14 by à in. subquadrangular, glabrous, 12-14- 
seeded. Seeds much compressed, orbicular in outline, densely shortly hairy, hairs 
elastically spreading when moistened. 
6. P. asperulus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 99, and Cat. 7171, and 
in DC. Prodr. xi. 321, excl. some syn.; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends 
glabrous, panicles linear subthyrsoid somewhat pubescent, calyx-teeth à 1n., 
corolla 4—4 in. tube cylindric limb much inflated ovoid. P. vitellinus, £ 
Anders. in Journ. Linn. Noc. ix. 507, exel. some syn.; Kurz For. Fl. n. 
246. Justicia vitellina, Rorb. Fl. Ind. i. 115, and Te. Ined. in Herb. Kew. 
J. quadrangularis, Wall. Cat. 2451; Bot. Mag. t. 9845. J. asperula, Lodd. 
Bot. Cab. t. 1681, not of Wall. J. guttata, Wall. Cat. 2431, by mixture. 
Endopogon vitellinus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 723. 
ci Kasra Mrs. and Assam; Wallich, Simons. Currracone Hints; Roxburgh, 
arke. 
A shrub, 3 ft., nearly glabrous, Leaves 5 by 2 in., undulate, scarcely puberulous 
or punctate ; petiole $ in. Panicle 2-4 in., terminal, usually solitary, very narrow ; 
bracts à in., linear.  Calya-tube y, in.; teeth setaceous, puberulous. Corolla sud- 
denly curved and inflated at the summit of the tube, pubescent, pink-purple often 
yellow-marked ; limb ringent (Roxburgh), segments connivent or not widely patent. 
Capsule % by $ in., glabrous. Seeds glabrous.—Thisis one of the many species which 
Nees named Thyrsacanthus indicus. 
. 7. P. guttatus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 99, and in DC. Prodr. 
xi. 321 ; leaves large oblong or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, 
panicles linear dense somewhat pubescent, calyx-teeth 4 in., corolla 
$—1 in. 2-lipped, segments oblong patentsubrecurved. T. Anders. in Journ. 
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