526 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Justicia, 
ramosissima, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 103, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 385; Dalz. 
& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 193.—Throughout India, frequent.—This plant is said to have 
both axillary and terminal spikes, while J. Betonica is said to have only terminal; 
but there is no difference in the inflorescence between them. 
3. J. nilgherrensis, Wall. Cat. 2435; small procumbent nearly 
glabrous, leaves sessile oblong obtuse, spikes dense, bracteoles 3-3 by 4 in., 
corolla 3-3 in. pale. J. neilgherriensis, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 
118. Adhatoda nilgherrensis, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Har. iii. 103. A. 
nilgherrica, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 386; Wight Ic. t. 1544. 
NILGHERRIES, alt. 7-8000 ft.; plentiful in the grass round Ooty. 
Rootstock woody. Stems 2-8 in., numerous. Leaves lj by Lin. Spikes ter- 
minal, }-2 in. ; bracts $ by 4 in., scarious-margined, very acute. Capsule $ in., stout, 
clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds (not ripe) glabrous, subtubercular, rugose, not 
differing from those of some examples of J. Betonica at the same stage.—Seems dis- 
tinct, but not allowed by T. Anderson (in Thwaites Enum. 233). Though the plant 
is so humble, the bracts, corolla and capsule are full as large as in J. Betonica. 
4. J. trinervia, Vahl Enum. i. 156; small, procumbent, nearly 
glabrous, leaves ovate or elliptic, spikes lax continuous, bracteoles j m. 
lanceolate, corolla 3 in. Wall. Cat. 2446. J. Betonica, T. Anders. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 509, partly. Adhatoda trinervia, Nees in Wall. 
p As. Rar. ii. 108, and in DO. Prodr. xi. 886; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
7. 194. 
W. DECCAN PENINSULA, in the Ghauts, frequent; Concan, Stocks, Dalzell; 
Canara, Ritchie; Nilgherries, Wight, &c. . 
Rootstock woody; stems 3-8 in. Leaves }-1 in., lower mostly short-petioled, 
upper sessile. Spikes 1—4 by } in.; bracts j by } in., lanceolate, white or some- 
times green, not or obscurely nervose.— This plant, “a small var. of J. Betoneca 
(T. Anders. ms. ), differs considerably in the slender spikes and narrow bracts, as well 
as in size and habit, nor are there intermediates in the Herbarium. . 
Var. arenaria; leaves linear-oblong, spikes often small Adhatoda arenaria, 
Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 387.—W. India; Concan, Belgaum, &c. 
** Bracts green, often purple-tinged, not white though sometimes scarious- 
margined. 
5. J. ventricosa, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 80, t. 93, and Cat. 2436, and 
7174 in part; leaves elliptie cuneate at both ends glabrous minutely lineo- 
late, bracts orbicular imbricated usually 3-fld., bracteoles minute, corolla 
$ in. white rose-spotted. Bot. Mag. t. 2766; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. ix. 509; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 248. Adhatoda ventricosa, Nees in DC. 
Pas xi. 407. Gendarussa ventricosa, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 
Prev and TENASSERIM; Wallich, M'Lelland, &c.—DisTRiB. Siam, China 
(cultivated ?). 
Branches stout, glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2} in.; petiole à in. Spikes 3 by $ in., 
continuous, somewhat dense; peduncles 0-1 in., terminal, or terminal on short 
lateral branches; bracts 4-4 in. diam., sub-4-ranked, puberulous. Flowers usually 
3 in the axil of each bract subsessile; bracteoles jin. subulate, or O. Calyx i-à in. ; 
segments sublinear. Capsule $ in., hairy. 
6. J. oreophila, Clarke; leaves broadly elliptic acute at both ends 
pubescent beneath, bracts orbicular imbricate 1-fld., bracteoles large spathu- 
late-oblong. 
CuirrAGONG Seetakoond alt. 1000 ft., J. D. H. 
