528 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Justicia. 
setaceous hairy. Corolla (dried) rose-purple, spotted; tube much inflated upwards. 
Lower anther-cell conspicuously white-tailed.— À specimen, issued by Kurz under the 
same number (2167), has large oblong leaves much attenuate at both ends; petiole 
winged to the base, aud there often auriculate; capsules } iu., clavate, 4-seeded. 
From the variations of the leaves in some allied species, it is probably a form of 
J. Kurzii. 
ll. J. Atkinsoni, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 509; leaves 
long-petioled ovate caudate-acumiuate puberulous on the nerves beneath, 
bracts suborbicular pubescent 1-fld., bracteoles linear nearly as long as the 
bracts, corolla 4 in. 
SIKKIM and E. Bnoraw, alt. 2-6000 ft., from the outer hills to the northern 
valleys frequent, 7. Anderson, &c. 
A shrub, 2-3 ft. Leaves 8 by 44 in. (many smaller narrower), base shortly 
decurrent ; petiole 3 in. Spikes terminal, solitary, 2-5 by ł in. continuous; 
peduncles 3-2 in.; bracts 5-4} in., green, purple-margined ; bracteoles j in., green. 
Sepals 5, 1-4 in., linear, puberulous. Corolla hairy without, yellowish-white rose- 
marked. Stamens and pistil glabrous; lower anther-cell distinctly white-tailed 
Cupsule à iu., clavate, 4-seeded. Seeds glabrous, rugose, subtubercular. 
12. J. grandifolia, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 510; leaves 
long-petioled large round-ovate nearly glabrous, bracts elliptic acute rusty 
pubescent 1-fld., bracteoles 4 in. linear-lanceolate hairy, corolla 2-1 1n. 
MovurMzEIN; Parish. Tenasstrim; Beddome. 
A herb (T. Anders.). Leaves 8-5 iu., attaining 14 by 7 in. (T. Anders.), shortly 
acuminate, base rounded or very shortly decurrent; petiole 3} in. Spikes axillary 
and terminal, 3-11 by 1 in., continuous, somewhat lax, very pubescent ; peduncles 
0-1 in.; bracts 3-1 by 4 in. Sepals 5, 4 in., linear-lanceolate, very pubescent. 
Corolla $-1in., pubescent, white purple-marked. Anther-cells glabrous, subparallel, 
lower minutely white-tailed. Capsule 3 in., stoutly clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded. 
13. J. dasycarpa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 96; leaves 
ovate acute subglabrous, bracts ovate softly hairy, bracteoles oblong longer 
than the calyx, corolla 4 in. Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus, Wall. Cat. 
7168, by ad mixture. 
x TENASSERIM; Chappedong, Wallich. RANaoon; M'Lelland. KAREN HILLS, 
urz. 
Stem 141-3 ft, glabrous, pubescent upwards. Leaves 3 by 2 in., base obtuse, 
raphides conspicuous on both surfaces; petiole } in., pubescent. Spikes axillary and 
terminal, 4-1} by 4 in., continuous; peduncles } in.; bracts à in., green ; bracteoles 
4 iv. Calyx à in.; segments 5, linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Lower anther-cell 
shortly white-tailed. Capsule 4 in., clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded.— The bracts are 
1-3-fld. ; where several flowers occur, some of the bracteoles are suppressed. The 
leaves, bracts and flowers are considerably smaller than in the preceding species. 
14. J. fragilis, Wall. Cat 
narrowed at both ends glabrous, 
fld., bracte i 
iy. 143. 
. 7174, type sheet only; leaves oblong 
5 bracts elliptic acute puberulous severa: 
oles small linear or 0, corolla % in.—Justicia sp., Griff Notul. 
TENASSERIM; Amherst, Wallich ; Mergui, Griffith. 
Branch elongate, glabrous. Leaf 5 by 1} in. ; petiole} in. Spikes 1-5 in., ter- 
minal and quasi-axillary on short-lateral branches, interrupted below ; bracts j by 
à in., uniformly green, somewhat deciduous, upper imbricate; flowers clustered on the 
spikes; bracteoles 0-3} in. Sepals 5, 4-2 in. linear, puberulous. Corolla pubescent, 
altogether as of Sect. Betonica, Stamens and pistil very nearly glabrous; lower 
anther-cell distinctly shortly white-tailed.— The elongate spikes interrupted below 
