Justicia. | CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 529 
and deciduous bracts are very unlike J. ventricosa, with which Nees united this, and 
which has been distributed by Wallich under the same number. 
15. J. caloneura, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 96; leaves 
elliptic acute at both ends minutely pubescent, bracts ovate acuminate 
pubescent, bracteoles broadly lanceolate exceeding the calyx, corolla 4—4 in. 
TENASSERIM ; Beddome. 
A perennial herb ; stems 2-3 ft., glabrous or crisped-pubescent. Leaves 4 by 1} in., 
nerves conspicuously reticulate on both surfaces; petiole 0—3 in., crisped-pubescent. 
Spikes terminal, 1j by 3 in., dense; peduncles } in.; bracts i by à in., 4-ranked, 
striate, green black-tipped, ciliate; bracteoles 3 by } in, green. Sepals 5, d in. 
linear, pubescent. Corolla minutely hairy, straw-coloured (Kurz). Anther-cell dis- 
tinctly white-tailed. Capsule not seen.—Identified with Kurz's J. caloneura from 
description only. 
16. J. ceylanica, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 233, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. ix. 513; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate glabrous, bracts 
and bracteoles spathulate orbicular, corolla } in. Adhatoda ceylanica, Nees 
in DC. Prodr. xi. 400. 
CEYLON ; Walker, Gardner, &c. . 
Herbaceous, 2-3 ft., branched, glabrous; whole plant, including the bracts, drying 
black. Leaves 3 by 1 in., acuminate, not or very obscurely lineolate, base cuneate, 
midrib beneath glabrous; petiole Jin. Spikes axillary, branched, lax, nearly glabrous; 
bracts 1 in.,forbicular, on a } in. pedicel, patent; bracteoles similar, but rather smaller; 
flowers in distant opposite pairs. Calyz-segments 5, } in., linear, nearly glabrous. 
Corolla nearly glabrous, purple (fide Nees); lower lip longer. Capsule j in., clavate, 
puberulous, 4-seeded. 
VAR. viridescens; leaves larger pubescent on the nerves beneath, bracts larger 
obovate, bracteoles oblong.—Ceylon; Walker, Thwaites, C. P. n. 2422, partly.— 
Whole plant drying green. Leaves 5 by 2 in., conspicuously lineolate on both sur- 
faces, Spikes 2-4 in., much interrupted ; bracts } by ł in., green, nearly glabrous ; 
bracteoles tin. Calyx-segments 1-] in., green, lineolate. Capsule as of type.— Very 
unlike J, ceylanica, of which both Nees and T. Anderson consider it a form. . 
VAR. capitata, T. Anders. ms. ; leaves pubescent, spikes capitate globose solitary 
on short axillary peduncles.—Ceylon ; Thwaites, n. 3919, and 2422 partly.— Branches 
pubescent. Leaves subhispidly pubescent on both surfaces, drying green. Peduncles 
1n.; heads $ in, diam., rusty pubescent ; bracts densely imbricate. Calyx-segments 
Pin, oblong-lanceolate, subscarious. Corolla and stamens as of J. ceylanica. Cap- 
sule not, seen.—A very puzzling plant, not seen by Nees; Mr. Bentham observes that 
ìt is “very near Sect. Anisostachya.” 
17. J. glauca, Rottler; Roem. & Sch. Syst. i. 165; herbaceous, leaves 
1-2 in. ovate puberulous or pubescent, bracts ovate or orbicular puberulous 
ciliate or pubescent, corolla 4 in. J. brachiides, Hoth Nov. Sp. 16. J. 
Onxensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 192 ; T, Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 510, 
partly, J, tranquebariensis, Roxb. l. c. 130; Wall. Cat. 2424 (not 2462) ; 
T. Anders. l. c. 013, partly; not of Linn. f. J. brachionoides, Spreng. Syst. 
1. 82. Gendarussa “orixensis, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 104. Adhatoda 
Orixensis & diversiformis, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 400, 399. 
DECCAN PENI . 0-2000 ft., frequent ; Rottler, &c. 
Stems 8-20 iu. hecbueeous, paberulous, diffuse; internodes long. Leaves pubescent 
on the nerves beneath, those at the main nodes acute at both ends, many smaller o i 
pounded leaves on the lateral branches ; petiole 4 in. Spikes 1-5 by j in., veg na , 
<3 Solitary bractless flowers often scattered in the distant lower axils ; „brac b $m 
diam., often subpatent, very variable in indumentum ; bracteoles P o ovata 
long, or often 0. Sepals 1-1 in., linear, pubescent or glabrous. Capsule Lu ne: y 
glabrous, short-stalked, 4-seeded. Seeds hispid with ovate acute scales.— Perhaps no 
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