532 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Justicia. 
Normal capsule 1-1 in., ellipsoid, acute at each end, hardly stalked, pubescent, : 
4-seeded. Seeds papillose, subhispid; abnormal 1-celled, 1-seeded capsules occur 
} in., ellipsoid with 3-6 vertical crested wings, with seed ovoid, larger than in the 
normal, nearly smooth, on a nearly basal retinaculum.—The examples collected far 
apart show the heterocarpous capsules to be characteristic, not monstrous. The 
species is not nearly allied to any other; but as the inflorescence is axillary and the 
calyx 5-merous, it has been moved here so as to fortify the characters of the 
Section Rostellaria, 
Sect. 4. Gendarussa. Spikes terminal and on short lateral branches 
(in J. Hookeriana axillary), interrupted ; terminal often large, paniculate ; 
bracts mostly narrow, lower rarely imbricate. Calyx sub-5-partite. Flowers 
small or middle-sized. Seeds (where known) verrucose or tubercular, 
glabrous, not glochidiate nor hispid. 
27. J. Gendarussa, Linn. f. Suppl. 85; leaves short-petioled lanceo- 
late glabrous, spikes puberulous or glabrous, bracts linear shorter than the 
calyx, corolla 4 in. Jacg. Ecl.t. 11; Burm. Fl. Ind.10; Roxb. FT. Ind i 
128; Blume Büjd. 785; Wall. Cat. 2442; Bot. Reg. t. 635; Blanco FI. Fil. 
14; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 71; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1x. 
513; Kurz For. Fl.ii.947. Gendarussa vulgaris, Mees in Wall. PI. As. 
Rar. iii. 104, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 410; Wight Ic. t. 468; Deene. tn Nouv. 
Ann. Mus. d Hist. Nat. iii. 8382.— Rumph. Herb. Amb. iv. t. 28. Rheede 
Hort. Mal. ix. t. 42. 
Throughout INDIA, from Bengal to Ceylon and Malacca, often an escape from 
cultivation.—Distris. Malaya and China to the Philippines (? wild). . 
Stems 2—4 ft., erect. Leaves 4 by 3 in.; petiole} in. Spikes 2-5 by à m. ter 
minal often forming a panicle; flowers clustered, lower clusters usually distant ; 
bracts } in. Sepals è in. Corolla nearly glabrous, white or rose with purple sp 
Lower anther-cell distinctly tailed. Capsule X in., clavate, glabrous, 4-seeded.- 0 
capsule has been seen except on an example of Wight/s ; and that does not suffice on 
a description of the seed. This commonly cultivated plant is considered by Nees ‘hi 
T. Anderson wild in various parts of India, but the rarity of the seeds renders this 
doubtful. Col. Beddome says “ wild on Mooleyit in Tenasserim.” 
28. J. Hookeriana, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 233, and in Journ 
Linn. Soc. ix. 513; leaves short petioled lanceolate glabrous, spikes simple 
or compound all axillary lax nearly glabrous, bracts linear or linear-spathu- 
late mostly shorter than the calyx, corolla 4—4 in. Bedd. Ie. Pl. Ind. Or. 
t. 268. Adhatoda Hookeriana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 403. Leptostachya 
zeylanica, Nees l. c. 379. 
CEYLON; Macrae, Walker, &c. J 
An undershrub, less erect, more branched than J. Gendarussa. Leaves 28 of J. 
Gendarussa. Spikes 2—7 in., simple or paniculate; flowers distant, solitary or oppo- 
site; bracts 4 in., linear, rarely spathulate; bracteoles 4 in., linear, or 0. Flowers 
nearly as of J. Gendarussa. “Capsule 4 in., clavate, 4-seeded, Seeds verrucose, 
glabrous.—Beddome figures the inflorescence terminal, but in the examples the upper- 
most axils are sterile, many lower axils with spikes. 
, 29. J. decussata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 4, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 4 
Wall. 1. 128; leaves ovate or obovate pubescent or glabrate, panicle ter- 
minal large divaricate pubescent, flowers in distant clusters, corolla 4-3 1 
pubescent. Wall. Cat. 9476; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 
Gendarussa decussata, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 104. Adhatoda 
decussata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. A08. 
Preu and TENASSERIM, frequent; Wallich, Griffith, &e. 
