Justicia. | CIX. ACANTHACEE, (C. B. Clarke.) 533 
A shrub, 3-6 ft.; branches pubescent upwards. Leaves (upper cauline alone 
seen) 6-10 by 3-6 in., petioled ovate, or sessile spathulate-obovate, base auricled, 
punctulate, puberulous at least when young. Janicles 12-20 in. long and broad; 
branches long, subsimple, often recurved in fruit; clusters 2-8-fld., pubescent, lower 
often 1-3 in. apart ; bracts j in., linear-lanceolate, but the clusters are often supported 
by reduced leaves 3-1 in.; bracteoles 3 in. linear, often 0. Sepals 3-1 in., linear- 
lanceolate, pubescent. Lower anther-cell distinctly white-tailed. Capsule 3 in., 
long-stalked, pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds verrucose, glabrous. 
30. J. Helferi, Clarke; leaves petioled elliptic acute at both ends 
glabrous, panicle terminal of 8 erect spikes, clusters of flowers distant 
pubescent, corolla 4 in. pubescent. 
TENASSERIM or ANDAMANS ; Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6185). . 
Branch woody, terete, glabrous. Upper leaves 5} by 2 iu., minutely lineolate on 
both surfaces ; petiole 3 in. Panicle 8 in. diam., trichotomous, sparingly pubescent; 
lateral spikes curved, ascending ; bracts }-} in., linear-lanceolate, pubescent; Calyx 
and corolla as of J. decussata, but rather smaller.—This may be a small var. of J. 
decussata, as the example is poor; but the leaves do not match, and the curved 
ascending spikes are very unlike the habit of J. decussata. 
3l. J. flaccida, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, ii. 80, and in Flora 
1870, 364; leaves large sessile spathulate-elliptic nearly glabrous, panicles 
terminal very lax, flowers distant rarely clustered, corolla % in. nearly 
P pale yellow or testaceous (Kurz).—Adhatoda n. 19, Herb. Ind. Or. 
Prev; M‘Lelland, Kurz, Brandis. . . . 
Annual, 1-2 ft., erect. Leaves opposite and ternate, 7-12 in., acuminate, lineolate 
above; petiole winged to the base, there often auriculate. Panicle often 12 in. long 
and broad, very thin flaccid, nearly glabrous; flowers opposite or alternate, lower 
often 1 in. apart; bracts hardly 4 in., linear-lanceolate. Sepals j in., linear-lanceo- 
te, puberulous or glabrate. Corolla slender. Lower anther-cell white-tailed. 
Capsule $ in., long-stalked, thinly pubescent, 4-seeded. 
32. J. wynaadensis, Wall. Cat. 2474; leaves petioled elliptic acumi- 
hate at both ends pubescent or glabrous, spikes simple or compound axillary 
and terminal pubescent interrupted, flowers solitary opposite, bracts linear- 
lanceolate shorter than the calyx, corolla 3-3 in. T. Anders. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 515. J. lineata, Wall. Cat. 2486, second sheet. Gendarussa 
Wynaadensis, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 104. Adhatoda wynaadensis, 
Yo DC. Prodr. xi. 406; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 194; Wight Ic. 
_S. Deccan PENINSULA, alt. 1-3000 ft.; Wynaad, Belgaum, Coorg, &e., Wight, 
Ritchie, &c. 
Branch t; internodes long. Leaves 4j by 2 in., 
beneath or ae E a. Spikes 2-4 in., somewhat dense in 
pubescent beneath or glabrons; petiole 3 in. some’ , 
power, elongate interrupted in fruit; bracts i4 in. ; bracteoles ġ in., linear, Sepals 
3 in., linear, very pubescent. Corolla pubescent, purple. Lower anther-cé ve 
tailed, Capsule 1-3 in., very pubescent, clavate, 4-seeded. Seeds verrucose, gla rons, 
i, Ty variable in indumentum ; Wight's type, from the Nilgherries basos has on. 
“aves very pubescent beneath, and has been marked Rhaphidospora sp. by T. Anderson. 
Dalzel’s specimens have the leaves glabrous beneath. 
33. J. vasculosa, Wall. Cat. 2469; leaves ovate attenuate at both 
euds minutely crisped pubescent on the midrib beneath, Hower ander a, 
;PPosite, corolla 4-4 in. upper lip oblong entire lower endent. 2418 n i 
Journ. Linn, Soc. ix. 515. Ruellia rivinefolia, Wall. Cat. . 
