536 CIX. ACANTHAUEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Justicia. 
An erect, branched herb. eaves lj by 9 in. (in one example 44 by 1 in.), base 
attenuate or rounded; petiole 4-1} in. Axillary peduncles numerous, 3-14 in., 
divaricate; pedicels 0- in., puberulous or pubescent ; bracts and bracteoles minute. 
Calyx-segments scarcely à in., narrow, pubescent. Corolla upper lip erect, emavgi- 
nate, lower pendent or reflexed. Lower anther-cell distinctly white-tailed. Capsule 
i in.; seed-bearing part subquadrate ellipsoid suddenly narrowed into the linear- 
cylindric pedicel. 
41. J. pubigera, Wall. Cat. 2490; leaves short-petioled ovate lanceo- 
late hairy on both surfaces, cymes axillary trichotomous, corolla $ 1n. 
J. Edgeworthii, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. D16. Peristrophe 
ubigera, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 114, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 498. 
haphidospora ciliata, Nees J. c. 500. 
TEMPERATE N.W. HiMALAYA; Bhuddimath (Kumaon), Wallich, Royle; Simla, 
Madden; Gangootri, alt. 4500 ft., Strachey & Winterbottom ; Mussoorie, alt. 7000 ft., 
W. S. Atkinson, . 
Stems herbaceous, erect, terete, hairy. Leaves 22 by 1 in., cuneate or rhomboid 
at the base; petiole din. Cymes axillary, 2-3 in., somewhat rigid, dense, ascending, 
hairy; bracts 3-2 in., linear; pedicels 0-2 in. ; bracteoles 0 or minute. Calyx sub- 
5-partite; ‘segments 4 in., linear, pubescent. Corolla pubescent, purplish-red ; 
lower lip } in. pendent. Lower anther-celd distinctly white-tailed. Capsule } in., 
linear-clavate, pubescent. Seeds unripe, probably glabrous, only slightly tubercular ; 
in which case the species will not belong to Sect. Rhaphidospora. ‘The inflorescence 
and corolla are exceedingly like! Peristrophe ; but the small bracts and distinct anther- 
tails do not suit. 
Sect. 6. Rostellularia (Gen. Nees). Spikes terminal and axillary, 
cylindric or linear. Bracts and bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, usually 
about as long as the calyx. Calyx sub-4-partite (5th segment if sometimes 
present small), segments linear or linear-lanceolate. Corolla small. Cap- 
sule small, 4-seeded nearly from the base. Seeds subconcentrically tuber- 
cular or rugose or nearly smooth.—Small closely allied weeds, abundant 1n 
the tropics, all collected under 3 or 4 ill-defined species by T. Anderson. To 
facilitate their description it is necessary to arrange them in more species, 
or reduce them to vars. of one. 
42. J. micrantha, Wall. Cat. 2449, partly; leaves ovate or elliptic, 
spikes short cylindric dense, sepals oblong scarious glabrous midrib green 
excurrent as a very hispid arista, seeds small concentrically rugose. 
procumbens, Linn.; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 511, partly. Ros- 
tellularia crinita, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 101, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 
373; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 193. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Wight; Vingorla (S. Concan), Dalzell. 
Stems much branched, minutely pubescent or hirsute. Leaves lj by jin. mature 
subglabrous or sparsely setose; raphides numerous sunk on both surfaces; petiole ¢ in. 
Spikes 4-14 in.; bracteoles } in., sublinear. Sepals much wider than the bracteoles, 
nearly glabrous except the awns, hispid with many patent multicellalar hairs. 
Corolla } in., rose-purple. Capsule j in., pubescent.—A strongly marked species, 
but it is difficalt to settle the best name. Wallich’s type sheet is mixed, and his 
name micrantha perhaps relates really to the small-fld. J, procumbens mixed thereon. 
As to the name J. crinita, that appears to relate chiefly to a mixture of J. procumbens 
var, latispica with J. diffusa var, orbiculata. 
. 43. J. quinqueangularis, Koen.; Rob. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. 
i 184; nearly glabrous, branches elongate, leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 
spikes elongate 4 in. broad, sepals linear-oblong tip obtuse herbaceous 
glabrous, capsule 3-4 in. stout. Wall. Cat. 2443, partly. J. peploides, 
