540 CIX. ACANTHACEH. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Justicia. 
bracts at the base of the unequal pedicels, oblong, acute ; floral bracts 3 under each 
calyx, unequal ; 2 subulate, the third ovate. Calyx 5-partite (Vahl). 
J. MORETIANA, Vahl Enum. i. 162; leaves lanceolate, flowers solitary axillary 
and in a short bracteated terminal spike, calyx 5-toothed half the way down, corolla 
} in. 2-lipped, capsule } in. 4-seeded. Mees in DC. Prodr. xi. 428.—Burm. Thes. 
Zeyl. t. 3, fig. 1. 
CEYLON ; Burmann. . i 
Leaves 2} by $ in., acute at both ends; petiole} in. Axillary flowers on peduncles 
X in., ebracteate ; spicate flowers subsessile, bracts } in., oblong, acute. Calyx à at 
toothed hardly half-way down, lobes subtriangular lanceolate. Corolla upper lip erect, 
ovate, subentire, lower pendent deeply 3-lobed. Capsule solid below.—The good 
picture of the capsule and seeds renders it nearly certain that this was some Justicia: 
the inflorescence is very nearly that of J. glauca, but the bracts are much too narrow 
and acute for that species. 
XXXIX. ADHATODA, Nees. 
As Justicia Sect. Betonica, except that the anther-cells are acute, somer 
times minutely apiculate, but scarcely spurred.— Species 6, Tropical; 
Indian, 1 Cosmopolitan, 5 African or American. 
Bentham (in Gen. Plant.) says of the anther-cells, * minime calcaratz," but this 
isan error, and the genus should be merged in Justicia Sect. Betonica, following 
Nees and Anderson. 
1. A. vasica, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 103, and in DC. Prodr. X» 
387; leaves elliptic acute at both ends entire minutely pubescent, spl te 
dense short, bracts ovate or obovate subacute puberulous or glabrate 
corolla 1j in. white tube short. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 194. Justicia 
Adhatoda, Linn. ; Lamk. Ill. t. 12, fig. 1; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 126; Bruin 
Bijd. 785; Wall. Cat. 2434; Bot. Mag. t. 861; Griff. Notul. iv. 140; 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 509.—Adhatoda sp. Griff. Notul. 1v. 
141, and Ic. Pl. As. t. 424. Rheede Hort. Mal. ix. t. 43. 
INDIA ; from the Punjab and Assam to CEYLON and Singapore, common, frequently 
cultivated.—DrisTR1». Malaya, S.E. Asia. . ‘ole 
A dense shrub, 4-8 ft. ; sometimes arborescent, 20 ft. Leaves 8 by 3 in.; petio'e 
lin. Spikes 1-3 in. terminal, often several together; bracts $ by 4 in. elliptic; 
bracteoles 4 by } in., faleate-oblong. Calyx 4-} in., deeply 5 lobed; lobes equal, 
lanceolate. Corolla-tube 4-4 in. broad; lips white, palate transversely rose-barrer. 
Stamens glabrous ; anther-cells acuminate at base, sometimes minutely white ant 
Ovary and style-base minutely hairy. Capsule 3 in., clavate, pubescent, 4-seecec- 
Seeds j in. diam., glabrous, tubercular-verrucose. 
2. A. Beddomei, Clarke; leaves oblong attenuate at both ends 
entire minutely pubescent, spikes peduncled capitate, bracts ovate subacu 
puberulous or glabrate, corolla 3 in. creamy white tube short. 
S. TRAVANCORE, alt. 3000 ft.; Beddome. les 
A very large shrub (Beddome). Leaves 6 by 1} in.; petiole j in. Pedune es 
1-1 in., axillary, opposite, stout; heads 1 in. diam. ; bracts } by 1-3 in., narrowed at 
base; bracteoles i-j in., narrowly oblong. Calyx } in., sub-5-partite ; segmet 
narrowly oblong, acute, minutely pubescent especially within. Corolla hairy ; he 
ł in., broadly cylindric ; lips oblong, upper emarginate, lower 3.lobed nearly to t r 
base. Filaments stout, glabrous except at base; anther-cells superposed, lowe 
obscurely tailed, Ovary glabrous, 4-ovulate; style hairy; stigma minutely bifid. 
Capsule not known. 
