544 CIX. ACANTHACEE, (C. B. Clarke.) [ Ptyssiglottis. 
linear. Corolla-tube short, limb 2-lipped; upper lip shortly 2-fid, lower 
3-lobed ; lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 2; anthers 2-celled ; cells ellips- 
oid, parallel, approximate, muticous or base minutely apiculate. Ovary 
4-ovulate ; style filiform, minutely bifid. Capsule clavate, 4-seeded, Seeds 
compressed, orbicular, verrucose-scaly, almost muricate, not hairy. 
P. radicosa, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 235, excl. syn.; Bedd. Ie. 
Pl. Ind. Or. t. 267. Rhytiglossa radicosa, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 344. 
CEYLON; Champion, Thwaites. 
Stems 3-8 in., weak, rooting, branched, puberulous. Leaves 3 by j in., obtuse 
or subacute at either end, lineolate, nearly glabrous; petiole j,- in. Peduncles 
3-1 in., terminal, slender; spikes 1—1 in. ; bracts 4 in. Sepals j in. Corolla 
4-4 in., nearly straight, pubescent. Capsule 4 in., 4-seeded near the top; stalk 
solid, linear-cylindric.— Rostellularia sarmentosa, Zoll, described as having the 
capsule 4-seeded nearly from the base, does not belong here (cf. Benth. in Gen. 
Pl. ii. 1118). 
XLIII. SPHINCTACANTHUS, Benth. 
An erect, glabrous shrub. Leaves large, toothed or subentire. Spikes 
interrupted, forming a terminal panicle; flowers opposite; bracts an 
bracteoles small. Calyx sub-5-partite; segments linear. Corolla-tube 
ovoid, inflated, constricted at the top; limb 2-lipped, upper emarginate, 
lower 3-lobed, pendent; lobes imbricated in the bud. Stamens 2; anthers 
2-celled; cells oblong, approximate, muticous. Ovary 4-ovulate; sty le 
linear, minutely bifid. Capsule unknown. 
S. Grifüthii, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1118; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1205. 
Justicia orchioides, Griffith ms. 
gons Mrs, or Parkoye Hiris in S.E. Assam; Griffith (Kew Distrib. 
n. 1). 
Leaves 7) by 3} in. acute at both ends; petiole 1 in. Panicle 5 by 4 in.; 
branches opposite; bracts jin. Calyx yin. Corolla-tube } by 44 in ; lobes id in 
those of the lower lip subacute. Filaments glabrous, except near the base. 
XLIV. ECBOLIUM, Kurz. 
A small, nearly glabrous, shrub. Leaves entire. Spikes terminal, 
dense; bracts large, imbricate, somewhat 4-ranked; bracteoles small, 
narrow. Calyx sub-5-partite; segments equal, narrow. Corolla-tube long. 
subfiliform ; limb 2-lipped; upper lip narrow shortly bifid, lower 3-lobed 
pendent; lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 2, attached near the top of the 
corolla-tube; anthers 2-celled; cells oblong, parallel, approximate, muti- 
cous. Ovary 4-ovulate; style filiform, very shortly bifid. Capsule long- 
stalked, ovoid, compressed, 4-seeded. Seeds 4 or more often 2, large 
compressed, orbicular, tubercular-scabrous. 
E. Linneanum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 75; leaves 
petioled ovate or lanceolate, bracts ovate obtuse entire puberulous or pubes- 
cent, corolla greenish-blue or purplish. Boiss. Fl. Orient.iv. 526. Justicia 
Ecbolium, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 114; Wall. Cat. 9432; Bot. Mag. 
t. 1847; Wight Ic.t. 463; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 108, and 1n 
DC. Prodr. xi. 427; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl..194. J. ligustrina, Vahl 
Enum.i.118. J. emarginata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 497. Eranthemum 
Ecbolium, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 235, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. 15- 
929.— Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 7, t. 4, fig. 1. Rheede Hort. Mal. ii. t. 20. 
