548 CIX. AcANTHACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Rungia. 
jin. narrowly cylindric, straight; limb 3 in., 2-lipped ; upper Jip erect, subentire, 
lower pendent. Capsule }-} in., nearly glabrous; placentz rising elastically from 
the base. Seeds minutely glandular-papillose, glabrate when fully ripe. . 
8. R. khasiana, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 518; leaves 
petioled ovate or elliptic minutely scabrid-pubescent, bracts ovate acuminate 
somewhat pubescent, calyx minutely pubescent, corolla 1-3 in. Rungia sp. 
n. 11, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 4 T. Acanthacea, Griff. Itin. Notes, 36, 
n. 589. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 3000 ft. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6165), H. f. & T. 
Much branched; branches 10 in., pubescent, or with deflexed hairs. Leaves 31 
by 3-1} in. cuneate at both ends; petiole } in. Spikes 1-2 in., terminal and on 
short lateral branches, quadrifarious; bracts }-} by 4 in., acutely or long acuminate, 
scarious-margined, nervose ; bracteoles } in., linear. Calyx scarcely 4 in., segments 
narrowly linear. Anther-cells superposed, muticous. Capsule } in., pubescent, 
placentz rising elastically from the base. Seeds minutely verrucose. 
9. R. himalayensis, Clarke; leaves long-petioled ovate minutely 
scabrid-pubescent, spikes slenderly peduncled 4-farious secund, bracts ovate 
shortly acuminate somewhat pubescent, calyx minutely pubescent, corolla 
i in. 
E. NEPAL; Tambur River, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. SikkXiM, alt. 38-4000 ft.; 
Dikeeling, Clarke. 
Stems 1 foot, diffuse, weak, branched, pubescent. Leaves 14 by 3-1 in., cuneate 
at both ends; petiole 3 in. Spikes 1 in.; peduncles j-1 in.; bracts } by à m., 
scarious-margined ; bracteoles j in., linear. Calyx in., segments sublinear. 
Anther-cells superposed, lower muticous or whitened at base. Ovary nearly glabrous; 
style thinly hairy at base. Capsule less than 4 in., minutely pubescent ; young 
shortly glandular-verrncose. Seeds small, minutely verrucose, appearing punctate.— 
Differs from R. repens in the longer-petioled broader leaves and much smaller cap- 
sule and seeds ; from È. apiculata in the longer petioled leaves, glabrous ovary, an 
slender peduncles (perhaps hardly sufficiently). 
10. R. linifolia, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 110, and in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 469 ; leaves short-petioled elliptic acute nearly glabrous, spikes 
peduncled slender 4-farious secund, bracts lanceolate acute, corolla ¢ 10. 
T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 517. Justicia linifolia, Wall. Cat. 2447. 
J. gracilis, T. Anders. l. c. 512. Rostellularia gracilis, Wight Ic. t. 1541. 
W. DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards, Heyne, Wight, &c. 
Stems 6-12 in., slender, minutely pubescent. Leaves 1 by 4-4 in., from ovate to 
narrow-lanceolate, often apiculate, base cuneate or almost rounded, minutely scabrid 
or glabrous, lineolate on both surfaces; petiole usually less than jin. Spikes 1 by 
i in.; peduncles 0—1 in., slender ; bracts 1-1 in., minutely pubescent, green or nar- 
rowly scarious-margined, obscurely striate; bracteoles } in., linear-lanceolate. — Calyz 
} in.; segments sublinear, pubescent. One anther-cell lower than the other, acute 
hardly tailed at the base. Ovary pubescent, style glabrous except close to the base. 
Capsule not seen. 
ll. R. apiculata, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or.t. 247; leaves petioled ovate 
or linear-oblong puberulous on the nerves beneath, spikes peduncled quadri- 
farious secund, bracts ovate-lanceolate apiculate minutely pubescent, calyx 
pubescent, corolla }-$in. R. repens, var, 7. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 
235, in Obs.—Rungia sp. n. 8, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Mts. of S. Deccan ; Tinnevelly Hills, alt. 4000 ft., Beddome. CEYLON ; Thwaites, 
C. P. n. 1973. 
Stems 6-15 in., diffuse, branched, rooting, minutely pubescent. Leaves 23 by 
