Rungia. | CIX. ACANTHACES. (C. B. Clarke.) 549 
1-1 in., cuneate at both ends; petiole 2 in.; leaves very variable, on one branch are 
seen ovate upper leaves and below them a leaf 14 by 2 in. Spikes 1} in. ; peduncles 
i-lin.; bracts 1 in., narrowly scarious-margined, finely striate; bracteoles 4 in., 
sublinear. Calyx 3-4 in., segments sublinear. Anther-cells superposed, muticous. 
Ovary hairy, style-base glabrous; young capsule densely hairy. Capsule} in., pubes- 
cent; seeds small, verrucose. 
Var. compta ; leaves small short-petioled lanceolate.—S. Travancore; Beddome. 
—Leaves 1 by } in.; petiole 4 in. : spikes in flower, capsule not seen. 
12. R. repens, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 110, and in DC. Prodr. 
xi 472; leaves subsessile oblong-lanceolate scabrid-puberulous, bracts 
round apiculate nearly glabrous, corolla } in., seeds } in. diam. concentri- 
cally rugose. Wight Ic. t. 465; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL. 196; T. Anders. 
in Journ, Linn. Soc. ix. 518. Justicia repens, Linn.; Roxb. Corom. Pl. ii. 
29, t. 152, and FI. Ind. i. 132; Wall. Cat. 2459. Dicliptera. repens, Roem. 
& Sch, Syst. i. 171.—Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 3, fig. 2. 
Throughout INDIA, from the Punjab and Bengal to CEYLON; common. (No 
specimens from the Malay Peninsula.) 
À procumbent, rooting, ramous weed ; branches quadrangular, pubescent or nearly 
glabrous. Leaves 2 by & in., or often smaller narrower; petiole rarely so much as 
Pin. Spikes 2 by 3 in., appearing often peduncled, the 2 leaves close to their base 
usually much reduced ; bracts closely regularly imbricated 4-farious, spike less 1-sided 
than in most species; bracts } by -4 in., white margin broad prominent ; bracteoles 
jin, linear-lanceolate, minutely pubescent. Calyx } in.; segments linear-lanceolate, 
pubescent. Corolla white, with rose or purple spots. -Anther-cells superposed, lower 
white-tailed. Ovary glabrous, style thinly hairy at base. Capsule į in. and upwards, 
row eel thinly hairy. Seeds ovoid, moderately compressed, rugose almost fur- 
rowed. 
, 13. R. elegans, Dalz. 4 Gibs. Bomb. F1. 196; stems patently white- 
hirsute, leaves subsessile ovate acuminate, bracts round ovate apiculate 
minutely hairy, corolla } in. fine blue. R. repens var. villosa, Nees in 
DC. Prodr. xi. 472. Justicia repens, Wall. Cat. 2459, letter B gartly. 
W. Deccan PENINSULA; Concan and Canara, Wight, Law, Stocks, &c. 
Possibly a large form of R. repens. Leaves attaining 3 by 14 in., nerves beneath 
Prominent, often patently white-hairy. Spikes 1-$ in. broad ; bracts large, scarious 
Margin very prominent sometimes coloured purplish. Capsule } in, thin, very hairy ; 
seeds concentrically furrowed, the ridges very sharp sometimes crested. 
14. R. Beddomei, Clarke; leaves nearly sessile ovate acute sub- 
glabrous, Spikes slenderly peduncled dense, bracts broadly ovate apiculate 
nearly glabrous, corolla 2 in. ' 
TÉNassERIM; Mooleyit and the Forest Ranges, Beddome. . 
, Stems diffuse, branched, puberulous. Leaves 2 by $-l in. obscurely or not 
lineolate ; petiole } in. Spikes 14 by à in., appearing to form lax terminal corymbs ; 
Uppermost leaves 4 by j5 in. ; bracts nearly as of A. repens, more densely imbricated, 
4-farious, regular. Capsule jin. Seeds very small, minutely verrucose.— The spikes 
bear considerable resemblance to R. repens ; but it seems more nearly allied to R. 
‘malayensis, which differs in its long-petioled leaves, and slenderer spikes. 
15. R. Brandisii Clarke ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate 
àt both ends nearly glabrous, bracts all fertile ovate acuminate nearly gla- 
rous, bracteoles boat-shaped acuminate pubescent, corolla 3 in. 
TENASSERIM; Parish, Brandis, Beddome. : 
l Stems 18 in., nearly glabrous. Leaves 3} by 3-1} in., membranous, finely Tine: 
ate; petiole 1 in. Spikes 1} by in., terminal and axillary clustered shor s im 
Facts } by § in. obscurely 4-ranked, very narrowly marginate; brac e o” 
