Dicliptera. | CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 553 
8. D. micranthes, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 112, and in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 484, excl. syn. ; leaves ovate acuminate nearly glabrous, flowe-- 
clusters mostly in axilary whorls, bracts oblong somewhat obovate cuspi- 
date ciliate. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl.197; T: Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soe. ix. 521. 
CENTRAL INDIA, alt. 1-3000 ft.; from Behar (J. D. H.) and Chota Nagpore to 
the Concan, frequent.— DISTRIB. Abyssinia. 
Branches striate, puberulous or glabrate. Leaves 4 by 1} in., base shortly 
acuminate; petiole 1j in. Bracts j by 1; in., often nearly glabrous except the densely 
white ciliate margins. Corolla scarcely exceeding 1 in., very slender. Capsule Lin., 
clavate, very shortly stalked, membranous, glabrous except the minutely hairy tip. 
Seeds very small, conspicuously verrucose. 
9. D. Leonotis, Dalz. ms. ; leaves elliptic acuminate glabrous, flower- 
clusters mostly in axillary whorls, bracts oblong-lanceolate acuminate 
cuspidate minutely pubescent. D. Burmanni, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 
n. 112, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 483 partly, not of T. Anders.; Dalz. 
§ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 196?. Justicia chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2466, letter c 
partly. 
D Deccan PENINSULA ?; Wight (Herb. Propr. n. 2016). GOOJERAT and AJMERE, 
alzell. 
Closely allied to D. micranthes, but the bracts, flowers, capsules and seeds con- 
siderably larger. Leaves 3 by l in. ; petiole 4 in. Bracts 3 by | in., much acumi- 
nate. Corolla Zin. Capsule l in. very hairy. Seeds much larger than in D. 
micranthes, minutely glandulose-papillose, scarcely verrucose.— Nees grounds his D. 
Burmanni on Burmann's figure of a Java species ; this is D. Burmanni, T. Anders. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 520. In founding the species, Nees states he had only seen 
one specimen, viz. Wight n. 2016, which sheet named by Nees’ hand is at Kew; but 
it is not the plant figured by Burmann. 
10. D. riparia, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 112, and Cat. 7183, 
and in DC. Prodr. xi. 480; leaves ovate acuminate glabrous or pubescent, 
flower-clusters terminal and axillary subverticillate, bracts narrowly 
obovate obtuse hairy ciliate, corolla 3 in. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. ix. 590. 
Prov and TexassegIM ; Wallich, Griffith, M'Lelland, &c. . . . 
Branches elongate. Leaves 4} by 14-2} in., base shortly acuminate ; petiole 1j in. 
lowers subsessile ; bracts unequal, similar, larger 3 by 3 in.; bracteoles 4 in., linear. 
Calyz j in.; segments linear, nearly glabrous. Capsule 4 in., clavate, nearly glabrous. 
*ds minutely papillose, hardly verrucose.— Perhaps only a form of D. Ror- 
burghiana, differing in the softly pubescent flower-clusters, and the very obtuse often 
emarginate bracts, The numerous examples are exactly alike, but come from one 
Neighbourhood, 
ll. D. Roxburghiana, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 111, and in 
DC. Prodr. xi. 483, excl. syn. ; leaves elliptic acute obscurely pubescent or 
glabrate, flower-clusters axillary and terminal sessile more rarely shortly 
Peduncled, bracts cuneate-elliptic or obovate apiculate not acuminate. 
T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 519, partly ; Daiz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 
196?. Justicia chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2466, letter D, and part B, C. 
Plains of N. Ixpra, from the Punjab to Assam, Silhet and E. Bengal, frequent. 
pon Griffith. b Le 2} by l in., base cuneate ; 
Stems 1-3 ft., elongate, nearly glabrous. aves by 9, ; 
Petiole 4 in, Bracts nearly i by F in., often 3-nerved, ciliate, thinly pubescent, 
Corolla lin. Capsule à in., clavate, puberulous or glabrous, Seeds conspicuous y 
Yerrucose.—The whole of the plains form of D. Roxburghiana differs from Var. 
