Peristrophe. | CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. D. Clarke.) 555 
VaR. rivinoides ; young inflorescence axillary very short-peduncled capitellate. 
P. rivinoides, Wall. Cat. 2488. P. bicalyculata, Var. 8, Nees ms. in Wight Herb. 
Prcpr. n. 2018 c.— S. India. 
2. P. undulata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 496; puberulous, leaves 
lanceolate undulate, panicles small close, bracts linear-lanceolate, corolla 
$in. Justicia undulata, Vahl Symb. ii. 8, excl. syn. 
MALABAR (Koenig, fide Vahl). Nixerris; Beddome. . 
Leaves 23 by 3 in., attenuate at both ends, sinuate, in Beddome's examples varie- 
gated; petiole 4 iu. Panicle 1-2 in. diam., terminal, hardly exceeding the upper 
leaves ; bracts 3-% by jj in, 2 or 3-4 together, 2—4-fld., lineolate, nearly glabrous. 
Corolla purple-red, tube 4 in., limb j id., lobes 2 very shortly toothed. Anther-cells 
linear, one placed close above the other. Capsule not seen.—This appears closely 
allied to P. acuminata, as Nees states. 
3. P. acuminata, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 113, and in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 496 ; leaves narrowly lanceolate nearly glabrous, panicles com- 
pact, bracts 4 by jJ in. glabrous, corolla 3 in. 7' Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soe. ix. 521. P. Blumeana, Nees l.c. 495. Justicia acuminata, Wall. Cat. 
2425, sheet B partly. 
Tavoy ; Wallich. Matacca; Griffifh.—DrsTRIB. Java. . 
Leaves 3 by 3 in. acuminate at both ends, lineate on both surfaces, minutely 
pubescent on the midrib beneath or glabrous; petiole i in. Bracts 2-4 together, 
4 in. long or in other cymes of the same branch scarcely Lin. Anther-ce/ls linear, one 
slightly overlapping the other, upper usually narrower curved. Capsule 4-4 in., 
nearly glabrous.—The plants here collected under P. acuminata are separated from 
P. montana by the much smaller corolla, and possibly include 2 or more species ; 
but the material is insufficient. As noted by Nees, some of the specimens show 
great variation in the bracts on one branchlet; yet species have been founded on 
characters almost wholly drawn from them. In justification of throwing the species 
into one, it may be observed that the Malacca plant marked P. acuminata by T. 
Anderson is identical with the Java plant marked P. Blumeana by Nees ; but there is 
no specimen from Burma (much less from Khasia) that matches this, as might be 
inferred from Nees and T. Anderson: and Miquel's P. acuminata from Java is very 
unlike P, acuminata, Nees. . 
Var. fragilis; leaves larger ovate-lanceolate, bracts $ by j in. broadly lanceolate 
glabrous, p. gracilis, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 113, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 
495, and in Wail. Cat. 7184; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 522. Justicia 
acuminata, Wall. Cat. 2425, sheet B partly.—Tavoy; Wallich. Rangoon; 
M'Lelland. Mergui; Griffith.—Leaves 5 by 2 in.; nerves many, pubescent ; 
uppermost leaves linear-lanceolate.—The Tavoy example marked by Nees fragilis is 
identical with some of that marked by him acuminata. _ . 
_ VAR. khasiana, bracts all small 1 in. fuscous-pubescent. Justicia acuminata, 
Wall. Cat. 2425, letter A right-hand fragments.—Khasia Mts. ; Wallich.—This does 
t look like a Peristrophe, but the corolla and stamens are exactly as in P. acuminata, 
ype. 
4. P. lanceolaria, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 114, and in DC. 
P rodr. xi. 496; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate nearly glabrous. 
panicles densely glandular-pubescent, bracts 3 in. linear-lanceolate, corolla 
liin, Bot, Mag. 5566; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc, ix. 522. Justicia 
lanceolaria, Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 121; Wall. Cat. 2463. 
SILHET and JAINTEAPOOR, alt. 500 ft.; Wallich, &c., frequent. MOUIMEIN; 
arish, "TENAssERIM; Beddome. 
Leaves 9$ by 2 in., acute at both ends, pubescent on the nerves beneath or glabrote, 
*scurely or not lineolate; petiole 3 in. Panicles strict, branches erect. Calyx 
in.; segments sublinear. Anther-cells linear-oblong, immediately super posed, 
