206 CHINA. [Acanthacem. 



reiro. In C. cana of Linnaeus, Vahl, Roxburgh, and Wallich, the leaves are cuneate at the base, becoming, 

 as it were, half decurrent along the petiole. Either the present or the following one is probably C. Reevesii 

 of Wallich's List, which we have not seen. 



2. Callicarpa nudiflora; ramis petiolis foliis subtus corymbisque cano-velutinis, foliis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis basi ovatis margine crenato-dentatis supra nervis venisque incanis 

 cseteroquin glabratis lasvibus junioribus pulverulentis, pedunculis folio subdimidio breviori- 

 bus, corymbis dichotomis laxis, calyce glabro, staminibus exsertis. (Tab. XL VI.) 



Hab. Canton ; Mr. Millett. Lappas island ; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 263. 

 Tab. XLVI. Callicarpa nudiflora. Fig. I. Flower: — magnified. 



1. Vitex ovata ; foliis simplicibus obovatis breve-petiolatis subtus albo-incanis, racemis 

 axillaribus terminalibusque compositis. (Tab. XLVII.) — Thunb. Jap. p. 257. 



Hab. Canton; Mr. Millett; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 174. 

 Tab. XLVII. Vitex ovata. Fig. 1. Flower: — magnified. 



2. Vitex Negundo. Linn. — Lour. Fl. Cock. 2. p. 474. 

 Hab. Islands near Macao ; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 279. 



3. Vitex Loureiri ; ramis foliisque ternato-quinatis utrinque glabris, foliolis oblongo vel 

 obovato-lanceolatis obtuse acuminatis basi cuneatis venosis nitidis integerrimis, paniculis 

 terminalibus vel ex axillis superioribus pubescentibus erectis decompositis strictiusculis. 

 (Tab. XL VIII.)— Cornutia quinata. Lour. Fl. Coch. 2. p. 470. 



Hab. Canton; Mr. Millett. 



We have not seen the fruit ; Loureiro states it to be one-seeded, probably from abortion. 

 Tab. XLVIII. Vitex Loureiri. Fig. 1. Flower -.—magnified. 



Okd. LXIII. ACANTHACEM. Juss. 



1. Barleria cristata. Linn.— -Nees ab Esenb. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3. p. 92. n. 10. 



Hab. Lappas Island or the Peninsula; Mr. Vachell, n. 170. Canton; Mr. Millett. 



1. Dilivaria ilicifolia. Juss.—Nees ab Esenb. 1. c. p. 98. n. 1. 



Hab. Whancum Island, near Macao; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 121. Loureiro, Fl. Coch. 2. p. 456, states 

 that the Canton plant differs a little from that which he describes from Cochin-China : the former is the 

 same as our's ; the latter is D. ebracteata, Juss. 



I. Crossandra infundibuiiformis, jS.; Nees ab Esenb. I. c. p. 98. n. 1. — C. undulsefolia. 

 Ait. — Justicia infundibuliformis. Linn. 



We fear that C. oppositifolia, Wight, (N. ab Esenb. 1. c. n. 3.) is a mere form of this species. 



1. Rostellaria procumbens. NeesabEsenb.l.c.p.lOl.n.i. — Justicia procumbens. Linn. 



1. Graptophyllum hortense. Nees ab Esenb. I.e. p. 102. n. 1. — Justicia pic ta. Linn. — 

 Lour. Fl. Coch. \.p. 29. 



1. Adhadota Vasica. Nees ab Esenb. I. c. p. 103. n. 7. — Justicia Adhadota. Linn. 



