1138 CXXIL AOANTHACE^. [J.tsticiem. 



libxis luuticis diacretis dorso coimectivo angusto affixis ; staminodia 0. Discus annularis. 

 Stylus filiformisj apice obtusus, subdidymus ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsula anguate 

 oblonga, basi in stipitein solidum contracta. ^ Semina 4, ovato-urbimilataj compressa, 

 tuberculosa fere muricata, — Herbaj tenues, humiles, procumbentesj ad nodos radicantcs. 

 Folia integerrima. Flores parvi, ad apices ramorum in pedunculo tenui solitarii v. pauci 

 dissiti, Bractese et bracteolic angust.ie. 



Species 1 v, 2, Zejlanise et Javse incolse. 



Genus Bianther^ aflBne, a plerisque speciebus habitu et antherarum connectivo non dilatato 

 distinguitur. Characterem ad specimina Zeylaniea Bhytiglossm radicoscEy Nees ia BC. Prod, x\. 344 

 instruimus, Huic junxerunt T. Anders. L c. et Miq. in Fl. Ind, Bat, ii, 826 Host ell ulariam sar-* 

 mmitosam, Zoll., Nees, i.e. 370, plantam simillimam sed forte specifice distinctim, inflorescentia 

 magis evoluta. CuroUai specirainibus nostris desunt, 



109. Spmnctacantlius, Beidh, gen. iwv, — Calyx parvus, alte 5-fidus, segmentis subu- 

 lato-acuminatis, CorolUe tubus ovoideo-inflatus, ad faucem constrictus ; limbus 2-labiatus 

 labio postico interiore erecto concavo apice breviter angusteque 2-lobo, antico ^quilongo 

 3- partite, lobis linearibus reflexo-patentibus sequalibus^ intermedio extirao. Stamina 2 

 ad faucem affixa, labio postico brevioraj filamentis brevibus basi transverse adnatis pilo- 

 sisque ; antheree oblongse, 2-loculares, loculis parallelis contigiiis tequalibus muticis ; 

 staminodia 0, Discus cupularis. Stylus filiformis, apice vix incrassatuSj obtusus ; o^oila 

 in quoqne loculo 2, Capsula , . . . — Suffrutex erectus, glaber. Folia ampla, mem- 

 branacea, integerrima. Florea parvi, ad axillas bractearum oppositaruni solitarii sessiles 

 in spicani interruptam dispositi, spicis tenuibus floribundis ad apices ramorum 3-6 

 paniculatis, Bractese et bracteola^ minutse. 



Species 1, S. GHffithii, nob., in Bengalia orientali a Gpiffithio lecta, et sub nomine Justlcim 

 oTchidioidis communicata, Corollse forma in ordi:io singularis at vix Orchidia. 



110. EcUolium, Kxirz m Journ. Ai>iat, Soc. Beng. xl. 75, et xlii. 99, (Justicia, Necs 

 in Wall PL As. Bar, iii. 76, et in DC, Prod. ix. 426.)— Calyx alte 5-fidus, lobis brevibus 

 angustis subsequalibus. CoroUse tubus longus, tenuiter cylindracens^ ad faucem brevis- 

 sime ampliatus ; limbus 2-labiatus, labio postico interiore lineari apice 2-dentato patonte 

 v- subrecurvo, antico lato patente alte 3-lobu, lobo medio latiore extimo. Stamina 2 

 sub fauce affixa, filamentis brevibus ; antherse subexsertte, oblongo-sagittata3 2-loculaies 

 loculis parallelis contiguis eequalibus muticis ; staminodia 0. Discus annularis. Stylus 

 filiformis, apice obtusus, vix 2-lobus ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsula ovata, septo 

 parallele plano-compressa, in stipitem longum contracta. Semina abortu stepius 2 sub- 

 orbiculata, plano-compressa, marginata, rugosa.— Frutex glaber. Folia opposita'inte- 

 gerrima, firmula. Flores ad axillas bractearum oppositarum solitarii^ sessiles, in spicas 

 terminales dispositi. Bractea^ s^pius ovatas, 4-faiiam imbricata?, integral v, dentatfe 

 rarius angustse v. parvulse ; bracteolas parvse. 



Species 1, a nonnullis in plures divisa, per Asiam et Africam tropicani late dispersa JVio/tl 

 Ic. L 463, 1546. BoU Mag, L 1847 (ovmes sub J^csima). ' 



111. Craptophyllum, Nees in Wall PL As. Har, iii. 76, et in DC, Prod, xi. 327. 

 (Earlia, F, MnelL Frcu/m, iii, 159.)— Calyx brevis, sub-5-partitus, segmentis angustis acutis 

 subiequalibus. Coroll^e tubus obliquus v, subincurvus, superne ampliatus ; limbus 2- 

 labiatuSj labio postico interiore erecto incurvo concavo breviter 2-lobo lobis subre- 

 curvia, antico patente ad medium v. altius 3-fido, lobo medio extimo. Stamina 2, ad 

 faucom affixa, labio postico parum breviora, filamentis basi dilatatis decurrentibus ; 

 anthcrre obldngo}, 2-loculares, dorsifix^, loculis linearibus parallelis tequalibus muticis • 

 staminodia 2 postica ad basin filamentorum parva clavata. Discus annularis, paruni 

 conapicuua. Stylus filiformis, apice obtusus ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsula 

 oblouga, dura, in stipitem longum contracta. Semina aaipius abortu 2, orbicularia v. 

 subquadrata, plano-compressa, lacunoso -rugosa, retinaculis acutis fulta ; embryo normal 



