1120 CXXII, ACANTHACE^. [Jiistickce. 



114:. ciistaxv Mart. y^oi\ Gen. et Sp, iii. 26. (CorythacanthuSj liees m lAndL Introd. 

 Nat. Syst, ed. 2, 444,) — Bractete seu bracteolse 2, ampla^, ovata), basi connatfe, fiorein 

 unicuni includentcs- Calyx breviter annularis^ integer v* sinuato-dentatus. Corolla? 

 tubus brevig ; limbus longe 2-labiatus, labio postico interiore erecto incurvo late galeato 

 integro, antico lato subpateiite convexo apice breviter lateque 3-lobo, lobe medio ex- 

 tiiuo- Stamina 2, apice tubi affixa, labio postico subbreviora, filanieiitis basi leviter 

 dilatatis ghibris ; antberje oblongaB, 2-locnlares, loculis discretis parallelis muticis iequali- 

 bns V. altero pauUo altius affixo ; staminodia 0. Discus annularis, prominens. Stylus 

 iiliformisj apice leviter incrassatus, dzdymus ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsula 

 (a nobis non visa) a basi seniinifera, Semina 4, comprcssaj retinaculia late ciicuUatis 

 fulta, — Frutices, prseter lineas pilosa-s ramulorum et interdum inflorescentiam glabri. 

 Folia integerrima, Cymae axillares, breviter pedunculatfej laxe paucifloree v. ad florem 

 unicum pedicellatum reductiB, Florea majusculi, albi v. rosei, Bractea^ sub pedicellis 

 miuutae ; bractcolie involucrantes semipollicares majoresqne. 



Species 2, Bmsllianse. Sees in DC. Trod. xi. 62, 



Genus oHm ob calyccm amiolarem intra braeteolas amplas Tkunhergieis approsimatum, longe 

 differt corolla staminibus pistlUo et eeminibiis, Flores fore Adhatod<e, Bractcolee Dicli- 

 pterearmn. 



115. Rungria, Nees in Wall FL As. Bar. iii, 77, et in DO. Prod. xi. 469, — Bractea 

 seu bracteolfe 2^ membranace^ v- hyalinae, calyce longiores, flores singulos arete involu- 

 crantes. Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis acuminatis ssepius scariosis v- hyalinis parura in- 

 iequalibus. Corollie tubus brevis, rectus, superne parum amj>liatus ; limbus 2'labiatus, 

 labio postico interiore erecto concaviuscTilo integro v, 2-dentato, antico saepius longiore 

 patente 3-fido basi venoso. Stamina 2, fauci affixa, labio postico breviora ; antherae 2- 

 loculares, loculis dissitis, altero altius affixo, inferiore v. utroque basi calcarato ; stami- 

 nodia 0, Discus annularis v. breviter cupulatus. Stylus filiformis, apice obtusxxs, 

 integer v, minute 2-lobus ; ovula in quoque loculo 2, Capsula ovoidea v. oblonga, 

 basi in stipitem solidum contracta, semiseptis cum retinacuKs per dcliiscentiam a basi ela- 

 stice solutis sursum incurvis, Semina 4 v. abortu paucioraj plano-compressa, suborbicu- 

 lata, rugosa, retinaculis fulta ; embryo normalis, — Herbee repentes diffusre v, erectse, 

 glabrae V. villosse. Folia integerrima. Flores parvi, ad axillas bractearum sessiies, ssepius 

 solitariij dense spicati; spica: termiuales V- axiilaresj breves y. elongatse, unilaterales, 

 bracleis primariis geminatira superpositis per paria altemis ad nnnm latus 2-fariam im- 

 bricatis floribua aversis, bractea inf era cujuaque paris sterili supera sola florif era ; bracteae 

 hae membranace^ V- venose, seepe hyalino-marginatie ; bracteola^ calycem occludentes 

 s^pius obtnsie, orbiculatre oblongse v, sublanceolatfe. 



Species ad 14, quanun 2 Africanse tropic^e bracteis bracteolisque magnis late margiaatis inaignes, 

 caeterae India? orientalis, Archipclagi Malayani et Chinse australis iiicola?. Walp. Ann. iii, 227, T. 

 A^iders. in Journ, Linn, Soc. vib 4G (exel, ^. puhinervi?), ix, 5X7- Soa:b. Corom. PL t, 152, 153 

 {Justicia). Wight, Ic. t 4G5, VAI ad 1550. Bedd. Ic, PL Ind. Or, t. 247, 266, 



Geiuis habitu (7w5/zc2Y5 sect, Monothecii v, ^?iz505^*7c%f^ aceedens, charaeteribus amprimis capsulje 

 dehiscentia BicliptercB affine, inflprescentia pecuHari, 



116- Dicliptera, Jms, m Ann. Mns. Par. ix. 267,— Bractea? 2, ovatag v. lanceolat^^ 

 basi subconnatio, flores l-30 includentea. Calyx siccus v. hyalinua, alte 5-fidus, lobia 

 linearibus setaceisve snb^qualibua v, postico minore. Corollse txibua tenuis v, superne 

 parum ampliatus ; limbus longe 2-labiatus, labiis angustis v, ovatis, postico interiore 

 erecto concavo integro v, emarginato, antico Siepius latiore patente convexiusculo v, piano, 

 integro v- brevissime 3-lobo, lobis --equalibus v. intermedio extimo latiore. Stamina 2, 

 fauci affixa, labiis paullo breviora ; antherse 2-Ioculare3, loculis discretis superpositis v, 

 parallelia v, altero altiua aflixo ovatis muticis v, inferiore rariua basi breviter appendicu^ 

 lato ; staminodia 0, Discus cupularis, truncatus oblitiuus v. sinuato-dentatua. Stylus 

 filiformis, apice integer v, minnte 2-dcntatus ; o\^ila in quoque loculo 2, Capsula 



