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E. crxxAiiAiiiNUM, "Wall. (P.). Teii:i?scTini. TC:itdinll and Great Xicohar (K.). 



E. svcciKoLTrM, Ivz. Kamorta. Katcliall. Car ami Great Js^icobur (K.). 



Is'car to J^. Blumei. 



JVSTICIEJE. 



Corolla lilabidfe. Ferfile stamenx-2. Anther-cclh more or lens superposed. Capsule 

 A-seeded, sterile capsule hasalh/ coiifriirl^d. 



+ ConiUa-tuhe shortened, dilated. Lower lip unequally lobed. Stamens 2 or 4. 

 Bracts small or none. 



GR.vrTornYLLUM, yees von Essenhech. 

 Stamens 2. Anthers 2-cellcd. Style incliuletl. Bracts minute. Leaves generally 

 variepiateil. 



*G. iiouTKNSE, Wall. All India and Burma. Patria unkno-^VTi. 



Sub-tribe DICLirTERIE.E. 

 X X Corolla-tube elongate, straight or curved. The middle lobe of the lower lip 

 largest, side lobes linear. Bracts (except in Ithinacanthus) much larger thati the calyx. 



f Corolla-tube straight. 



Ehixacanthus, JVees von I^ssenbeck. 

 Calyx 5-partite. Corolla tubular, -with bilabiate limb. Anthers 2-called. Flowers 

 in panicles. Bracts small, subulate. 



11. coJiMuxis, Wall. Promc Hills (Wall.). 



Justicia nasuta, L. 



R. osmospermus and Bottlcriunus, Nees. 



f f CuroUa-tube resupinatc. 



PEiasTEnpuE, Nees von Essenheck. 



Capstcle tdongate, witb persistent placentas. 



P. BiCALTCULATA, Wall. Promo (W.). India. 



P. ACUMINATA, Wall. Teuasserim. Silhet (W.). 



Katcliall. Great Xicobar (K.). 

 P. FEAorLis, Wall. Tavoj- (W.). Maulmain (P.). 



P. (Jcsiicia) laxceolaria, Eoxb. Tenasserim (H.). Maulmain (P ). 



DicLirTERA, Jussieu. 

 Capsule shortened. Placentas and their rctiuacules dehiscent. 

 D. RiPARiA, Wall. Pegu (E.). Maulmain (F.). 



Sub-ti-ibe EUJUSTICIE.E. 

 Corolla-tube not elongate, straight, lower lip trifid, the central lobe largest. Upper 

 lip very shortly bidentate. Stamens '1. 



■\ Capsule walls membranaceous, dehiscing, the placentas leaving the valves. 



lluxciA, Kees von Esscnbcck. 

 Lower corolla lip biplicate. Spike densely bractcd. 

 R. (Justicia) PECTrxATA, L. liurma (G.). Andaman (H.). 



B. parviftora, Wall. 



7i*. muralis, Eoylc. 



M. polygonoides and origanoides, Wall. 



f f Capsule dehiscing, simply bivalve. 

 Justicia, Limiaits. 

 Calyx di\-ided to near the base into 5 or 4 equal segments. Corolla 2-lipped, 

 the upper lip erect, concave, the lower o-lobed. Stamens 2. Anther-cells obli(|ue or 



