4386 A FLORA OF MANILA 
filiform. Capsule ovoid or ellipsoid, 4-seeded from the base, or base 
narrowed and seedless. (In honor of J. Justice, a Scotch horticulturist. ) 
Species about 250 in all tropical countries, 6 or 7 in the Philippines. 
8 Ore BES 1 in nc ee eich cn si Pal a UB et 1. J. gendarussa 
A slender, prostrate or spreading herb..........................------ 2. J. procumbens 
1. J. gendarussa L. 
An erect, branched, glabrous shrub 0.8 to 1.5 m high. Leaves lanceolate, 
acuminate, 7 to 14 cm long. Spikes terminal and in the upper axils, 4 to 
12 cm long, the flowers clustered, the lower cluster often distant. Calyx- 
teeth linear, about 3 mm long. Gorolla 1.5 em long, white or pink with 
purple spots. Capsule about 12 mm long, glabrous, clavate. (FI. Filip. 
pl. 80, Dianthera subserrata.) 
In open waste places, hedges etc., fl. Dec._Feb., and probably in other 
months; widely distributed in the Philippines, certainly indigenous. India 
to China and Malaya, often, perhaps, cultivated only. 
2. J. procumbens L. 
A slender, often tufted, prostrate or ascending, branched annual, the 
stems 10 to 40 cm long, slightly strigose or nearly glabrous. Leaves elliptic 
to oblong-ovate, petioled, 1 to 2 cm long, obtuse. Spikes terminal, 1 to 5 
cm long, about 5 mm in diameter, rather dense. Flowers pink, 6 to 7 mm 
long, the bracts and calyx-teeth green, linear-lanceolate, hirsute. Capsule 
slightly pubescent, about 4 mm long. 
In grass lands, Masambong, fl. Aug.Sept.; widely distributed in the 
Philippines. India, through Malaya to Australia. 
4. BARLERIA Linnaeus 
Herbs or small shrubs, spiny or not. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers 
rather large, yellow, purplish, or white, solitary or spicate. Sepals 4, 
in opposite pairs, the outer pair much the larger, the anterior one often 
emarginate, bifid, or 2-lobed. Corolla-tube elongated, enlarged upward, 
the lobes 5, sub-equal. Perfect stamens 2, 2 or 3, very small, rudimentary 
ones also present. Disk large. Ovary with 4 ovules; style long, shortly 
bifid or subentire. Capsule ovoid or oblong, 2- or 4-seeded below the middle. 
(In honor of J. Barrelier, a French botanist.) 
Species about 60, mostly in the tropics of the Old World, 3 introduced in 
the Philippines. 
1. Spiny plants with yellow flowers. 
2. Leaves linear-lanceolate; flowers in dense cone-like, cylindric spikes. 
1. B. lupulina 
2. Leaves élliptic to elliptice-ovate coos. 2. B. prionitis 
1. Spineless; flowers white and violet...................---.-.---0:000-- 3. B. cristata 
*1. R. LUPULINA Lindl. 
A spreading, branched, shrubby plant 1 to 1.5 m high, branches purplish, 
armed at the nodes with slender, 1 to 2 cm long spines. Leaves lanceolate 
to linear-lanceolate, acute or apiculate-acuminate, 4 to 12 cm long, the 
midrib usually reddish or yellowish. Inflorescence a terminal, cylindric, 
cone-like spike, 5 to 7 em long, about 2 cm thick, the bracts ovate, imbricate 
1.5 to 2 em long, persistent. Corolla yellow, 4 cm long. 
