IXXXVIII. ACANTIIACE.E. 549 



7. JUSTICIA, Linn. 



(Rostcllularia and Rhapliiaospora, Nees) 



Cnlvx divided to the base into 5 or 4 segments. Corolla S-lipped, tlie 

 upper 'lip erect, concave, entire or notched, the lower convex or with a longi- 

 tudinal fold and veined in the centre, 3-lobed. Stamens 2 ; anther-cells 

 oblique, one attached higher up than the other, the lower one usual y mucro- 

 nate or spurred. Ovules 2 in each cell of the ovary. Style usually entire. 

 Capsule contracted or compressed and seedless at the base. Seeds flat ; re- 

 tinacida obtuse.— Herbs or shrubs. Flowers solitary or m clusters or cymes, 

 axillary or forming terminal spikes or panicles. Bracts various. 



A lar^c genus, widely distributed over the tropical and subtropical regions^ of the globe 

 Of the five Australian species, two are common tropical weeds in Asia, another ,s closely aUied 

 to, if not identical with an Asiatic one, the remaiuiug two are, as far as is known, endemic. 



Flowers (small) in dense terminal bracteate spikes. , , , -, r t^ . 



Bracts linear or lanceolate, acute, hispid or ciliate, not bordered. 1. J. procumbens. 



Bracts obtnse, bordered by a broad white margin . • ■ • • ^- ''■ ?'?/'''"«'?*■ 



Flowers in axillary sessile clusters smrouuded by a few broad ob- ^ ^^ j,,,ropMoides. 



corn R,tp ut*cLCLS •••■••**'*** iii^ M. 



Flowers in pairs on a.illary simple or forked peduncles. Bracts ^ ^^ ^^^^,.^^„,^, 

 Flowers in'a temi'nai'dichotom'ous" pa'nicle ." ." .' «• J' eranthemoides. 



1 J. procumbens, Lmn. ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 511. A 

 procumbent, prostrate or rarely erect annual, often extending to above 1 or 2 

 ft when tra 1 ng, shorter when erect. Leaves usually oblong anceolate or 

 almo t Unear the lower ones small and more ovate, sometimes all ovate from 

 Mo 1 i Ion. or all nanw and then sometimes nearly 2 m long ; as well 

 as the whole p'lant pubescent hirsute or nearly glabrous. Flowers pink or 

 wh te LlSr? und'r eacl. bract, in terminal rather dense spikes of f to abo^ 

 1 in., with often 1 or 2 pairs of flowers at some distance belo. Br cts 

 linea;-lanceolate or linear, acute, hirsute and ci hate, as l«ng ^ f'^mi 

 bracteolcs rather smaller; calyx-segments 4 -J \7f ^^^s Ion ' .s the 

 one, linear, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long, ^^^^l^'-^-t^^^.-^^i^ i^ J""/,,', .,*'" 

 cab'x ; upper lip short, erect ; lower one bi^ad, ^P^f ^"g' °^^^^^^3^^^^ 

 the tube Lower anther-cell spurred and often empty. Capsule d to 4 imes 

 JonV the stdlSs base .X.ol-Bostell^ia ior ^^^ f^^^\ 

 Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear., and in DC Prod. ix. 871; ^J f ']^;J;^;X.^ 

 Justiciajuncea, J. media, and J. adscendens, ^,,f ' J^J°^-„*'^ 'JS r. F 

 media and R. jnncea, Nees in DC. Prod ix. 374, 376 ' f • /'J"/'™ * ' 

 Muell. in Lin4a, xxv. 431 ; besides the numerous sjnon^ms adduced by 



T. Anderson, L c, 



W. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, J?. Bro^n ,- Victoria and Fitzmaurice rivers. F. 



Mueller ; Cooper's River, A 



Queensland. Euileavc 



Kpimpl Rnv pffi.. i2. Brown 



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'Wale 



Barrier 



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and other Expeditions. 



