Andrographis?\ A canthace^. 327 



2. A. macrobotrys, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 516 (1847). 



Thw. Enum. 232. A. IVightiaiia, Nees, And. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 

 502. C. P. 3578. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 503. 



Stem 2-4 ft., quadrangular, nearly glabrous, often slightly- 

 rough on angles, purple at nodes; 1. 2|-3|- in., on very short 

 petioles, linear-lanceolate, acute at base, acuminate, acute, 

 entire, glabrous ; fl. on very short ped., distant, on spreading 

 branches of elongated glandular-hairy, very lax, axillary 

 racemes or panicles much longer than 1., bracts and bractlets 

 acicular, longer than ped.; sep. linear-lanceolate, very acute; 

 cor. about | i"-) glandular-pubescent outside; lobes acute; 

 capsule nearly i in., linear, slightly glandular-pubescent. 



Var. ji, parvifolia, Clarke, I. c. A. zeylatiica, Nees, 1. c. 518 (non 

 Wight). Thw. Enum. 232. 



L. smaller, i-if in. 



Moist region; very rare. About Kandy and Peradeniya. Var. /3 I 

 have not seen. Fl. July; whitish, the upper lip and tube stained with 

 dull brownish-purple. 



Also in S. India. 



Dries black. Differs from i, chiefly m its more lax and less pyrami- 

 dal inflorescence. 



\A. zeylanica, Wight, Ic. t. 1560, is referred to a variety of ^. viscosula, 

 Nees in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 504 — a 5. Indian species not lound in Ceylon.] 



3. A. alata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 516 (1847). 

 Thw. Enum. 232. C. P. 1977. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 502. 



Stem 2-4 ft., erect, much branched above, sharply qua- 

 drangular with the angles narrowly winged above, glabrous, 

 lower 1. 2-3! in., ovate, rounded at base, but suddenly 

 narrowed and forming a border on petiole, acute, upper 1. 

 linear, all entire, glabrous; fl. on slender pubescent ped. 

 distantly placed on winged branches of very lax spreading 

 panicle, bracts and bractlets minute; sep. linear, very acute, 

 pubescent ; cor. about h in., pubescent, obscurely 2-lipped, 

 lobes obtuse; capsule fin., linear, finely pubescent; seeds 6-8 

 in each cell. 



Dry region ; rare. Venloos Bay (Gardner); Bintenne Dist. Fl. July; 

 white and pink. 

 Also in S. India. 



4. A. echioides, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 117 (1832). 

 Kakan, S. (Moon). 



Herm. Hort. Acad. Lugd.-Bat. 668; Mus. 13. Burm. Thes. 88. Fl. 

 Zeyl. n. 21. Justicia echioides, L. Sp. PI. 16. Moon Cat. 3. Thw. Enum. 

 232. C. P. 606. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 505. Herm. Hort. Acad. Lugd.-Bat. t. 669. Burm. 

 Thes. t. 38, f. I (bad). Wight, Ic. t. 467. 



