336 Acanthacece. [jus/icia 



sliijhtly and irregularly crenate, glabrous and shining, rather 

 thick, veins prominent beneath, purple, petiole about \ in.; fl. 

 rather small, in opp. clusters of 3, in short, interrupted, sessile, 

 terminal spikes; bracts linear, acute, bractlets o; sep. linear- 

 subulate, glabrous; cor.-tube f in., upper lip notched, lower 

 lip transversely rugose; fruit not seen. 



Low country; rather common, but usually, if not always, due to 

 cultivation. Fl. August, Sept.; white or pink, with minute red dots in 

 the throat and lip. 



Throughout India, Malaya, and China, wild or cultivated. 



Ripe capsules are rarely, if ever, produced. The leaves have a 

 pleasant taste ; a decoction of them is a remedy for bowel complaints. 



5. J. Hookeriana, And. in Thw. Enum. 233 (i860). 

 Leptostitchya zeylanica, Nees, 1. c. 379. Adhatoda Hookeriana, Nees, 



1. c. 403. C. P. 701. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 532. Bedd. Ic. t. 268. 



A much-branched twiggy undershrub, stems sub-quad- 

 rangular, becoming cylindrical, thickened at nodes, glabrous; 

 1. very numerous, closely placed, \\-\ in., linear or lanceolate- 

 linear, tapering to both ends, obtuse or acute, entire or very 

 faintly crenate, glabrous, petiole obscure; fl. in lax axillary 

 panicles about as long as 1., bracts and bractlets equal, oblong- 

 linear; sep. linear, much longer than bractlets, acute, glabrous; 

 cor.-tube \ in., upper lip 2-toothed, lobes of lower lip truncate, 

 erose; anth. exserted, spurs short; capsule | in,, slightly 

 clavate, acute; seeds finely tuberculate. 



Sides of streams in moist low country below 2000 ft.; rather common. 

 Pasdun Korale ; Sabaragamuwa ; Ambagamuwa ; Hantane. Fl. March, 

 Sept.; white, with purplish-pink dots on lower lip. 



Endemic. 



6. J. g-labra, Kocn. in Roxb. Hort. Beng. 4 (1814). 



Thw. Enum. 234. Nees in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 516. C. P. 3663 

 (=713 part), 3110 (= 2422 part). 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 535. Wight, Ic. t. 1554. 



Semi-shrubby, branches long, erect, cylindrical, thickened 

 above nodes, glabrous; 1. numerous, 3-4 in., lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, much tapering to base, acuminate, acute or 

 subacute, faintly crenate, glabrous, lineolate, petiole obscure 

 but sometimes \ in.; fl. usually 2 or 3 together, on slender 

 ped., in small very lax axillary panicles with divaricate 

 branches, bracts and bractlets small, linear, inconspicuous; 

 sep. linear, very acute, pubcrulous; upper lip of cor. entire, 

 lobes of lower lip acute; anth. -spurs long; capsule over ^> in., 

 clavate, pubescent, the lower half solid and stalk-like; seeds 

 densely covered with yellow bristles, retinacula large, strong, 

 hooked. 



