justida:\ AcanthacecB. 



00, 



Moist and intermediate regions up to 4000 ft.; rather common. 

 Nillowe Kande; Ambagamuwa ; Dolosbagie ; Hunasgiriya ; Hanguran- 

 keta ; Lunugala, Uva. Fl. Jan.-April ; cream-coloured with red dots or 

 lines in the throat. 



Also in S. India. 



This species is mixed up with J. zeylanica in Thw. Enum., and the 

 C. P. numbers are confused in Herb. Perad. It is possible that two 

 different species are still combined here, as there is considerable differ- 

 ence in the size of the bractlets in different specimens. 



7. J. procumbens, L. Sp. PL 16 (1753). Mayani, S. 



Herm. Mus. 2. Burm. Thes. 194. Fl. Zeyl. n. 19. Moon Cat. 3. 

 Rostelhdaria procumbens^ Nees in DC. Prod, xi. 371 (part). R. Royeniana, 

 Thw. Enum. 234 (part). And. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 511. C. P. 142, 

 2904 (part). 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 539. 



Stems diffuse, slender, with many divaricate branches, 

 rooting at lower nodes, furrowed, nearly glabrous, with a few 

 long hairs below the nodes or with spreading hair; 1. f-i| in,, 

 oval or ovate-oval, obtuse at both ends, entire or slightly 

 crenate, softly hairy-pubescent on both sides, petiole \-^ in.; 

 fl. very small, in rather dense, cylindrical, terminal spikes 

 |-i^ in. long, bractlets linear, long-ciliate; sep. linear-filiform, 

 strongly ciliate, as long as bractlets, i shorter or absent ; 

 lower lip of cor. broader than long, lobes shallow, obtuse; 

 capsule \ in., with a short, solid base. 



Var. j8, latispica, Clarke. Wight, let. 1539 {Rostellularia procum- 

 bens). C. P. 142 part (= 228). 



Much stouter; 1. larger, thicker, often glabrous, spikes 

 thicker, bracts longer, more strongly ciliate; fl. much larger. 



Moist region from sea-level up to 7000 ft., among grass, especially in 

 the montane zone ; very common. Var. /3 only in montane zone. Fl. 

 Oct.-March ; pale violer pink, the lower lip spotted with darker pink. 



Also in S. India, Malaya, Australia. 



The flowers vary in size, being larger in the hill forms. The native 

 name given for this by Hermann is ' Hulunajikola.' 



8. J. Royeniana, Clarke i7i FL B. Ind. iv. 537 (1885). 

 Rostellularia Royeniatia,* Nees, 1. c. 2>73 j Thw. Enum. 234 (part). 



C. P. 2904 part ( = 404). 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 537. 



Stems numerous, spreading or procumbent from a small 

 woody rootstock, much branched, furrowed, glabrous or 

 slightly rough; 1. 1-2 in., shortly petioled or nearly sessile, 



* Commemorates A. van Royen, Professor of Botany in Leyden 



University in the middle of the eighteenth century, from whose herbarium 



the specimen described by Nees was obtained. It was, doubtless, from 



Hermann, many of whose specimens found their way into that collection. 



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