Rungia.l Acantkacec^. 343 



margin wider, glabrous, ciliate, bractlets narrower than bracts; 

 sep. linear-lanceolate; cor. small. 



Var. /3, pectinata, Clarke, I. c. Jtcsticia pectinata, L., Moon Cat. 3. 

 R. pectmata^ Nees, 1. c. 470 ; And. in Journ. Linn. See. ix. 517. C. P. 

 1975 (= 3354, 3357). Wight, Ic. t. 1547. 



Perennial (.'), straggling and semi-scandent by numerous 

 divaricate branches; 1. smaller, lanceolate, acuminate, sub- 

 acute, with a few short bristly hairs above and more beneath; 

 spikes generally in threes, very lax ; cor. larger, nearly ^ in. 



Moist region up to 7000 ft.; common. Var. /3 much the commoner. 

 Fl. March, April ; white with blue lines on lower lip. 



Throughout India and Burma. 



Nees quotes Burmann in Herb. Vahl for R. pectinata in Ceylon, and 

 Linnaeus's specimens were probably also from that source. It is possibly 

 a distinct species. 



3. R. repens, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. no (1847). Sulu- 

 nayi, S. 



Herm. Mus. 21. Burm. Thes. 7, 194. Fl. Zeyl. n. 20. Justiciarepens^ 

 L. Sp. PI. 15. Moon Cat. 3. Thw. Enum. 235. C. P. 1972, 2935. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 549. Burm. Thes. t. 3, f. 2. Wight, Ic. t. 465. 



Stems usually decumbent and rooting at the base, then 

 erect, slender, cylindrical, puberulous; 1. oblong- or lanceolate- 

 linear, 1-2 in., on very short petiole, acute at base, subacute 

 at apex, entire, glabrous, densely lineolate above (so as to be 

 rough when dried) ; spikes long, i \-^ in., 4-sided, erect, 

 terminal, bracts much imbricated, all similar, nearly \ in., 

 broadly oval, obtuse, sharply mucronate, pubescent, very 

 slightly ciliate, broadly bordered with white scarious margin, 

 bractlets linear-lanceolate, acute ; sep. linear, pubescent, very 

 acute; capsule \ in., oblong-ovoid, pubescent; seeds with 

 concentric furrows. 



Dry region; common. Fl. Sept.-March ; violet with red dots in the 

 throat. 



Also throughout India. 



The bracts in our plant are usually pubescent. C. P. 2935 is a 

 remarkable form from Bintenne, with ovate-lanceolate, strongly lineolate 

 leaves, much broader and shorter spikes, and a more spreading habit; 

 the bracts are much larger and more strongly mucronate, hairy, and 

 ciliate. 



4. XI. apiculata, Bedd. Ic. PL hid. Or. 60 (1874). 

 R. repcfis (part), Thw. Enum. 235. C. P. 1973. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 548. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 247. 



Stems slender, much-branched, finely pubescent ; 1. 1-2 in., 

 on very short ped., acute at base, obtuse, from oval to linear- 

 lanceolate, glabrous or very slightly pubescent on veins 



