34 G XCTI. ACANTHACE^. 



brown, granular. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 394 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 355. Nelsonia tomentoaa, Dietr. Sp. PI. v. 1 (1831) 

 p. 419 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 183. N. brimeUoides, O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. 

 PL (1891) p. 493; Lindau, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 4,3 B, 

 p. 289. Justicia brunnelloides, Lam. Tab. Encyc. v. 1 (1791) p. 40. — 

 Flowers : Jan. 



Konkan: Stocks 1 ; 23 miles east of Eatnagiri, KanitJcar ! ; Wari jungles, common, 

 Balzell 4' Gibson. Gujarat: Panchmabals, Nairne. Kanara: Kala nnAA\, Ritchie, 

 1892! — DisTRiB. Throughout India (except in the western desert tracts); S.E. Asia, 

 Australia, Africa, America. 



5. STAUROGYNE, Wall. 



Herbs (rarely undershrubs). Leaves opposite (rarely alternate). 

 Flowers in terminal or pseudo-axillary simple or compound lax or dense 

 racemes or spikes ; bracts usually foliaceous ; bracteoles 2 beneath the 

 calyx, shorter than the bracts. Calyx divided nearly to the base ; 

 segments 5, oblong or linear, subequal or one larger than the others. 

 Corolla 2-lipped ; tube long or short, cyliudric or slightly iafuudibuli- 

 form ; lobes 5, short, spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, usually 

 included ; filaments usually hairy ; anthers with 2 ovoid separate 

 inuticous cells. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules numerous ; 

 style linear ; stigma of 2 narrow lobes, the lower lobe sometimes again 

 2-lobed. Capsule small, oblong, seed-bearing throughout. Seeds 15- 

 30 in each cell, small, globose or cuboid, glandular when immature, 

 ultimately nearly smooth or with obscure shallow pits ; retinacula 0. — 

 DiSTEiB. S.E. Asia, Malaya, Australia, Brazil ; species about 40. 



Stem 12-15 in. high, viscous-pubescent; branches not trailing ... 1. S. glauca. 

 Stem short, not viscous-pubescent ; branches trailing 2. 8. zeylanica. 



1. Staurogyne glauca, 0. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. v. 1 (1891) p. 497. 

 Stem erect, 12-15 in. high, viscous-pubescent upwards. Leaves l|-2 

 by i_^ in., the lower opposite, the upper alternate, or sometimes nearly 

 ail alternate, spathulate, obtuse, slightly viscous-pubescent or glabrous, 

 base attenuated, running down into the petiole ; petioles j-| in. long. 

 Spikes 2-6 in. long ; bracts at the base of the spike similar to the stem- 

 leaves, gradually becoming smaller upwards ; bracteoles 2, beneath the 

 calyx, ^ in. long, linear-oblong or slightly spathulate, obtuse, pubescent, 

 with a strong mid-nerve. Calyx divided to the base or nearly so ; 

 sepals glandular-hairy, the larger ^ in. long, linear-oblong, subobtuse, 

 much broader than tlie other 4, which are | in. long and linear-subulate. 

 Corolla i-^ in. long, straight; tube cylindric ; lobes 5, rounded, J^ in. 

 lono". Iriiaments pubescent ; anther-cells muticous or very slightly 

 apiculate at the base. Stigma of 2 unequal acute lobes, the lower one 

 reflexed, sometimes 2-fid. Capsules membranous, I in. long, oblong, 

 obtuse, shortly apiculate, glabrous, bearing seeds from the base nearly 

 to the apex. Seeds minute, globose. Ehermaiera glauca, Nees, in DC. 

 Prodr. V. 11 (1847) p. 73; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 395 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. L84 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1488 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 355. 



Not common. Konkan: Stocksl S. Konkan, Dahell Sf Gibson. — Distrid. India 

 (W. i'eiiiusula, Bengal, Tenasseriiu). 



