xcvi. acaxth.vce.t:. 389 



inflated iu the upper part for about | of its length ; lobes of the limb 

 rounded. Ovary hairy ; lower part of style hairy. Capsules 1-1 1 in. 

 long with long solid base, clavate, pointed, pubescent, usually constricted 

 about the middle of the enlarged upper parr, 4-seeded. ^eeds I in. in 

 diam., tuberculate, glabrous. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 493; Dalz. & Gib?. 

 p. 186; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 323; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 357. Asystasia r/anf/etka, T. Anders, in Thw. Enum. 

 p. 235 ; Lindau, in Engl. & Prantl, PHanzenf. v. 4, 3 B, p. 326, fig. 131. 

 Justicia gangetica, Linn. Amoen. Acad. v. 4, p. 299. liudlia zei/lcmica, 

 Keen, ex Eoxb. El. Ind. v. 3, p. 42 ; Grab. Cat. p. 161.— Flowers ': 

 Nov.-Dee. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Lmv ! ; W. Ghats, Wcodrotv. Deccan : Khandala, Graham. 

 S. M. Country: 4 miles S. of Belgaura, i?/^c^/e! Often cultivated in gardens.— 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula) ; Cejlou, Tropical and S. Africa. 



2. Asystasia violacea, Dalz. MS. ex C. B. ClarU, in HooJc f 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4 (1884) p. 494 {not Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2, p. 139). 

 Stems ascending, smooth, jointed, striate, obtusely quadrangular. 

 Leaves 2-6 by l|-2i in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, glabrous or nearly 

 so, the lower leaves with long pptioles, attenuated at the base, the upper 

 leaves with short petioles, often rounded at the base ; main nerves 

 8-10 pairs, prominent beneath. Flowers secund, in solitary or twin 

 terminal racemes; pedicels ^-^ in. long; bracts ^ in. loiig, linear, 

 acute, ciliate with long hairs ; bracteoles ^ iu. long, ovate-obloug' 

 acute, ciliate. Calyx § in. long, divided nearly to the base, coarsely 

 hairy; sepals linear, acute, ciliate with long hairs. Corolla Ij-li in. 

 long, violet, somewhat 2-lipped, the 4 upper lobes reflexed, the lower 

 lobe lip-like, of a much darker violet, projecting (not reflexed). Ovary 

 hairy ; style hairy at the base, glabrous above. Capsules 1-1^ in. lont^, 

 clavate, pointed, pubescent, \^•ith solid striate base. Seeds 4- in. long 

 obovoid-oblong, glabrous, tuberculate. Dalz. & Gibs. p. 186^; AFoodr! 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357.— Flowers : Nov. 



DaLell, in Herb. Kew. withont locality. Konkan : Sfoc7,:s]; Basse-'n, Woodnnv ■ 

 Miradonger near Pen, Stocks ! ; Matheran, Cooke !, Woodniw. Deccan :' Khandala' 

 Cooke ! ; Panchgani, Cooke ! ; Mahableshvvar, Covke .', H. M. Birdtcood S m' 

 Country: Belgauiu, Ritchie, 595 !— Di.strib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently 

 endemic. "^ 



3. Asystasia Lawiana, Dah. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) 

 p. 344. Herbaceous, erect, 1-3 ft. high ; stems quadrangular, groo\ed, 

 nodose, thinly haiuy. Leaves 1^-4 by 1-1| in., elliptic-oblong, acutei 

 lineolate above, slightly hairy on the nerves on the upper side, more 

 densely so beneath, base acute, sometimes unequal-sided ; main nerves 

 5-6 pairs with reticulate venation between them ; petioles 1-1^ in. Ion?. 

 Flowers (not secund) in terminal substrobiliforra spikes 1-2 in. loii"^; 

 bracts I by I in., lanceolate, very acute, 3-nerved, reticulately veiiiwl^ 

 hairy and ciliate ; bracteoles similar to the bracts but smaller, i by 4- in! 

 C'-dyx 1-1 in. long, divided almost to the base ; sepals linear-subtifate! 

 glandular-pubescent. Corolla white, |-| in. long, sub-bilabiate ; uppei- 

 lip equally 4-lobecl, the lobes obovate-oblong, rounded, | by -'- in. • 

 lower lip 1 in. long and as broad as long, oblong, rounded. Ovary 

 glandular-puberulous ; style pubescent at the base. Capsules | in. long, 

 glandular-pubescent, clavate, with solid base, the enlarged part con- 



