XCVI. ACAKTIIACE.Ti:. 401 



acute, hardly longer than tlie fertile. It. marajis (sp.), ISees, in DC. 

 Prodr. V. 11, p. 470. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! Kanara : Hohcnhucker \ 



3. Rungia linifolia, Ben, in Wall PL As. liar. v. 3 (1832) p. 110, 

 A small suberect herb 6-12 in. high ; stems very slender with almost 

 hlitorm branches. Leaves |-1 by |-g in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute or 

 subobtuse, lineolate, glabrous or nearly so, base usually tapering ; 

 n)ain nerves 4-6 pairs ; petioles 0-g in. long. Flowers in narrow 

 pedunculate termiual slender cjuadrifarious secund spikes |-1^ in. long ; 

 bracts herbaceous, g by 73^ in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, 

 minutely pubescent ; bracteoles -^ by -^^ in., linear-lanceolate. Calyx 

 j\ in. long, minutely pubescent, divided almost to the base ; segments 

 linear-subulate. Corolla pale-purple (i^iic/ae), 5 in. long, slightly pubes- 

 cent outside ; upper lip ^-^ by jo in., bifid ; lower lip i m. long, obovate, 

 shortly 3-lobed. Filaments glabrous ; lower cells of the anthers not or 

 slightly appendiculate at the base. Capsules not seen. El. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 548 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 358. liostel- 

 lularia gracilis., Wight, Icon. t. 1541. — Flowers : Dec. 



Eare. Konkan : Stocks] Xanara: Stocks \, Law I, DaLcill; Kala, naMi, Fitchic, 

 1221 .', Woodruw. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



4. Rungia repens, Nees, in Wall. PI. As. Par. v. 3 (1832) p. 110. 

 Stems usually decumbent, often rooting near the base, then erect, 

 slender, subterete, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 1-2 by |-| in., 

 subsessile or shortly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, lineolate oa 

 both sides, glabrous or nearly so, base usually tapering, less commonly 

 rounded and unequal-sided ; main nerves about 6 pairs ; petioles rarely 

 reaching -^ in. long. Flowers in erect termiual usually pubescent, 

 imperfectly 1-sided spikes, 1-2^ in. long : bracts (including the scarious 

 margin) ^ by ^ in., broadly elliptic, pubescent (the herbaceous part 

 inside the margin often lanceolate), cuspidate, much imbricate, the 

 margins thinly^scarious, ciliate, often -^\ in. wide ; bracteoles -i- in. long, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, with scarious margins, minutely pubescent. 

 Calyx 1 in. long, puberulous, divided to within -Jy in. of the base ; 

 segments lanceolate-subulate. Corolla white, blue, or pink, with 

 darker spots, pubescent outside, nearly g in. long ; upper lip i in. long, 

 oblong, emarginate ; lower lip ^ in. long, shortly 3-lobed. Lower 

 anther-cells with a white appendage at the base. Capsules i— i in. long, 

 ovoid-oblong, acute, compressed, with scarious faces and hard edges, pubes- 

 cent. Seeds -^-^ in. in diam., suborbicular, rugose with concentric furrows, 

 pale-brown, Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 549 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 196 ; AVight, Icon, 

 t. 405 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 343 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 12 (1899) p. 358 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 593. 

 Jvsticia rejoens, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 15; Grab. Cat. p. 165. — 

 Flowers : Nov. -Jan. Vbkk. Ghdtiiyilpdpra. 



Common throughout the Presidency. Konkan : Stocks ! Deccan : Panchgani, 

 Cooke ! ; Khandala, Cooke ! S. M. Country : Belgaum, Eitchie, 607 ! Kanaka : 

 Woodrow. — Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon. 



5. Rungia elegans, Dalz. cj- Gihs. Bo. Fl. (1S61) p. 196. An 

 erect herb 6-15 in. high ; stems somewhat angular, clothed with soft 

 white hairs. Leaves sessile or very shortly petiolate, 14-2^ by l-lgin., 



