xcvi. ac.vxtiiace.t:. 407 



base; segments linear-laiaceolate, acute. Corolla 1 in. long, pubescent 

 outside, 2-lipped more than |-M'ay down ; upper lip f in. lono-, oblong, 

 notched; lower lip 3-lobed ; tube hairy Avithin below the insertion of 

 the filaments. Filaments glabrous except at their insertion which is 

 densely hairy ; lower anthers with a long acute white spur. Ovary 

 pubescent. Capsules 1 in. long, clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded near the 

 top. Seeds i in. in diam., suborbicular, lal>yrinthically rugose, glabrous. 

 El. B. I. V. 4, p. 525 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 2ti4 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357. Ilemichoriste montana, Nees, 

 in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) p. 102; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 194- 

 Wight, Icon. t. 1538.— Flowers : Jau.-Feb. 



BabeU \!\ihout locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan: Law \, Stocks \ ; Ghkts, Dahell 

 rf- Gibson. Decc.vn: Phunda Ghat, Uitchie, 1951! Kanaiia : Deviman Ghat, 

 Kanifkar\; Yacombi, Woodroiv. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Justicia Betonica, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 15, yah. ramo- 

 sissima, G. B. Clarice, in ffooJc. f. Fl. B. Ind. v. 4 (1885) p. 525. A 

 dilfusc4y branched more or less decumbent undershrub, 2-4 ft. ; stem 

 cylindric, striate, with swollen nodes, often tinged \\ith pur])le above 

 the nodes. Leaves 2-4 by f-lf in., ovate, acute or acianinate, light 

 green, glabrous, entire, subcrenulate or slightly toothed, glabrous; main 

 nerves about G pairs ; petioles 0— l- in. long. Flowers in terminal (rarely 

 axillar)') spikes, often at the ends of short lateral branches, the spikes 

 simple or paniculately branched, 1-5 in. long ; bracts reacliing 4 by | in., 

 ovate, acute, mueronate, menjbranous, white with green veins, glabrous ; 

 brncteoles more than g in. long by ^ in. wide, lanceolate, acute, unequal- 

 sided, somewhat falcately curved, thinly membranous, white with green 

 veins, faintly ciliolate, otherwise glabrous. Calyx -i- in. long, pubescent, 

 5-partite to within jL in. from the base ; segments linear-lanceolate, 

 very acute. Corolla | in. long, pubescent outside, dull-white or pale- 

 pink, 2-lipped about g-way down ; upper lip erect, emarginate ; lower 

 lip deflexed, 3-lobed, the lobes deep, oblong, rounded, subequal. Stamens 

 conniving under the upper lip ; filaments hairy at their insertion, other- 

 wise glabrous ; lower anther-cells with a long acuta spur. Style 

 pubescent. Capsules | by \ in., softly pubescent, broadly clavate, with 

 a short solid stalk, 4-seeded in the upper half, protuberant above the 

 seeds. Seeds ^ in. in diam., suborbicular, with a blunt ridge in the 

 middle of one face, densely tuberculately rugose when wetted, the 

 tidjercles often 3-4-angular. Talb. Trees, i3omb. ed. 2, p. 265 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357. Justicia ramosissima, Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. V. 1, p. 129 ; Grab. Cat. p. 165. Adhatoda ramosissima, ^ees, 

 in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) p. 103 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 193. -Flowers : 

 Oct.-Dec. 



Konkan: Mntheran, Cooke I, //. M. Birdivood; Glials, Bahdl Sf Gihmn. Deccan : 

 bills east of Mabablesbwar, GraJwm; bills below Maliableshwar, CooJcel; Khandala, 

 CooJce !, Woodrow ! ; Sangamesbwar, Woodrow ; north of Poena, Wnodrow ! S. m! 

 Country: Gokak, CooJce\ — Distrib. Throughout India. 



3. Justicia heterocarpa, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 7 

 (1864) p. 41. A slender annual herb 6-12 in. high ; stems minutely 

 grey-pubescent. Leaves |-]| by ^-'^ in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, thin, minutely lincolate, glabrous or more or less pubescent, base 



