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distant lower axils) ; bracts ^ in. in diaui., orbicular, ciliate with glan- 

 dular liaird, more or less pubescent, shortly stalked ; bracteoles very 

 small, -j^g in. long, lanceolate, acute, pubescent. Calyx ^ in long, 

 pubescent, divided to within ab(Jut -^q in. of the base; segments lanceo- 

 late, acute, ciliate. Corolla ^ in. long; tube ^ in. long, narrowly 

 infundibuliform ; upper lip 4- in. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, notched, 

 strongly nerved, spotdid with purple; lower lip nearly | in. long by 

 •^ in. wide, broadly obovate, truncate at the apex and divided into '4 

 short subimbricale rounded lobes hardly -g^^ in. deep; palate with 2 

 transversely plicate ridges. Fdaments hairy at their insertion on the 

 corolla-tube, otherwise glabrous. Ovary pubescent at the very tip; 

 style pubescent below. Capsules 3 by -^ in., oblong, pointed, swollen 

 above the seeds, glabrous except at the tip, which is faintly pubescent, 

 4-seeded; stalk ^^5- in. long. Seeds ^^jyin. in diara., densely clothed with 

 somewhat triangular acute tubercles. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 529 ; Y/ojdr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 357. — Flowers: Aug.-Oct. 



Rare. Konkan : Stocks'. 8. M. Countky: Barlami, Cooke'., Woodrowl, Bhiva] — 

 DisTUiB. India (W. Peninsula}. 



('). Justicia wynaadensis, Ileyne, in Wall Cat. (1828) 2474. 

 Suffruticose ; stems elongate with distant nodes, slender, terete, striate, 

 glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 2|-4| by 1-1| in., elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, densely lineolate, glabrous or pubescent on the 

 nerves b';neath, bas(i acute, rarely rounded ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, 

 slender, prominent beneath ; petioles |'| in. long. Flowers solif-ary, 

 opy)Osile, along a glandular-hairy rhachis, in elongate drooping interrupted 

 axillary and terminal spikes 2-4 in. long; bracts ^-^ in. long by jL^ in. 

 wide, ovat(% acute, and, as well as the bracteoles and calyx, glandular- 

 pubescent ; bracteoles a little below the calyx ^ in. long, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute. Calyx i in long, divided to within about v',/ in. of the base ; 

 segments linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla pubescent outside, rose- 

 colored, rather more than § in. long ; upper lip I in. long, oblong, obtuse, 

 concave, slightly notched, nerved ; lower lip very slightly longer, with 

 3 obtuse lobes about yL in. deep, the middle lobe the broadest ; palate 

 with transverse dark bands spreading on each side of the midnerve. 

 Filaments hairy b(;low, ghibrous above. Ovary hairy ; lower half of 

 Btyh; pubescent. Capsules |- by ^ in., densely hairy, gradually narrowed 

 into a stalk | in. long, acutely mucronate, 4-seeded. Seeds y^^r i"- i" 

 diam.; rugose with small obtuse tubercles. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 533 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 2(35 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 357. Adhatoda ivijnaadensis, Nees, in DC. Prodr. v. 11, p. 406 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 194.— Flowers : Nov.-Dec. 



Balzell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Koskan: Dalsell ^- Gibson; Mannagau, 

 Woodrow ! Dbccan : hills about Pur, below Maliableshwar, Dalzelll S. M. Cou.vtkv : 

 Belgaum, i?toAfe, ^^. Kanaka: N. Kanara Ghats in evergreen forests, Talbot. — 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



7. Justicia micrantha, Heyne, ex Wall. Cat. (1828) 2449. A low 

 much-branched herb 4-10 in. high ; stems and branches slender, 

 grooved, glabrous or pubescent, the younger branches sometimes 

 retrorsely hairy. Leaves f-l^ by ^-| in., ovate or elliptic, subobtuse, 

 densely lineolate, sparsely hairy above, more densely so on the nerves 



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