-}12 XCA'I. ACANTIIACE^. 



others, linear, subacute, narrower than the bracteoles, the margins 

 scarious and densely ciliate. Corolla pubescent outside, i-^ in. long; 

 tube about equalling tbe limb ; u]iper lip ovate and concave in the 

 lower, subquadrate in the apical part, subtruncate or rounded, 2-fid ; 

 lower lip suborbicular, with 3 veiy short rounded lobes. Filaments 

 glabrous except at their insertion. Ovary pubescent at the tip ; lower 

 part of style pubescent. Capsules ^-| by -^ in., oblong, obtuse, 

 scarcely mucronate, pubescent at the apex, often slightly constricted 

 between tbe seeds; solid stalk ^ in. long. Seeds J=- in. in diam., 

 concentrically rugose. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 539 ; 'W'oodr. in Journ. Eomb. 

 IVat. V. 12 (1899) p. 358.— Flowers : Nov. -Dec. 



Bahell without locality in Herb. Kew. Konkan : Stocks \ S. M. Country: 

 Belgaum, Bitchic, 604 ! Kanaka : Yellur, Eitchie, ^^ ! Gujarat : Dnlzdl ! ; Palan- 

 piir, Woodrowl; Rajkote (Katliiawar), JVoodrowl Sind : Dalzell], Stocks \, Cool-e\ — 

 DisTRiB. India (Kashmir, Central India, Bengal, W. Peninsula); Abyssinia, Malay 

 Islands. 



Var. serpyllifolia , Benth. ex C. B. Clarke, in. Hook. f. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4 (1885) p. 539. Very small ; leaves ^ in. in diam., elliptic or 

 suborbicular, obtuse or subacute ; spikes 1 by ^ in. ; bracts jV—iV ^"• 

 long, elliptic or broadly lanceolate, fulvous-hirsute. Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 358.— Flowers : Nov.-Dec. 



S. M. Country: Badami, Woodrow. Kanara : Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. 

 Peninsula). 



11. Justicia procumbens, Linn. Si:). PI. (1753) p. 15. Stems 

 diffuse, slender, with many divaricate branches, rooting at the lower 

 nodes, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves |-1| by 5-I in., variable, eUiptic 

 or ovate, or lanceolate, usually obtuse at both ends, softly pubescent on 

 both sides ; petioles g-| in. long. Flowers in rather dense cyliudric 

 terminal spikes g-l^ in. long; bracts \ by yg in., linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, hairy, with scarious ciliate margins ; bracteoles similar to the 

 bracts. Calyx ^ in. long, divided almost to the base ; segments linear- 

 subulate, narrower than the bracteoles, with scarious ciliate margins. 

 Corolla pale violet-pink, | in, long; tube about equalling the limb, 

 funnel-shaped ; upper lip broadly ovate and concave in the lower, 

 narrowly subquadrate in tbe apical part, notched ; lower lip very 

 fshortly 3-lobecl. Filaments glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Capsules ^ by 

 Jjr in., oblong, shortly pointed, often constricted between the seeds, 

 pubescent at the tip ; solid stalk ^ in. long. Seeds ^ in. long, finely 

 tuberculate. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 639 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 337'; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1S99) p. 358 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 557. liostellaria procumbens, Nees, in AVall. PI. As. Ear. 

 V. 3 (1832) p. 101 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 193 (by error JiosteUularia).— 

 Flowers : Oct. -Mar. Veen. Karambal ; Kalmaslii. 



Konkan: Stocksl Deccan : Woodrow'.; Punchgani, BaoJil—DisTiUB. India (W. 

 Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Malaya, Australia. 



Justicia Gendarussa, Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) p. 10. A strong-scented 

 plant of a purple hue, very common in gardens as an edging in shady 

 positions, it is probably a native of Chinn, but often met \\\i\\ in 



