13. Jubticia.] 79. ACANTEACBM. [15. Dicliptera. 



Singbhum forests common. Rocky ravines in Hazaribagh and 

 Palamau. Jaspvunagar, Wood. Probably in all districts. Fls. Fr, Nov.- 

 Jany. 



Stems swollen above the nodes, terete striate (sub-tomentose in Var. 

 villosa). 1. pubescent both sides or glabrous, larger 4£" by If", margin 

 sometimes faintly toothed, sec. n. 6-^ prs. fine raised. Petiole %-%'. Spikes 

 2-6''. Bract? \-'i'' and bracteoles similar, sepals J'' subulate. Capsule, 

 \' clavate pubescent. Seeds with a corrugated testa. 



Used in diarrhoea. 



2. J Gendarussa, L. f. Jagat madan, Beng., is an erect undershrub 

 2-4 ft. sometimes cultivated and occurring as an escape. It has narrow 

 leaves, interrupted spikes 2-5'' long and linear bracts. 



Four other species of Justicia occur, they are only herbs. 



Rungia parvifiora. Nees. Var. pectinata. Bir lopong arak', 8. 

 is a herb 6''-2^ ft., the stems with dense recurved pubescence at the 4 

 angles, narrow leaves, and very small blue flowers in 1-sided spikes 

 $•$" long with white-margined bracts. Very common esp. in roc^y 

 ravines. 



Fls- Nov.-Jany. 



The root is given in fever. 



15. Dicliptera, Juss. 



Herbs or nndershrubs. L. ovate, one of each pair some- 

 times deciduous. Inflorescence fascicled. Fls. 3-5 of which 

 1 or 2 only are perfect in a contracted cyme, each cyme in a 

 pair of unequal posterior and anterior bracts of which the 

 posterior are larger, Cymes often in one or more transverse 

 series, each series within a pair of lateral bracts, and the whole 

 in the axil of a floral leaf. Each flower of a cyme has also 

 its own bract, with or without bracteoles, and 5 linear sepals, 

 or sepals lanceolate in perfect flowers. Corolla rose, purple 

 spotted within with a narrow npper lip and a sub-equal 

 recurved 3 toothed lower lip. Anth.-cells superposed. 



The Cor .-tube is often twisted so that the anterior lip becomes superior. 



1. D. Roxbnrghiana, Nees. Var. 



A tufted nndershrub about 2 ft. with 4-angled striate 

 stems and swollen nodes, pubescent, especially on two sides. 

 Eocky jungles, Singbhum. Pitorea (Eanchi Distriot, Wood. Type ?) 

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