Anprch.rapjiis ] ACANTHACEJ.. 197 



An erect animal, 1-3 ft. high, branches sharply 4-angled or almost winged. 

 Loavo$ 8-8 in. long, lanceolate, scute, capering to the base, paler, 

 beneath, main lateral nerves Ml pairs, potioles none or up to j in. 

 long. F/r-i'vvx small, solitary, arranged in lax spreading axillary and 

 tormina] racemes or panicles, tho whole forming a large paniculate 

 infloreaoenoe ; pedicels distinct, glaud.-puheseont ; bracts y 1 ,, in. long, 

 lanceolate, bracteules smaller rr none. Calyx 1 in. long : segments 

 equal, lmear-lunceolate, gland.-pubescont. Corolla pink, ] in. long, 

 hairy outside, tube £ in. Long) dilated bel<>w the limb. Filaments hairy 

 upwards, anthers bearded at the base. Capsule f in. long, tapering at 

 each end. Soodi several, Bubqnadrate, rugose, glabrous. 



In the districts of Shahjehanpur (Duthie) and Agra (Munro), also at 

 Lucknuw and in Bundelkhand (Edgeworth), often cultivate. 1 in 

 gardens. Flowers Oct. to Deo. Distrib. Throughout the W. 

 renin BoJa and in Ceylon. This plant is much valued by the natives of 

 India as a febrifuge. The juice of the leaves forms the chief ingredient 

 of a much used native medicine known as alui. 



2. A. echioides, Nees in Wall, PI. As. Ear. Hi. 117 j Royle 111.298 ; 

 F. B. I. iv, 505; Prain Bona. PI. 809; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 374, 



Justicia echioides, Linn. ; Roxb, Fl. Ind. i, 118. 



An erect annual, 6-18 in. high. Stem 4-angled, grooved, clothed with 

 spreading hairs, sometimes branched. Leaves 1-3 in. Jong, sessile, 

 oblong or Bubeiliptic, obtuse, sparsely hairy, base cuneate, margins 

 cili*to, main latiral nerves 4-6 pairs. Flowers unilateral, in axillary 

 spreading or recurved racemes shorter than the leaves, rhachis gland. - 

 hairy ; bracts T V i n - hong, lanceolate, bracteoles much smaller. Calyx 

 i-J in. ; segments narrowly linear, acute, "ciliate. elongating in fruit. 

 Corolla about i in. long, densely hairy outside, pink or white, the lower 

 lip spotted with purple. Filaments slightly hairy, anthers bearded. 

 Capsule §-J in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, hairy. Seeds -j 5 in. long, 

 rugose, glabrous. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik Range, but chiefly in the western and southern 

 portions of the area. Flowers Aug.-Dec. Distrib. Throughout the 

 drier parts of Tr« p. India from tho Punjab Plain and Chota Nagpur to 

 S. India and Ceylon.' 



16. HAPLANTHUS, Nees ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 506. 



Erect herbs. Leaves entire. Floicers axillary, in false whorls, 

 surrounded by numerous spine-like barren branches (clad odes) which 

 latter are terminated by 2 or 3 minute acicolar teeth (reduced leaves) ; 

 bracts and bracteolefl small. Calyx 5-partite ;* segments linear- 

 lanceolate, snbeqnal. Corolla small, tubular ; limb 2-lipped, upper 

 lip 2-fid., lower obtusely 3-lobed. Stamens 2, shorter than the 

 corolla, inserted below the throat, filaments flattened ; anthers 2-eelled, 

 comment and subcohereut ; cells ovate, more or less unequal, muticous 



