198 ACANTEACEJE. [ Haplahtbus. 



connective bearded on the back. Ovary 6- 16 -ovulate, style acute 

 or obliquely truncate at tbe apex. Fruit a linear-oblong capsule, 

 compressed at right angles to the septum. Seeds from the base of 

 the capsule, oblong-ellipsoid, hardly compressed, appearing densely 

 hairy when moistened. — Species 3, confined to India. 



Bracteoles longer than calyx, cladodes more than 



1 in. long, capsule glabrous . . . . 1. H. verticillaris. 

 Bracteoles shorter than calyx, cladodes 'less 



than 1 in. long, capsule hairy . . . . 2. H. tentaculatus. 



1. H. verticillaris, Nees' in DC. Prod, xi 513 ; F. B. I. iv, 506; 

 Cooke FL Bomb, ii, S75. Justicia verticillata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 135. 



A herb, lf-2£ ft. high. Stem glabrous at the base, more or less pubescent 

 upwards. Leaves 2^-4 in. long, ovate, acuminate acur.e or subobtuse, 

 hairy on the upper surface and on the nerves beneath, abruptly cuneate 

 at the base ; main nerves 8-10 pairs, prominent beneath, petioles 1-2 in. 

 long. Cladodes (axillary spines) 1-1§ in. long, stout, 4-angled, enlarging 

 in fruit, usually with 2 sharp spines at the apex, more or less glandular- 

 pubescent and wifh spreading bristles towards the base. Flowers sessile 

 amongst the verticils of cladodes ; bracteoles longer than the calyx, 

 subulate, finely pointed. Calyx £ in. long, Eeguients lanceolate, 

 pointed, gland.-pubescent. Corolla -| in. long, minutely hairy outside, 

 limb lilac with darker lines. Capsule aboat | in. long, narrowly oblong 

 acute, glabrous. Seeds Vo'a i n » long. 



Bundelkhand (Duthie), Ajmer (Lowrie). Flowers Dec. and Jan. 

 Distrib. From \it. Abu in Rajputana and southwards to W. and S. 

 India, also in Assam (Griffith). 



2. H. tentaculatus, Nees in DC. Prod, xi, 513 ; F. B. I, iv, 507 ; 

 Cooke Fl. "Bomb, ii 376. 



A slender gland.-pubescent herb. Stems 4-angular above. Leaves 2-4 in. 

 long, ovate, acuminate, decurrent into the petioles ; main nerves 8-10 

 pairs, petioles often obscure. Cladodes slender, 5 f in. long, densely 

 clothed with short hairs intermixed with longer ones, the apex 

 furnished with 2 or 3 flattened villous teeth (reduced leaves). Flowers 

 sessile amongst the cladodes ; bracteoles subulate, shorter than the 

 calyx. Calyx £ in. long ; segments linear-subulate, hairy. Corolla 

 about i in. long, blue lilace or white. Capsule i in. long, oblong, 

 pointed, hairy. Seeds smaller than those of H. verticillaris. 



Found by Edgeworth in C India at Mandu in the Dhar State, and just 

 within the southern boundary of this flora. Pistrib. Gujarat, Deccan. 

 and Konkan. . 



17. PHLOGACANTHUS, Necs ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 510. 



Shrubs or tall herbs. Leaves en<iie or obscurely crenate. Flowers 

 in terminal thyrses or narrow panicles, rarely in axillary racemes or 

 cymes ; bracts small, bracteoles none. Calyx 5-partite, segments veiy 



