Jcsticia.] ACANTJIACE&. 207 



anthers 2-eolled, ose eel] usually higher up than the other, the lower 

 with a white spur-like appendage at the base (except in J, Adliatoda). 

 Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell, stylo filiform, stigma shortly 

 bifid. Fruit an ovoid or ellipsoid capsule, seed-bearing from tho 

 base or narrowed into a solid stalk and 4-seeded at the apex. Seeds 

 ovoid, more or less compressed, tuberculate scaly or glocbidiate, not 

 hygroscopically hairy. Species about 300, in all warm regions. 



Lower cells of anthers without a basal spur . . 7. J. Adhatoda. 

 Lower cells of anthers distinctly spurred at 

 tho base : — 



Calyx 5-partite. corolla $ iu. long or 

 more. — Uudershrubs : — 



Stems decuniben 1 :, flowers white with 



pink spots 2. J. Betonica, 



var. ramosissima. 

 Stems erect, softly hairy, leaves hairy 

 beneath, flowers salmon-coloured ... J. Betonica, 



var. villosa. 

 Calyx 4-partite, corolla i in. long or 

 less. — Prostrate herbs : — 



Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 sessile or nearly so, bracteoles and 

 sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, glab- 

 rous . . . . . . . 3. J. quinqueangularis. 



Leaves elliptic, oblong or ovate, petioled : — 



Bracteoles and'sepals linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, glabrous .... J. quinqueangularis, 



Bracteoles and sepals lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate -.— 



var. peploides. 



Sepals minutely scabrous near the 



tips otherwise glabrous . . 4. J. diffusa. 



Sepals hairy, the margins scarious 



and densely ciliatc . . . 5. J. simplex. 



1. J. Adhatoda. Limn. Sp. PL 15 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 126. Adhatoda Vasica, 

 Nee8;Royle III. 298 ; F. B. I.iv, 540; Watt F. D.; Comm. Prod. Ind. 

 p. 5; Kanjilal For. II. 201, Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 523 ; CoUett Fl. 

 Siml 317 Prain Beng. PI. 310 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 414— Vem. Arusa, 

 b inta, bmka$, etc. 



A dense evergreen often gregarious shrub, 4-8 ft. high. Stem with yellowish 

 bark, terete, glabrous ; branches many, ascending. Leaves 5-8 in. 

 long, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, tapering to the base, minutely 

 puberulous, dark-green above when young, pale beneath, main lateral 



