210 AC ART H AC EM. [Justice. 



5. J. simplex, D. Don. Prod. 118 ; F. B. 1. iv, 539; Collett Fl. Siml. 

 375; Prain Beng. PL 818 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 411. 



A slender erect or prostrate herb. Stems 6-20 in. ; branches 4-ansrular, 

 more or less hairy. Leaves petioled, 1-2 in. long, ovate or elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, glabrous or hairy, strongly lineolate. Flowers in dense 

 axillary and terminal spikes 1-4 in. long ; bracts about as long as the 

 calyx, elliptic, subacute, hairy ; margins scarious, ciliate with jointed 

 hairs ; bracteoles similar, but narrower. Calyx ^-£ in. long, deeply 

 partite ; segments unequal in length, linear, subacute ; margins 

 ^carious, densely ciliate. Corolla pale-purple, £-§ in., hairy outside, 

 tube equalling the limb. Filaments hairy at their insertion. Ovary at 

 the apex and base of style hairy. Capsule £-5 in. long, oblong, obtuse, 

 hairy at the tc p. Seeds rugose. 



Common within the area of this flora. Flowers during the cold season. 

 Distrib. W. Himalaya from Kashmir to Knmaon up to 7,000 ft. 

 also from the Punjab plain, Sind and Bengal to Central and W. India, 

 extending to Abyssinia, the Malay Archipelago and the Loochoo Inlands. 



J. gendaeussa, Burm. ; Uoxb. Fl. Ind. i, 128 ; F. B. I.iv, 532; Watt 

 E.D.; Prain Beng. PI. 818; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 412. — Vera. Jagat 

 madan.—A small erect evergreen shrub, tinged with purple and 

 strongly scented. Leaves lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers in interrupted 

 spikes. Corolla white or pink with purple spots. Common in gardens 

 within the area and in other parts of India and in Ceylon. It is often 

 met with as an escape. Probably introduced from China. 



23. pERISTROPHE, Nees ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 554. 



Erect spreading herbs. Leaves entire. Flowers purple or rose- 

 coloured, in axillary or terminal clusters, often panic-led by the 

 reduction of the floral leaves ; bracts 1-4 together, linear or ovate, 

 usually longer than the calyx. Calyx 5-partite ; segments equal, 

 linear-lanceolate. Corolla 2-lipped, tube slender, upper lip subentire, 

 lower shortly 3-lobed. Stamens 2, filaments pubescent below ; anthers 

 2-celled ; cells linear, rarely ovoid, muticous, one higher up than the 

 other. Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell, style filiform, stigma shoitly 

 bifid. Fruit an ellipsoid stipitate capsule, usually 4-seeded, pubescent ; 

 placentas not separating elastically. Seeds ovoid, compressed, 

 minutely glandular-papillose.— Species about 20, in the warmer 

 regions of the world. 



P. bicalyculata, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. Hi, 113 ; F. B. I. iv, 554 ; 

 Watt E. D. ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 415 ; Justicia bicalyculata, Vahl ; Roxb. 

 FL Ind. i, 126. 

 An unattractive-looking herb, 3-4 ft. high. Branches 6-angled, hairy, 



the angles more or less scabrous. Leaves 2-3 in, long, ovate, acuminate, 



strongly lineolate, sparsely hairy above, densely so on the nerves and 



