24. JusTiciA.] 104. ACANTHACE.E. 



Var. (B, ramosisisraa, Clarke. 

 Stems diffuse decumbent^ bracts rather narrower. 

 Palamau, Gamble ! Puri ! 



2. J. glauca, Bottler. Syn. J. orixensis, Roxh. 



An erect or somewhat diffuse herb 1-2 ft. high Avith tough pvirple 

 stems and pubescent branches Avith much swollen bases. Leaves 

 ovate or elliptic 1-3", pubescent orpuberulous on the nerves beneath. 

 Spikes \Tith pubescent rhachis 2-4" long, well characterised by the 

 foliaceous "25" long bracts which are rounded-obovate but suddenly 

 contracted into a semi-petiolar base, somewhat lax and patent, not 

 imbricate except in the young spikes. Capsule 25" clavate. 



Puri, Haripur forest ! Fl., Fr. Nov.-Dec. 



Cauliiie leaves iisually acute both ends, those ou the branches often smaller and 

 rounded, lineolate above; sec. n. 4-5. Petiole in larger leaves "S-"!". Bracts 

 ciliate when young. Calyx "IS" with linear acuminate sepals '15" long. Cor, '3", 

 tubular portion included 'in the calyx, upper lip oblong, slightlj^ notched, white, 

 purple spotted, lower broad with 3 obtuse lobes, palate spotted purple and trans- 

 versely plicate or rugose. Filaments flattened. Seeds 4 brown-black, closely 

 covered with large very pointed tubercles. Retinacula verj' long. 



3. J. gendarussa, L. f. Syn. Gendarussa vulgaris, JVees ; Jagat- 



madan, Beng. 

 An undershrub 2-4 ft. high, the subterete branches with sometimes 

 raised lines or a line of pubescence. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lan- 

 ceolate 3-5" long, glabrous except when very young. Flowers white, 

 spotted purple within, in interrupted spikes 2-5" long from the upper- 

 most leaf axils and often forming a terminal panicle. Bracts linear 

 about "12" only. Calyx •15-"2" with nearly glabroiis linear segments. 

 Corolla -5". Capsule -5", clavate, glabrous. 



Prain says "in all the provinces," but it is nowhere wild in our area, the nearest 

 district where it is undoubtedly wild being at the foot of the Himalayas in 

 Jalpaiguri in stony forests under shade ! It is, however, very frequently cultivated 

 as an edging to walks and flower-beds and kept pruned. Fl. April-May. My 

 specimens show no fruit, and according to Clarke the seed is very rare in 

 cultivation. 



Lines of pubescence on the branches alternating in position between the nodes. 

 L. entire or undulate. Spikes with puberulous rhachis. Flowers mostly in clusters 

 on the rhachis. Lower anther-cell orbicular, spurred. 



4. J. quinqueangularis, Koen. 



Erect, or ascending from a geniculate base, Avith 5-sided stems 

 12-20", internodes long nearly glabrous. Leaves in distant pairs 

 linear or linear-lanceolate subacute or subobtuse •5-2'5" long, 

 minutely lineolate above. Flowers 32" long, white with a few pink 

 markings, in terminal, rather lax (internodes visible) spikes 1-4" 

 long with linear glabrous scarious-margined bracts and bracteoles 

 about "17" long. Calyx •15-'2" long in flower, sepals linear-oblong 

 with green centre only, obtuse. Capsule •25-3", stout. 



Santal Par. (Raimahal), JT'all.l Singbhum ! Ranchi, common! Manbhum, 

 Cnmp. ! Burdwan, Clarke ! Fl., Fr. Sept. -Nov. 



Leaves sometimes -3" broad. Spikes often long-peduncled. Fruiting sepals 

 sometimes "Zo-'i' long. Lower lip of corolla 'l?" broad. Seeds slightly con- 

 centrically tubercular-rugose, Clarke. 



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