Phlogacantkus.\ ACANTHACEJE. 281 



shrub in similar places and A. carduaceus, Griff., a climber of Bhutan. Barleria 

 and Asystasia both contain handsome-flowered shrubs. Justicia Gendarussa, Linn. ; 

 Kurz 'ii. 247; Gamble 60; Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 12&. Vern. Jagat-madan, Beng. ; 

 Jatrasigi, Mechi ; Bawanek, Burm., is a shrub of the beds of streams in Bengal 

 and Burma. 



1. PHLOGACANTHUS, Nees. 



Contains 11 species. P. insignis, Kurz ii. 246, is an evergreen shrub of the 

 Pegu Yoinas. P. pubinervis, T. And. ; Gamble 60, is a shrub of the Sikkim Hills. 

 The remaining species are found, 5 in the North-East Himalaya and Khasia Hills, 

 2 in Burma and 1 in Coorg. 



1. P. thyrsiflorus, Nees; Kurz ii. 246; Gamble 60. Vern. Sua, 

 shrchin, Nep. ; Sumcker, Lepcna ; Bashkak, Mechi. 



A large evergreen shrub. Bark grey. Wood white, moderately hard, 

 close-grained. Pores small, scanty, often in short radial lines. Medullary 

 rays numerous, moderately broad and fine. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from Kumaun to Assam, Khasia Hills and Burma, 

 Weight, 37 Ibs. per cubic foot. Often cultivated, as it is a very handsome shrub 

 with long spikes of flame-coloured flowers. 



Ibs. 

 E 2410. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai 37 



2. ADHATODA, Nees. 



1. A. Vasica, Nees; Gamble 60. Justicia Adkatoda, Linn.; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 126; Kurz ii. 248. Vern. Bakas, vasuka, Beug. ; Bhekkar, 

 Jhelum ; Basuti, Beas ; Bekkar, Salt Range; Tor a bujja, Trans -Ind us ; 

 Bas/iang arus, Kumaun ; Kath, alesi, Nep. 



A small shrub with white, moderately hard wood. Pores very 

 small, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays fine and very fine, numer- 

 ous. 



Common in the Sub- Himalayan tract from Nepal westwards, up to 4,000 feet, 

 elsewhere cultivated ; sometimes gregarious. 



The wood is used for gunpowder charcoal and for brick-burning. The leaves are 

 used as a cattle medicine, and the flowers for ophthalmia. The shrub is not eaten 

 down, even by goats. 



H 2943. Sutlej Valley, Simla, 3,000 feet 



ORDER LXXX. VERBENACEJE. 



A large and important Order containing 15 genera belonging to 5 Tribes : viz., 



Tribe I. Verbeneae containing . . . Lantana. 



,, II. ViticeaB ... Callicarpa, Tcctona, Prent- 



na, Gmelina, J'ifex, 

 Clerodendrona.nd. Holms- 

 kioldia. 



III. Caryopterideae ... Caryopteris, Glossocarya 



and Hymenopyramis. 



55 IV. Symphoremeae ... Symphorema, Sphenodesma 



and Congea. 



i, V. Avicennieaj ... Avicennia. 



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