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cuspidate. Guzerat and Sagargarh (Z>.). * D. Roxburgliiana, leaves 

 ovate, acute at both ends, umbels 4 or 5 together, of 3 to 5 flowers, 

 bracts obovate with a small point, veined, capsule hairy. This is 

 D.'s description (without hab.), as H. only doubtfully identifies D.'s 



?lant with his. One or other of the vars. is common throughout 

 ndia. 



26. PERISTROPHE. 



P. Ucalyculata. A tall poor-looking rough weed, with 6- 

 sided stems ; leaves ovate, hairy, flowers pink in panicles like 

 candelabra, anthers red, bracts much longer than the flower 

 heads, capsule pointed at both ends with seeds in the upper 

 half. 



Common in waste places. Tropical and sub-tropical India, very 

 common (H.). 



I have seen this with one bract only (besides the outer calyx), 

 which gives the flower a curious appearance, and D. implies that 

 this is usual, of which however H. says nothing. H. has a var. with 

 the flowers in very short heads. 



The following also have 2 stamens: Elytraria, herbs, leaves alter- 

 nate or radical, scape covered with imbricated bracts, calyx 4- 

 divided. * E. crenata, leaves obovate, oblong crenated, scape long 

 and slender, bearing a spike of white flowers, bracts ovate with 

 scarious margins. Broach collectorate (D.}. 



Eranthemum, very like Asystasia but for the 2 stamens, and the 

 ovary often smooth. E. malabaricum (E. crenulatum, D.). Shrubby, 

 leaves broad lanceolate, narrow at both ends, crenate, flowers in 

 long slender spikes white, spotted and tinged with red, bracts and 

 sepals very small, glandular and rough. S. Konkan. Wari jungles 

 (P.). 



Gymnostachyum, herbs or undershrubs, bracts very small, corolla 

 tube slender, capsule irany-seeded. * G. glabrum (Cryptophragmium, 

 g. D.), leaves large ovate, narrow at both ends, running into a 

 winged petiole, flowers fascicled or the panicles white, purple- 

 spotted, bracts linear lanceolate. * G. latifolium (Crypt. 1. D.), 

 leaves very large ovate, very long petioled, panicles comparatively 

 short, flowers solitary or clustered on them, yellow or green, bracts 

 linear. These two in the Konkan and Ghauts, the latter also in 

 Canara (D.). 



Hypcestes, bracts 2 to 4, enclosing one perfect and some obsolete 

 flowers, calyx scarious, corolla tube slender. * H. lanata, under- 

 shrub, leaves lanceolate, slightly rough, petiole sometimes winged, 

 spikes long, running into terminal panicles, covered with white 

 wool, flowers light purple, rather large, bracts very hairy, linear. 

 Konkan and Ghauts (D.). Unknown elsewhere. Superficially re- 

 sembling titrobilanthes perfoliatus, but the corolla and stamens dis- 

 tinguish it (H.). 



Gratophyllum hortense (Justicia picta, D.) is a shrub in gardens 

 throughout India ; leaves ovate lanceolate, much variegated, flowers 

 large crimson or purple, Kdla or Karad adulsd. 



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