JUSTICIA GENDARUSSA 187 



Botanical Description. — A plant 2-3° high, stem creep- 

 ing, the ends rising ; enlarged at the joints, glabrous. Leaves 

 smooth, opposite, lanceolate, finely serrate, fringed, somewhat 

 downy below, glabrous above. Petioles short, 4 axillary spines. 

 Flowers straw-color, axillary, sessile, solitary. Calyx deeply 

 cleft in 4 parts, ovate, ending in spines. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 tube short, throat nude, limb 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 Ovary 2-celled. Style same length as stamens. Seed-vessel 

 ovate, flattened and sharp-pointed, 2-celled, each cell with a flat, 

 heart-shaped seed. 



Habitat. — In Guadalupe, Mandaloyon and San Juan del 

 Monte. Blooms in April. 



Justicia Gendarussa, L. (Gandarussa vulgaris, Nees.; Dian- 

 thera subserrata, Blanco.) 



Nom. Vulg. — Kapanitulot, Tag.; Bunlaw, Vis. 



Uses. — In the Philippines this plant has the same applica- 

 tions as the Lagundl or Vitex, soon to be described. In India 

 they give a decoction of the leaves for chronic rheumatism, 

 the action probably being diaphoretic. The juice is employed 

 for the coughs of childhood and externally as a resolvent 

 for enlarged cervical glands. The bark of the young branches 

 has a purplish color ; in Java it is considered a good 

 emetic. 



Botanical Description. — A shrub 5-6 ° high, stem straight, 

 branches smooth, obscurely 4-angled. Stems and leaves violet 

 color, emitting a disagreeable odor (Blanco). Leaves opposite, 

 lanceolate, acute, glabrous, obtusely serrate. Flowers terminal, 

 white-green, in racemes of 3 sessile flowers with lanceolate 

 bracts. Calyx, 5 long teeth. Corolla, short tube, 2-lipped, 

 upper lip notched, lower lip broad with palate, ending in 3 

 lobules. Seed vessel with 4 seeds in its lower part. 



Habitat. — Luzon, Mindanao, Panay. 



