264 acanthace,e. [Justicia. 



Erect shrubs, glabrous or slightly pubescent. 

 Bracts broad aud herbaceous. 



Leaves acuminate. Spikes in the upper axils. Corolla above ] iu. 



long 1 . /, Adhaioda. 



Leaves obtuse or nearly so. Spikes terminal, solitary. Corolla 



7 or 8 lines long 2. J. ventricosa. 



Bracts small, narrow 3. J. Gendarussa. 



Prostrate or diffuse pubescent herb 4. /. Championi. 



1. J. Adhatoda, Linn. ; Pot. Mag. £.861. A large shrub or small tree; 

 the young parts slightly hoary or pubescent, otherwise usually glabrous. 

 Leaves stalked, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 5 or 6 in. long.- Bracts 

 herbaceous, broadly ovate, \ to f in. long ; bracteoles smaller, oblong. Sepals 

 still narrower, 3 to 4 lines long. Corolla white, with coloured pinnate streaks 

 in the centre of the lower lip, above 1 in. long. Anther-cells less unequal 

 than in most species, and the lower one only slightly mucronate. Capsule 

 almost woody, above 1 in. long ; the flattened base longer than the seed- 

 bearing portion. — Adhatoda. Vasica, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 387. 



In ravines near Tytam, Eyre ; also Wright. Common in most parts of India, but fre- 

 quently cultivated also, and thus introduced into other tropical countries. 



2. J. ventricosa, Wall. PI. As. Par. i. 80, t. 93 ; Pot. Mag. t. 2766. 

 A large evergreen shrub, glabrous except a slight pubescence on the spike. 

 Leaves oval-elliptical, rather obtuse, 3 to 5 in. long, narrowed into a short 

 stalk, entire and rather thick. Spikes terminal, nearly sessile, 3 to 5 in. long. 

 Bracts herbaceous, broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, 5 to 6 lines long, each en- 

 closing 3 or 4 flowers. Calyx scarcely 2 lines long. Corolla 7 or 8 lines, 

 white spotted with red. Upper anther-cell almost hood-shaped ; lower one 

 spurred. — Adhatoda ventricosa, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 407. 



Hongkong, Wright. In S. -China, Chittagong, and Martaban. 



3. J. Gendarussa, Linn.; Pot. Reg. t. 635. A glabrous shrub, erect, 

 with long straggling branches. Leaves lanceolate, stalked, entire, 3 to 5 in. 

 long. Spikes interrupted, terminal or axillary, forming a terminal, erect, 

 leafy panicle. Bracts small, narrow, and deciduous. Flowers in sessile 

 clusters. Calyx small ; the segments subulate. Corolla pink, about f in. 

 long, with a sl'ender tube. Lower cell of the anthers with a short conical 

 spur. — Gendarussa vulgaris, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 410 ; Wight, Ic. t. 468. 



Hongkong, Wright. In the hilly districts of India, from Ceylon and the Peninsula to 

 Silhet aud Assam, the Malayan Peninsula, the Archipelago, and Philippines, and frequently 

 cultivated in other localities. 



4. J. Championi, T. Anders. MSS. A diffuse or prostrate pubescent or 

 nearly glabrous herb of % to 1^ ft. Leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, shortly 

 stalked ; the larger ones about 1^ in. long, but mostly under 1 in. Flowers 

 small, clustered in the upper axils, with small petiolate obovate or orbicular 

 leafy bracts. Sepals \\ to 2 lines. Corolla about 4 lines long, with a short 

 tube. Lower cell of the anthers with a long spur. Capsule 3 lines long •> 

 the flattened base very short. — Adhatoda chinensis, Champ, in Kew Journ. 

 Bot. V. 134. 



Common in ravines of Mount Victoria, Champion; in a ravine of Mount Gough, Wifford ; 

 also Haiice aud Wright. Nol known out of the island. This and a few allied species nearly 

 coitnect lioAtcllaria with Justicia. 



