Asystasia.] cix. ACANTHACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 495 



lanceolate sparingly pubescent, lower pedicels often longer than the calyx, 

 corolla 1-H in. purple-violet (or in cultivation white). 



TRAVANCORE, S. TINNEVELLY and ANAMALLAYS, alt. 3000 ft. ; Beddome. 



A large shrub, 6-8 ft. high ; branches pubescent upwards. Leaves 4-5 by -l| in., 

 base cuneate or rhomboid ; nerves 7-9 pair, very oblique ; petiole ^-| in. Racemes 

 3-8 in., pubescent ; lower pedicels sometimes | in. Capsule 1 in., nearly as of A. 

 coromandeliana. Closely allied to A- coromandeliana, though the elongate oblique- 

 nerved leaves give it a very different aspect. 



7. A. macrocarpa, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 89, and in DC. 



Prodr. xi. 163 ; pubescent, leaves oblong or elliptic narrowed at both ends, 

 racemes dense or elongate very pubescent, corolla 1^ in. dull pink, cylindric 

 base of its tube much shorter than the veutricose part. T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 525. Euellia macrocarpa, Wall. Cat. 2348. Acanthacea, 

 Griff. Itin. Notes, 106, n. 92, and Ic. PI. As. t. 438. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kumaon to Bhotau ; in the Terai, alt. 1000 ft., 

 and in the hotter valleys ascending to 4000 ft. 



A diffuse, rambling undershrub, 1-4 ft. Leaves 4J by If in. ; nerves 8 pair ; 

 petiole ^ in. Racemes usually condensed, 1-sided ; sometimes 3-4 in., erect, lax, 

 with opposite flowers; lower pedicels 0- in.; bracts in. Sepals % in., linear- 

 lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla pubescent. Stamens 4, perfect ; anther-cells dis- 

 tinctly spurred at the base. Capsule 1 in., pubescent ; cylindric base f in. Seeds 

 \ in. diam., much compressed, tubercular, rugose, glabrous. 



8. A. lanceolata, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 524 ; leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate glabrous, bracts lanceolate acute villous as long as the 

 calyx, corolla 1 in. funnel-shaped constricted base of the tube short. 



BURMA ; Baragyn, Brandis (T. Anderson}. 



An erect, glabrous herb ; stem terete, sparingly branched, internodes long. Leaves 

 4-6 by \\ in., undulate; petiole short. Spikes terminal, erect; bracts opposite, 

 in., subherbaceous, lax, decussate, somewhat remote ; flowers sessile, 1 or 2 in the 

 axil of each bract. Sepals linear, equal, villous, membranous. Corolla villous with- 

 out ; lobes 5, unequal, small, erect. Anther-cells 2, bases mucronate. Not seen. 



VAR. ? Beddomei j leaves linear-lanceolate hairy on both surfaces, corolla 1| in. 

 and upwards before expansion. Tenasserim, Mooleyit, Beddome. Leaves 8 by 

 f 1 in., caudate-acuminate, widest close to the rounded or subcordate base ; petiole 

 0-ffl in. Spikes compound, most of the lower bracts and calyces small without 

 flowers ; upper bracts ^ ^ in., lanceolate, glabrate. Corolla broad, nearly straight, 

 urn-shaped on a short cylindric base; lobes subequal, in., ovate, obtuse. Stamens^ 

 2 conspicuously longer ; anthers 2-celled, cells broadly oblong, parallel, equal, white- 

 apiculate at base. Pistil as of Asystasia. Capsule not seen. 



** Corolla linear shortly funnel-shaped upwards about 2 in. long. 



9. A. atroviridis, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 526 ; leaves 

 large elliptic acuminate at both ends nearly glabrous, racemes condensed 

 nearly glabrous, corolla 2 in. rose-pink tube very long linear. Ruellia atro- 

 viridis, Wall. Cat. 2404. Asystasia sp. n. 15, Herb. Ind, Or. H. f. $ T. 

 Verbenacearum sp., Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 155. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 0-3000 ft., frequent ; Wallich, Griffith, H.f. $ T., &c. 



Stems 1-3 ft., herbaceous. Leaves 8^ by 3 in.; nerves 10-14 pair; petiole 1| in. 

 Racemes usually paniculate in a dense terminal subsessile head ; bracts T !j in. ; pedi- 

 cels in., often pubescent. Sepals ^ in., sublinear, glabrous or pubescent. Corolla 

 glabrous, linear portion of the tube 1 in., limb about 1 in. diam. Stamens 4, 

 glabrous ; anthers muticous, or very obscurely mucronate at the base. Capsule 



