502 cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Andrographis. 



2. A. subspathulata, Clarke ; leaves subspathulate elliptic minutely 

 scabVid-punctate on both surfaces, racemes lax divaricate, pedicels manifest, 

 capsule nearly glabrous. 



MADRAS ; Kuruool at the foot of the Nellymallays, Beddome. 



In habit resembling A. paniculata ; stem minutely hispid near the base. Leaves 

 3 by 1 in., apex scarcely acute, base suddenly narrowed; petiole in., often winged 

 to the base. Lower pedicels % in. Corolla in., similar to that of A. paniculata, 

 but rather longer. This has been considered a var. of A. paniculata ; but points 

 above noted as differential are constant. 



3. A. elongrata, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 502 ; leaves 

 petioled ovate-lanceolate pubescent or glabrate, spikes forming straggling 

 panicles, sepals glabrate or minutely pubescent, anthers exsert not barbate, 

 capsule nearly glabrous. Justicia elongata, Vahl Enum. i. 130. J. cordi- 

 folia, Wall. Cat. 2482. Cryptophragmium cordifolium, Nees in Wall. PL 

 As. Bar. iii. 100. C. elongatum, Nees in DC. Prudr. xi. 95. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Courtallum, Wight Tinnevelly Hills, Beddome. 



Annual, erect, 2-3 ft. ; branches divaricate, acutely quadrangular. Leaves 2 by 

 1 in., base somewhat suddenly narrowed or rarely subcordate ; raphides inconspicuous ; 

 petiole often attaining | in. Panicles often a foot each way ; pedicels mostly very 

 short. Sepals \ in., linear- lanceolate. Corolla^ in., tube curved, limb |- in., 

 obscurely 2-lipped. Filaments flattened, glabrous or very nearly so, a little longer 

 than the corolla ; anthers glabrous. Capsule f by | in., compressed, at first minutely 

 hairy, soon glabrous. Seeds osseous, rugose, nob compressed, glabrous. 



4. A. ovata, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1100; stem glandular-hirsute, 

 leaves petioled ovate, spikes often panicled rather lax somewhat recurved, 

 corolla ^ in., anthers included not barbate, capsule hairy. Gymnostachyum 

 ovatum, T. Anders, ms. ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 250. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Myhendra Hills, Berhampore and Jeypur Hills (Vizagapa- 

 tam), alt. 2-4000 ft., Beddome. 



Stems 6-10 in., quadrangular, glandular-pubescent or subhirsute below. Leaves 

 2|-3 by nearly 2 in., shortly attenuated into the petiole, sparsely hairy above, 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath. Racemes axillary and terminal, 2-4 in. Corolla 

 sis of A. elongata. Filaments much dilated, thinly minutely hairy. Capsule f by 

 i in., compressed. Seeds 8-10, subquadrate, osseous, rugose, glabrous, not compressed. 

 Perhaps a form only of A. elongata, Nees. 



5. A. tenuiflora, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 502; leaves 

 ovate or lanceolate glabrous or pubescent on the nerves, spikes lax simple or 

 compound, corolla in. obscurely 2-lipped, anthers included pubescent or 

 slightly bearded, capsule pubescent ultimately glabrate. Haplanthus tener, 

 Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 115, and Cat. 7185, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 

 512. Gymnostachyum Parisbii & andrographioides, T. Anders. I. c. 504. , 



EASTERN FRONTIER, alt. 500-3000 ft., from Assam to Tavoy, frequent. ANDA- 

 MANS ; Kurz. DISTRIB. Java, Borneo. 



Stems 1-2 ft., quadrangular, pubescent, or glabrous unless at the very base. 

 Leaves suddenly or cuneately narrowed at base ; or the upper subsessile, base rounded 

 or subcordate. Pedicels rarely ^ in. Perhaps not distinct from A. ovata : it pre- 

 sents three leading variations, viz. (a) tenuiflora type, T. Anders., leaves ovate, spikes 

 long, flowers in remote clusters ; (b) ParisJiii, T. Anders., leaves ovate, panicles lax 

 glabrate, flowers mostly solitary; (c) andrographioides, T. Anders., leaves lan- 

 ceolate. 



VAB. recedens ; nearly glabrous except the very lax compound closely glandular- 

 pubescent panicle. Tenasserim ; Mooleeyit, alt. 2000 ft., Beddome. 



6. A. alata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 516 ; leaves petioled ovate upper 



