Q-ymnostachyum.'] cix. ACAXTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 509 



or elliptic acute at both ends pubescent at least on the nerves beneath, 

 panicle subterminal pubescent branches cymose, corolla f in. Bedd. Ic. PI. 

 Ind. Or. t. 252. 



CEYLON, alt. 1-2000 ft. ; Walker, Thioaites. 



Erect, 2-3 ft., hairy, leafy to the panicle. Leaves 5 by 2 in., undulate, lineolate, 

 glabrate or hairy above ; petiole | in. Panicles 7 by 3 in., sometimes somewhat leafy 

 at the base ; lateral branches repeatedly closely 2-3-chotomous ; bracts |-^ in., linear; 

 pedicels 0- in., often distinct. Sepals in., linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla 

 pubescent. Anthers ovate, glabrous. Capsule f in. 



7- Gr. glabrum, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 506 ; leaves ovate 

 or elliptic acuminate at both ends undulate-crenate pubescent on the nerves 

 beneath, panicle terminal villous, flowers fascicled on the spikes, corolla in. 

 Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 251. Cryptophragmium glabrum, Dalz. in 

 Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 338 ; Dalz. <$f Gibs. Bomb. FL 185. 



OoNCAN; Law, Dalzell. 



An undershrub (Beddome) ; stems nearly glabrous. "Leaves 7 by 2| in., puberu- 

 lous on both surfaces or glabrate; petiole fin. Flowers sessile, clustered ; bracts 

 in., linear-lanceolate. Sepals in., sublinear, villous, often viscid glandular. 

 Corolla minutely pubescent, white purple-spotted in the throat. Anthers ovate, 

 glabrous. Capsule f in. 



VAR. denticulata ; leaves distinctly toothed glabrous even when young. Concan 

 Ghauts ; Dalzell, Ritchie. 



8. G. leptostachyum, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 106, and Cat. 

 7178, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 93; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends 

 slightly pubescent, panicle reduced to 1 or 2 long-linear spikes hairy, 

 corolla in. 



TAVOY; Wallich. 



Stems creeping, rooting ; annual flowering branches 3-5 in., erect, simple, villous. 

 Leaves 4 by 1| in., subentire, upper surface with distant multicellular lax hairs, 

 lower pubescent on the nerves; petiole \ in. Spikes 1 or 2 terminal, 3-10 in. ; 

 flowers solitary, distant ; bracts iu., linear-lanceolate. Sepals f in., linear-lanceo- 

 late, pubescent. Corolla narrow, straight. Capsule % in., very slender, 20-seeded. 

 Overlooked by T. Anderson. 



** Inflorescence axillary, a terminal panicle sometimes added. 



9. Cr. canescens, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 505; leaves 

 tfvate acuminate at both ends pubescent on both surfaces, panicles axillary 

 and terminal pubescent or villous, corolla f in. G. serrulatum, T. Anders. 

 I. c. ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 254 Cryptophragmium canescens, Nees in 

 Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 100. and in DC. Prodr. xi. 95; Wight Ic. t. 1495. 

 C. serrulatum, Nees II. c. Justicia serrulata, Wall. Cat. 2452. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA, from Bombay to Courtallum, Wight ; Tinnevelly, 

 Seddome. 



Apparently a shrub. Branches pubescent or villous. Leaves 8 by 3| in., 

 undulate or minutely toothed; petiole 1 in. Panicles trichotomous ; bracts f in., 

 lanceolate; pedicels hardly any. Sepals -% in., linear-lanceolate, minutely pubescent. 

 Corolla pubescent. Anthers ovate, puberulous. Capsule in. Nees made 2 species 

 out of Wallich's 4 branches ; and it is not clear why T. Anderson kept them up, unless 

 he meant to transfer Nees' name serrulatum to the following var. 



VAB. longifolia ; leaves 9 by If in. elongate lanceolate distinctly toothed. G. 

 longifolia, T. Anders, ms. Canara Ghauts ; Law. 



10. G-. latifolium, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 505 ; glabrous, 



