512 cix. ACAXTHACE2E. (C.B.Clarke.) [Phlogacanthuf. 



12-seeded. Seeds much compressed, glabrous. Nearly allied to P. Wallichii, differ- 

 ing in the softly hairy under surface of the leaves and the much more open panicle. 



4. P. parviflorus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 506 ; leaves 

 large broadly lanceolate glabrous, panicle terminal linear nearly glabrous, 

 sepals in., corolla 1 in. narrowly tubular curved. 



S.E. ASSAM ; Namyoou in the Patkoye Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6154, 

 n. 6155 partly). 



A shrub similar in habit to P. Wallichii. Leaves 9 by 2$ in., acuminate at both 

 ends, subentire, obscurely puberulous above, paler and glabrous beneath ; petiole 

 1 in. Panicles 4 by f in., subsessile ; pedicels 0- in. Calyx-tube scarcely 5 ' n in.; 

 teeth linear-lanceolate, nearly glabrous. Corolla very slightly pubescent, blood-red, 

 miniate (Griffith) lobes small, scarcely patent. Capsule not seen. Griffith's 

 original ticket remains on the example authenticated by T. Anderson, and shows that 

 the plant was not collected in Mishmee. 



5. P. thyrsiflorus, Nees in Wall. PL As. Bar. iii. 99, and in DC. 



Prodr. xi. 321 ; leaves large lanceolate glabrous, thyrses elongate dense 

 villous, calyx-teeth - in., corolla f in. wide-tubular 2-lipped. T. Anders, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 506 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 246. Justicia thyrsinora, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 114; Wall. Cat. 2430. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA., alt. 0-4000 ft., from Gurwhal to Bhotan, very common. 

 KHASIA MTS. and ASSAM, alt. 0-3000 ft., common. MOTJLMEIN ; Parish. DISTRIB. 

 Ava. 



A shrub, 3-7 ft. Leaves 7 by 1| in., tapering nt both ends, subentire, densely 

 punctulate ; petiole in. Thyrses 4-12 in., terminal, solitary or several, or 

 quasi-axillary on lateral branches; peduncles short; bracts \ in., linear. Calyx- 

 tube \ in. ; teeth setaceous, densely pubescent. Corolla closely villous, orange ; 

 tube broad from the base, curved ; upper lip suberect, lower patent. Stamens 

 glabrous, or slightly hairy near the base of the filaments ; 2 rudiments often dis- 

 cernible. Style glabrous. Capsule 1^ by in., subquadrangular, glabrous, 12-14- 

 seeded. Seeds much compressed, orbicular in outline, densely shortly hairy, hairs 

 elastically spreading when moistened. 



6. P. asperulus, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 99, and Cat. 7171, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xi. 321, excl. some syn. ; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends 

 glabrous, panicles linear subthyrsoid somewhat pubescent, calyx-teeth in., 

 corolla -i in. tube cylindric limb much inflated ovoid. P. vitellinus, T. 

 Anders, ifi Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 507, excl. some syn.', Kurz For. Fl. ii. 

 246. Justicia vitellina, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 115, and Ic. Ined. in Herb. k'cw. 

 J. quadrangularis, Wall. Cat. 2451 ; Sot. Mag. t. 2845. J. asperula, Lodd. 

 JBot. Cab. t. 1681, not of Wall. J. guttata, Wall. Cat. 2431, by mixture. 

 Endopogon vitellinus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 723. 



KHASIA MTS. and ASSAM ; Wallich, Simons. CHITTAGONO HILLS ; Roxburgh, 

 Clarke. 



A shrub, 3 ft., nearly glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2 in., undulate, scarcely puberulous 

 or punctate ; petiole in. Panicle 2-4 in., terminal, usually solitary, verv narrow ; 

 bracts in., linear. Calyx-tube T ' 6 in. ; teeth setaceous, puberulous. Corolla sud- 

 donlv curved and inflated at the summit of the tube, pubescent, pink-purple often 

 yellow-marked ; limb ringent (Roxburgh), segments connivent or not widely patent. 

 ^Capsule by in., glabrous. Seeds glabrous. This is one of the many species which 

 Nees named Tltyrs acanthus indices. 



7. P. gruttatus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 99, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 321 ; leaves large oblong or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, 

 panicles linear dense somewhat pubescent, calyx-teeth in., corolla 

 $- in. 2-lipped, segments oblong patent subrecurved. T. Anders, in Journ. 



