Justicia.] cix. ACANTHACELE. (C. B. Clarke.) 525 



bivalvis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 124, came from the Moluccas, and was 

 probably a DicUptera ; though Roxburgh quotes his species as the same as Linna3us' 

 under that name, he excludes (correctly) the plate on which Linna3us founded his 

 species. 



Gendarussa virgata, Wall. Cat. 7176, was collected in Ava, outside the bounds of 

 British India. 



Justicia inconspicua, Wall. Cat. 2475, collected in Penang, is not in Wallich's 

 Herbarium at the Linn. Soc., nor are there any data for determining its genus. 



Sect. 1. Hemichoriste. Shrubby. Spikes elongate ; flowers clus- 

 tered ; bracts herbaceous, subovate. Corolla and capsule large. 



1. J. montana, Wall. Cat. 2471, not of Roxb. ; leaves large elliptic 

 acute at both ends glabrous, spikes near the ends of the branches subpani- 

 culate, inflorescence subviscidly pubescent. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ix. 509 ; Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 1109. J. longifolia, Wall. Cat. 2437. 

 Hemichoriste montana, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 102, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 367 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 194 ; Wight Ic. t. 1538. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA., in the Ghauts, from Mahabelaishwur (Law} to 

 Nilgherries (Wight). 



Stem erect, subtetragonous, puberulous upwards. Leaves 9 by 3| in., both sur- 

 faces punctulate ; petiole 1 in. Spikes 6-15 in., the terminal often paniculately 

 branched ; lower clusters of flowers usually distant, upper continuous ; bracts by 

 | in., lower larger; bracteoles smaller, elliptic, near the base of the pedicel; pedicels 

 0-| in. Sepals 5, in., sublinear, pubescent. Corolla 1-lf in., 2-lipped half its 

 length, minutely pubescent, red. Stamens 2 (without any rudiments) ; lower anther- 

 cells long-spurred. Capsule 1 in., clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded near the top. Seeds 

 glabrous, intensely rugose, but possibly smooth when fully ripe. Nees says " stamens 

 4, 2 shorter with 1-celled anthers or rudimentary/' but there is no trace of these 

 shorter stamens in the example named by Nees' hand. 



Sect. 2. Betonica. Shrubs or herbs. Spikes continuous ; bracts ovate 

 or elliptic, often 4-ranked, mostly imbricate. Calyx-segments 5, nearly 

 equal. 



* Bracts white, green-nerved. 



2. J. Betonica, Linn. Roxb. FL Ind. i. 128 ; tall shrubby puberu- 

 lous, leaves ovate-lanceolate, bracteoles large ovate-lanceolate, corolla | in. 

 white rose-spotted. Burm. FL Ind. 8; Wall. Cat. 2133; T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 510; Kurz For. FL ii. 247. J. ochroleuca, BJume 

 Bijd. 786. Adnatoda Betonica, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 103, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 385. Rheede Sort. Mai. ii. t. 21. 



Throughout INDIA, and CEYLON, common ; often cultivated. DISTRIB. Malaya, 

 Tropical Africa. 



Branches terete, glabrous, tips pubescent. Leaves 3 by 1^ in. (lower sometimes 

 much larger), punctulate on both surfaces, not lineolate, base shortly attenuate ; 

 petiole ^ in. Spikes 1-4 by f in., short-peduncled, terminal, often on short lateral 

 branches appearing lateral ; bracts f by ^ in., ovate acute, white, minutely pubescent; 

 bracteoles ^-| in., similar to the bracts. Sepals in., linear-lanceolate, pubescent. 

 Capsule | in., stoutly clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds ovoid, somewhat com- 

 pressed, glabrous, densely rugose ia nearly all herbarium specimens, but smooth in 

 some fully ripened. 



VAR. villosa ; stem softly hairy, leaves hairy beneath, flowers salmon-coloured. 

 J. Pseudo- Betonica, Roth Nov. Sp. 17. Central India and Chota Nagpore, alt. 

 1-5000 ft , common. 



VAK. ramosissima - stems decumbent diffuse, bracts rather narrower. J. raino- 

 sissima, Roxb. FL Ind. i. 129 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 510. Adhatoda 



