526 cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Justitia. 



ramosissima, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 103. and in DC. Prodr. xi. 385; Dalz. 

 fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 193. Throughout India, frequent. This plant is said to have 

 both axillary and terminal spikes, while J. Betonica is said to have only terminal ; 

 but there is no difference in the inflorescence between them. 



3. J. nilg'herrensis, Wall. Cat. 2435 ; small procumbent nearly 

 glabrous, leaves sessile oblong obtuse, spikes dense, bracteoles ^ ^ by \ in., 

 corolla -f in. pale. J. neilgherriensis, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 

 118. Adhatoda nilgherrensis, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 103. A. 

 nilgherrica, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 386 ; Wight Ic. t. 1544. 



NILGHEPEIES, alt. 7-8000 ft. ; plentiful in the grass round Ooty. 



EootstocJc woody. Stems 2-8 in., numerous. Leaves 1^ by in. Spikes ter- 

 minal, ^-2 in. ; bracts by ^ in., scarious-margined, very acute. Capsule f in., stout, 

 clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds (not ripe) glabrous, subtubercular, rugose, not 

 differing from those of some examples of J. Betonica at the same stage. Seems dis- 

 tinct, but not allowed by T. Anderson (in Thwaifes Enum. 233). Though the plant 

 is so humble, the bracts, corolla and capsule are full as large as in J. Betonica. 



4. J. trinervia, Vald Enum. i. 156; small, procumbent, nearly 

 glabrous, leaves ovate or elliptic, spikes lax continuous, bracteoles i in. 

 lanceolate, corolla ^ in. Wall. Cat. 2446. J. Betonica, T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 509, partly. Adhatoda trinervia, Nees in Wall. 

 PL As. Ear. iii. 103, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 386 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 194. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA, in the Ghauts, frequent; Concan, Stocks, Dalzell; 

 Canara, Ritchie; Nilgherries, Wight, &c. 



EootstocJc woody; stems 3-8 in. Leaves |-1 in., lower mostly short-petioled, 

 upper sessile. Spikes 1-4 by \ in. ; bracts \ by \ in., lanceolate, white or some- 

 times green, not or obscurely nervose. This plant, "a small var. of J. Betonica" 

 (T. Anders, ms. ), differs considerably in the slender spikes and narrow bracts, as well 

 as in size and habit, nor are there intermediates in the Herbarium. 



VAR. arenaria ; leaves linear-obloug, spikes often small. Adhatoda arenaria, 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 387. W. India; Concan, Belgaum, &c. 



** Bracts green, often purple-tinged, not white though sometimes scarious- 

 margined. 



5. J. ventricosa, Wall. PL As. Rar. i. 80, t. 93, and Cat. 2436, and 

 7174 in part ; leaves elliptic cuneate at both ends glabrous minutely lineo- 

 late, bracts orbicular imbricated usually 3-fld., bracteoles minute, corolla 

 in. white rose-spotted. Bot. Mag. t. 2766 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ix. 509; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 248. Adhatoda ventricosa, Nees in D C. 

 Prodr. xi. 407. Gendarussa ventricosa, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 

 104. 



PEGU and TENASSEEIM; Wallich, M'Lelland, &c. DISTEIB. Siam, China 

 (cultivated ?). 



Branches stout, glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2 in.; petiole in. Spikes 3 by f in., 

 continuous, somewhat dense; peduncles 0-1 in., terminal, or terminal on short 

 lateral branches ; bracts |- in. diam., sub-4-ranked, puberulous. Flowers usually 

 3 in the axil of each bract subsessile ; bracteoles in., subulate, or 0. Calyx - in. ; 

 segments sublinear. Capsule in., hairy. 



6. J. oreophila, Clarke ; leaves broadly elliptic acute at both ends 

 pubescent beneath, bracts orbicular imbricate 1-fld., bracteoles large spathu- 

 late-oblong. 



CHITTAQONG Seetakoond alt. 1000 ft, J. D. H. 



