528 cix. ACANTHACE,E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Justicia. 



setaceous hairy. Corolla (dried) rose-purple, spotted ; tube much inflated upwards. 

 Lower anther-cell conspicuously white-tailed. A specimen, issued by Kurz under the 

 same number (2167), has large oblong leaves much attenuate at both ends ; petiole 

 winged to the base, and there often auriculate ; capsules in., clavate, 4-seeded. 

 From the variations of the leaves in some allied species, it is probably a form of 

 J. Kurzii. 



11. J. Atkinson!, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 509 ; leaves 

 long-petioled ovate caudate-acuminate puberulous on the nerves beneath, 

 bracts suborbicular pubescent 1-flcL, bracteoles linear nearly as long as the 

 bracts, corolla in. 



SIKKIM and E. BHOTAN, alt. 2-6000 ft., from the outer hills to the northern 

 valleys frequent, T. Anderson, &c. 



A shrub, 2-3 ft. Leaves 8 by 4J in. (many smaller narrower), base shortly 

 decurrent ; petiole 3 in. Spikes terminal, solitary, 2-5 by f in., continuous ; 

 peduncles ^-2 in. ; bracts - in., green, purple-margined; bracteoles in., green. 

 Sepals 5, 5-^ in., linear, puberulous. Corolla hairy without, yellowish-white rose- 

 marked. Stamens and pistil glabrous; lower anther-cell distinctly white-tailed 

 Capsule J in., clavate, 4-seeded. Seeds glabrous, rugose, subtubercular. 



12. J. grrandifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 510; leaves 

 long-petioled large round-ovate nearly glabrous, bracts elliptic acute rusty 

 pubescent 1-fld., bracteoles ^ in. linear -lanceolate hairy, corolla f-1 in. 



MouLMEiN; Parish. TENASSEBIM ; Beddome. 



A herb (T. Anders.). Leaves 8-5 in., attaining 14 by 7 in. (T. Anders.), shortly 

 acuminate, base rounded or very shortly decurrent; petiole 3J in. Spikes axillary 

 and terminal, 3-11 by 1 in., continuous, somewhat lax, very pubescent; peduncles 

 0-1 in. ; bracts f-1 by ^ in. Sepals 5, J in., linear-lanceolate, very pubescent. 

 Corolla f-1 in., pubescent, white purple-marked. Anther-cells glabrous, subparallel, 

 lower minutely white-tailed. Capsule % in., stoutly clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded. 



13. J. dasycarpa, JTttrz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 96 ; leaves 

 ovate acute subglabrous, bracts ovate softly hairy, bracteoles oblong longer 

 than the calyx, corolla ^ in. Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus, Wall. Cat. 

 7168, by admixture. 



TENASSEBIM; Chappedong, Wallich. RANGOON; M'Lelland. KAREN HILLS, 

 Kurz. 



Stem 1|- 3 ft., glabrous, pubescent upwards. Leaves 3 by 2 in., base obtuse, 

 raphides conspicuous on both surfaces ; petiole | in., pubescent. Spikes axillary and 

 terminal, $-lfc by | in., continuous; peduncles | in. ; bracts J in., green ; bracteoles 

 ID. Calyx f in. ; segments 5, linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Lower anther-cell 

 shortly white-tailed. Capsule in., clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded. The bracts are 

 1-3-fld. ; where several flowers occur, some of the bracteoles are suppressed. The 

 leaves, bracts and flowers are considerably smaller than in the preceding species. 



14. J. frag ills, Wall. Cat. 7174, type sheet only; leaves oblong 

 narrowed at both ends glabrous, bracts elliptic acute puberulous several- 

 fld., bracteoles small linear or 0, corolla f in. Justicia sp., Griff. Notul. 

 iv. 143. 



TENASSEEIM; Amherst, Wallich; Mergui, Griffith. 



_ Branch elongate, glabrous. Leaf 5 by 1| in. ; petiole in. Spikes 1-5 in., ter- 

 minal and quasi-axillary on short-lateral branches, interrupted below ; bracts by 

 in., uniformly green, somewhat deciduous, upper imbricate; flowers clustered on the 

 spikes ; bracteoles 0-^ in. Sepals 5, |- in., linear, puberulous. Corolla pubescent, 

 altogether as of Sect. Betonica. Stamens and pistil very nearly glabrous; lower 

 anther-cell distinctly shortly white-tailed. The elongate spikes interrupted below 



