Justida.] cix. ACANTHACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 529 



and <jleciduous bracts are very unlike J. ventricosa, with which Nees united this, and 

 whicty has been distributed by Wallich under the same number. 



15. J. caloneura, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 96; leaves 

 elliptic acute at both ends minutely pubescent, bracts ovate acuminate 

 pubescent, bracteoles broadly lanceolate exceeding the calyx, corolla ^~ in. 



T^ENASSERIM; Seddome. 



A perennial herb ; stems 2-3 ft., glabrous or crisped-pubescent. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., 

 nerves conspicuously reticulate on both surfaces; petiole 0- in., crisped-pubescent. 

 Spikes terminal, 1J by in., dense ; peduncles in. ; bracts | by in., 4-ranked, 

 striate, green black-tipped, ciliate ; bracteoles 5 by ^ in., green. Sepals 5, ^ in., 

 linear, pubescent. Corolla minutely hairy, straw-coloured (Kurz). Anther-cell dis- 

 tinctly white-tailed. Capsule not seen. Identified with Kurz's J. caloneura from 

 description only. 



16. J. ceylanica, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 233, and in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 513 ; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate glabrous, bracts 

 and bracteoles spathulate orbicular, corolla 5 in. Adhatoda ceylanica, Nees 

 in DC. Prodr. xi. 400. 



CEYLON ; Walker, Gardner, &c. 



Herbaceous, 2-3 ft., branched, glabrous ; whole plant, including the bracts, drying 

 black. Leaves 3 by 1 in., acuminate, not or very obscurely lineolate, base cuneate, 

 midrib beneath glabrous ; petiole in. Spikes axillary, branched, lax, nearly glabrous; 

 bracts J in., [orbicular, on a ^ in. pedicel, patent; bracteoles similar, but rather smaller; 

 flowers in distant opposite pairs. Calyx-segments 5, \ in., linear, nearly glabrous. 

 Corolla nearly glabrous, purple (fide Nees) ; lower lip longer. Capsule 3 in., clavate, 

 puberulous, 4-seeded. 



VAK. viridescens ; leaves larger pubescent on the nerves beneath, bracts larger 

 obovate, bracteoles oblong. Ceylon ; Walker, Thwaites, C. P. n. 2422, partly. 

 Whole plant drying green. Leaves 5 by 2 in., conspicuously lineolate on both sur- 

 faces. Spikes 2-4 in., much interrupted ; bracts 5 by J in., green, nearly glabrous ; 

 bracteoles in. Calyx-segments |- s in., green, lineolate. Capsule as of type. Very 

 unlike, J. ceylanica, of which both Nees and T. Anderson consider it a form. 



VAE. capitata, T. Anders, ms. ; leaves pubescent, spikes capitate globose solitary 

 on short axillary peduucles. ; Ceylon ; Thwaites, n. 3919, and 2422 partly. Branches 

 pubescent. Leaves snbhispidly pubescent on both surfaces, drying green. Peduncles 

 \ in.; heads f in. diam., rusty pubescent ; bracts densely imbricate. Calyx-segments 

 \ in., oblong-lanceolate, subscarious. Corolla and stamens as of J. ceylanica. Cap- 

 sule not seen. A very puzzling plant, not seen by Nees ; Mr. Bentham observes that 

 it is "very near Sect. Auisostachya." 



17. J. glauca. Bottler ; Roem. fy Sch. Syst. i. 165 ; herbaceous, leaves 

 1-2 in. ovate puberulous or pubescent, bracts ovate or orbicular puberulous 

 ciliate or pubescent, corolla ^ in. J. brachiides, Both Nov. Sp. 16. J. 

 orixensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 132 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 510, 

 partly. J. tranquebariensis, Roxb. I. c. 130 ; Wall. Cat. 2424 (not 2462) ; 

 T. Anders. I. c. 513, partly ; not of Linn.f. J. brachionoides, Spreng. Syst. 

 i. 82. Gendarussa orixensis, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 104. Adhatoda 

 orixensis & diversiformis, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 400, 399. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, alt, 0-2000 ft., frequent ; Rottler, &c. 



Stems 8-20 in., herbaceous, puberulous, diffuse ; iuternodes long. Leaves pubescent 

 on the nerves beneath, those at the main nodes acute at both ends, many smaller often 

 rounded leaves on the lateral branches; petiole ^ in. Spikes 1-5 by in., terminal, 

 lax; solitary braetless flowers often scattered in the distant lower axils; bracts in. 

 diam., often subpateut, very variable in indumentum ; bracteoles in., obovate- 

 oblong, or often 0. Sepals -5 in., linear, pubescent or glabrous. Capsule^ in., nearly 

 glabrous, short-stalked, 4-seeded. Seeds hispid with ovate acute scales. Perhapg not 

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