Justicia.'] cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 535 



retained in Justicia because the white tail of the lower anther-cell, though small, is 

 yet larger than in J. vasculosa, a species retained by name in Justicia by Bentham. 

 These small Justicias (7. vasculosa, Maingayi, &c. ) form with Dianthera collina, 

 &c., a very natural group ; but they cannot be kept together unless we pull the 

 Acanthaceaa all to pieces, and abolish anther-tails from the generic characters (which 

 will be done some day). 



37. J. flagrelliformiSj Clarice ; leaves ovate attenuate at both ends 

 minutely crisped pubescent on the midrib beneath, spikes linear, bracts and 

 bracteoles lanceolate longer than the calyx, corolla ^ in. 



TENASSEEIM or ANDAMANS ; Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 6172). 



Branches elongate slender, glabrous except at the tips. Leaves 5 by 2 in., puncti- 

 culate above ; petiole f in. or frequently 0. Spikes 1-3, terminal, 3-5 by ^ in., wavy, 

 subinterrupted below ; bracts | by ,' 5 in., green, minutely pubescent ; bracteoles 

 nearly as long, narrower, subfalcate. Calyx sub-5-partite ; segments in., linear 

 pubescent. Corolla nearly as of J. vasculosa ; upper lip ovate subentire. Lower 

 anther-cell white-tailed. Capsule % in., clavate. The leaves closely resemble those 

 of J. vasculosa, but the narrow subimbricate bracts are altogether different. 



38. J. grossa, Clarice \ leaves petioled large ovate glabrous, spikes 

 terminal solitary linear pubescent, bracts elliptic or oblong often as long as 

 the calyx, corolla ^ in. 



MEEGUI; Griffith. 



Branches glabrous, with numerous large leaves near the tips. Leaves 8-10 by 

 4 in., acute, base rhomboid or obtuse; petiole 1 in. Spike 5 in., subsessile, inter- 

 rupted below ; bracts 5-5 in., puberulous. Sepals g in., linear-lanceolate. Anther- 

 cells subparallel, slightly divaricate at the base, oue somevvhat Jower, both white- 

 tailed at the base. Ovary glabrous, 4-ovulate j style minutely hairy below ; stigma 

 minute, subsimple. Capsule not seen. This plant has been named by Nees Phloga- 

 canthus asperulus, together with many -others which he did not recognize. Wight 

 marked it " Hemichoriste ? " ; and this is probably its true affinity, though its small 

 flowers are opposed to it. It is nearly allied to J. flagelliformis. 



39. J. boerhaavisefolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 517; 

 leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate uppermost sessile cordate, spikes in. 

 secund on filiform dichtomous terminal branches, bracts subulate narrowly 

 white-margined, corolla in. purple in the throat. 



TENASSEEIM ; Amherst, Falconer (fide T. Anderson). 



A weedy herb ; stem diffuse, terete, glabrous. Cauline leaves long-petioled, 

 2-5 in. long (petiole included) ; upper and floral leaves i-1^ by - in. ; all glabrous 

 above, glaucous beneath. Corolla 2-lipped, glabrous, with 2 lines of recurved hairs in 

 the throat. Upper anthers small, sterile. Capsule |- in., compressed, sterile part 

 very short (T. Anderson). Anderson was seldom wrong in generic determinations, 

 but his description suggests that this is a Rungia. 



Sect. 5. Rhaphidospora. Flowers laxly panicled. Bracts small 

 linear or linear-lanceolate. Seeds retrorsely hispid. 



40. J. glabra, Xoen. ; Roxb. Hort. Seng. 4, and FL Ind. ed. Carey fy 

 Watt. i. 132 ; leaves petioled ovate acute puberulous on the nerves or 

 glabrate, cymes axillary and terminal, corolla in. Wall. Cat. 2455 ; 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 516. J. Careyana, Wall. Cat. 2456. 

 Ehaphidospora glabra, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 115, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 499 ; Wight Ic. t. 1554. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA; Roxburgh, Wight. CEYLON; Walker, &c. DISTEIB. 

 Java. 



