536 cix. ACANTHAUE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Justicia. 



An erect, branched herb. Leaves 1^ by f in. (in one example 4| by 1 in.), base 

 attenuate or rounded ; petiole ^-1| in. Axillary peduncles numerous, -! in., 

 divaricate ; pedicels 0-^ in., puberulous or pubescent ; bracts and bracteoles minute. 

 Calyx-segments scarcely in., narrow, pubescent. Corolla upper lip erect, emargi- 

 nate, lower pendent or reflexed. Lower anther-cell distinctly white-tailed. Capsule 

 | in. ; seed-bearing part subquadrate ellipsoid suddenly nan-owed into the liuear- 

 cylindric pedicel. 



41. J. pubig-era, Wall. Cat. 2490 ; leaves short-petioled ovate lanceo- 

 late hairy on both surfaces, cymes axillary trichotomous, corolla in. 

 J. Edgeworthii, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 516. Peristrophe 

 pubigera, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 114, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 498. 

 Bhaphidospora ciliata, Nees I. c. 500. 



TEMPERATE N.W. HIMALAYA; Bhuddimath (Kumaon), Wallich, Boyle; Simla, 

 Madden ; Gangootri, alt. 4500 ft., Strachey fy Winterbottom ; Mussoorie, alt. 7000 ft., 

 W. S. Atkinson. 



Stems herbaceous, erect, terete, hairy. Leaves 2f by \\ in., cuneate or rhomboid 

 at the base ; petiole in. Cymes axillary, 2-3 in., somewhat rigid, dense, ascending, 

 hairy; bracts ^^ in., linear ; pedicels ^ in. ; bracteoles or minute. Calyx sub- 

 5-partite; 'segments ^ in., linear, pubescent. Corolla pubescent, purplish-red; 

 lower lip J in., pendent. Lower anther-cell distinctly white-tailed. Capsule $ in., 

 linear-clavate, pubescent. Seeds unripe, probably glabrous, only slightly tubercular ; 

 in which case the species will not belong to Sect. Rhaphidospora. The inflorescence 

 and corolla are exceedingly likej Peristrophe ; but the small bracts and distinct anther- 

 tails do not suit. 



Sect. 6. Rostellularia (Gen. Nees). Spikes terminal and axillary, 

 cylindric or linear. Bracts and bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, usually 

 about as long as the calyx. Calyx sub-4-parttte (5th segment if sometimes 

 present small), segments linear or linear-lanceolate. Corolla small. Cap- 

 sule small, 4-seeded nearly from the base. Seeds subconcentrically tuber- 

 cular or rugose or nearly smooth. Small closely allied weeds, abundant in 

 the tropics, all collected under 3 or 4 ill-defined species by T. Anderson. To 

 facilitate their description it is necessary to arrange them in more species, 

 or reduce them to vars. of one. 



42. J. micrantha, Wall. Cat. 2449, partly ; leaves ovate or elliptic, 

 spikes short cylindric dense, sepals oblong scarious glabrous midrib green 

 excurrent as a very hispid arista, seeds small concentrically rugose. J. 

 procumbens, Linn. ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 511, partly. Ros- 

 tellularia crinita, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 101, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 

 373 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 193. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Wight ; Vingorla (S. Concan), Dalzell. 



Stems much branched, minutely pubescent or hirsute. Leaves 1* by f in., mature 

 subglabrous or sparsely setose ; raphides numerous sunk on both surfaces ; petiole in. 

 Spikes |-1 in. ; bracteoles in., sublinear. Sepals much wider than the bracteoles, 

 nearly glabrous except the awns, hispid with many patent multicellular hairs. 

 Corolla \ in., rose-purple. Capsule in., pubescent. A strongly marked species, 

 but it is difficult to settle the best name. Wallich's type sheet is mixed, and his 

 name micrantha perhaps relates really to the small-fid. J. procumbens mixed thereon. 

 As to the name J. crinita, that appears to relate chiefly to a mixture of J. procumbens 

 var. latispica with J. diffusa var. orbiculata. 



43. J. quinqueang-ularis, Koen. Eoxb. FL 2nd. ed. Carey $ Wall. 

 i. 134 ; nearly glabrous, branches elongate, leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 spikes elongate in. broad, sepals linear-oblong tip obtuse herbaceous 

 glabrous, capsule ^- in. stout. Wall. Cat. 2443, partly. J. peploides, 



