cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 537 



Var. 3 angustifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 511 (excl. syn. 

 J. ValiHi). Rostellularia quinquangularis, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 

 101, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 375. 



CENTRAL INDIA, common ; from W. Bengal and Agra to Belgaum. 



Branches often 20 in., rigid, 4-5-angular, geniculate; internodes long. Leaves 3 

 by -J in., glabrous, raphides obscure ; petiole 0-^ in., puherulous. Spikes 1-6 in. ; 

 lower flowers usually opposite solitary, calyx just reaching to the next pair ; bracts 

 in., linear-oblong, glabrous, scarious-margined ; bracteoles similar, smaller. Sepals 

 -g- in., hardly broader than the bracteoles. Seeds much larger than in the neigh- 

 bouring species, slightly concentrically tubercular-rugose. J. Vahlii, Roth, resembles 

 this in the narrow leaves. 



VAB. peploides ; leaves oblong or ovate petiole often \ in., spikes shorter often 

 subovate when young. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 511 (sp.); Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 525. J. procumbens, Wall. Cat. 2441, partly. Rostellularia peploides, 

 Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 101, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 375 j Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 193. Throughout the Gangetic Plain, from the Punjab to Bengal, and through 

 Central India to the Concan. Distrib. Afghanistan. Usually much more branched 

 than the type, sometimes small 3-6 in. diam. This var. is very unlike the type in 

 general aspect, and does not graduate into it; but the obtuse glabrous sepal-tips and 

 large capsule and seeds agree closely. 



44. J. notha, Clarke ; stems simple glabrous, leaves sessile oblong 

 white- setulose on the nerves beneath, bracts elliptic, sepals linear-oblong 

 white-setulose upwards. Eostellularia simplex, Wight Ic. t. 1542 (not 

 Justicia simplex, D. Don). 



INDIA?; Herb. Wight. 



Stems 1 foot, slender, 4-5-angular. Leaves 1 by in., subobtuse at both ends, 

 transversely lineolate glabrate above. Spikes 2 by ^ in., terminal, solitary, dense; 

 bracts 4 by J in., setulose-ciliate on margins and midrib, otherwise glabrous. Corolla 

 j in. Capsule in., ellipsoid. Wight gives no locality for this ; it is a well-charac- 

 terized plant, and probably Malayan. 



45. J. khasiana, Clarke; stems elongate hispid, leaves sessile 

 oblong hispid on both surfaces, bracts linear-oblong hispid, sepals sublinear 

 hispid. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 5000 ft., common ; Griffith, H.f. Sf T., &c. 



Stems l|-3 ft., branched. Leaves \\ by | in. Spikes 2-4 by J in., hardly inter- 

 rupted at the base, very hispid; bracts ^ by -/g-^ in. Corolla ^-^ in. Capsule iu., 

 ellipsoid. Seeds undulate obscurely rugose; testa minutely reticulated. Nearly 

 allied to J. notha, but diifering in the indumentum and narrower bracts. 



46. J. assamica, Clarke; leaves sessile narrowly obovate obtuse 

 glabrous, bracts narrowly oblong minutely hispid, sepals narrowly lanceolate 

 hispidulous. 



ASSAM ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6159). 



Stems prostrate, copiously rooting ; flowering oranches 3-4 in., numerous, erect, 

 1-spicate. Leaves 1 by in., base long-cuneate ; raphides sunk. Spikes 2 by in., 

 continuous, somewhat dense ; bracts by T ' g in., scarious-margined. Corolla nearly 

 in. Capsule |- in., ellipsoid. In the sessile leaves, large corolla, and small capsule, 

 this is allied to J. notha and J. khasiana. 



47. J. Royeniana, Clarke ; leaves subsessile linear-oblong obtuse 

 glabrous, bracts and sepals linear-lanceolate acute glistening bristle-ciliate. 

 Eostellularia Koyeniana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 373; T. Anders, in 

 Thwaites JEnum. 234, partly. 



CEYLON ; Walker, Thwaites. 



