540 cix. ACANTHACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Justicia. 



bracts at the base of the unequal pedicels, oblong, acute ; floral bracts 3 -under each 

 calyx, uuequal ; 2 subulate, the third ovate. Calyx 5-partite (Vahl). 



J. MORETTANA, Vahl Enum. i. 162 ; leaves lanceolate, flowers solitary axillary 

 and in a short bracteated terminal spike, calyx 5-toothed half the way down, corolla 

 \ in. 2-lipped, capsule in. 4-seeded. Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 428. urm. Thes. 

 Zeyl. t. 3, fig. 1. 



CEYLON; Burmann. 



Leaves 2| by f in., acute at both ends ; petiole | in. Axillary flowers on peduncles 

 \ in., ebracteate ; spicate flowers subsessile, bracts \ in., oblong, acute. Calyx \ in., 

 toothed hardly half-way down, lobes subtriangular lanceolate. Corolla upper lip erect, 

 ovate, subentire, lower pendent deeply 3-lobed. Capsule solid below. The good 

 picture of the capsule and seeds renders it nearly certain that this was some Justicia : 

 the inflorescence is very nearly that of J. glauca, but the bracts are much too narrow 

 and acute for that species. 



XXXIX. ADHATODA, Nees. 



As Justicia Sect. Betonira, except that the anther-cells are acute, some- 

 times minutely apiculate, but scarcely spurred. Species 6, Tropical; 1 

 Indian, 1 Cosmopolitan, 5 African or American. 



Bentham (in Gen. Plant.) says of the anther-cells, "minime calcaratae," but this 

 is an error, and the genus should be merged in Justicia Sect. Betonica, following 

 Nees and Anderson. 



1. A. vasica, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 103, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 



387; leaves elliptic acute at both ends entire minutely pubescent, spikes 

 dense short, bracts ovate or obovate subacute puberulous or glabrate, 

 corolla 1^ in. white tube short. Dalz. 4* G-ibs. Bomb. Fl. 194. Justicia 

 Adhatoda, Linn. ; Lamk. III. t. 12, fig. 1 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind, i. 126 ; Blume 

 Bijd, 785; Wall. Cat. 2434; Bot. Mag. t. 861; Griff. Notul. iv. 140; 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sue. ix. 509. Adhatoda sp. Griff'. Notul. iv. 

 141, and Ic. PL As. t. 424. Rheede Hort. Hal. ix. t. 43. 



INDIA; from the Punjab and Assam to CEYLON and Singapore, common, frequently 

 cultivated. DISTEIB. Malaya, S.E. Asia. 



A dense shrub, 4-8 ft. ; sometimes arborescent, 20 ft. Leaves 8 by 3 in. ; petiole 

 1 in. Spikes 1-3 in., terminal, often several together; bracts | by 5 in., elliptic ; 

 bracteoles \ by in., falcate-oblong. Calyx 3 J in., deeply 5 lobed; lobes equal, 

 lanceolate. Corolla-tube ^-\ in. broad; lips white, palate transversely rose-barred. 

 Stamens glabrous ; anther-cells acuminate at base, sometimes minutely white-tailed. 

 Ovary and style-base minutely hairy. Capsule f in., clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded. 

 Seeds in. diarn., glabrous, tubercular- verrucose. 



2. A. Beddomei, Clarke-, leaves oblong attenuate at both ends 

 entire minutely pubescent, spikes peduncled capitate, bracts ovate subacute 

 puberulous or glabrate, corolla in. creamy white tube short. 



S. TEAVANCORE, alt. 300C ft. j Seddome. 



A very large shrub (Beddome). Leaves 6 by 1| in. ; petiole in. Peduncles 

 \-\ in., axillary, opposite, stout; heads 1 in. diam. ; bracts by ^-^ in., narrowed at 

 base; bracteoles - in., narrowly oblong. Calyx \ in., sub-5-partite; segments 

 narrowly oblong, acute, minutely pubescent especially within. Corolla hairy ; tube 

 \ in., broadly cylindric ; lips oblong, upper emargiuate, lower 3-lobed nearly to the 

 base. Filaments stout, glabrous except at base ; anther-cells superposed, lower 

 obscurely tailed. Ovary glabrous, 4-ovulate ; style hairy j stigma minutely bifid. 

 Capsule not known. 



