544 - cix. ACANTHACE,E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ptyssiglottis. 



linear. Corolla-tube short, limb 2-lipped ; upper lip shortly 2-fid, lower 

 3-lobed ; lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 2 ; anthers 2 -celled ; cells ellips- 

 oid, parallel, approximate, muticous or base minutely apiculate. Ovary 

 4-ovulate ; style filiform, minutely bifid. Capsule clavate, 4-seeded. Seeds 

 compressed, orbicular, verrucose-scaly, almost muricate, not hairy. 



P. radicosa, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 235, excl. syn. : Bedd. Ic. 

 PI. 2nd. Or. t. 267. Ehytiglossa radicosa, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 344. 



CEYLON; Champion, Thwaites. 



Stems 3-8 in., weak, rooting, branched, puberulous. Leaves | by ^ in., obtuse 

 or subacute at either end, lineolate, nearly glabrous ; petiole T ' s - in. Peduncles 

 J-l in., terminal, slender; spikes \-% in. ; bracts | in. Sepals ^ in. Corolla 

 -| in., nearly straight, pubescent. Capsule ^ in., 4-seeded near the top ; stalk 

 solid, linear-cylindric. Eostellularia sarmentosa, Zoll., described as having the 

 capsule 4-seeded nearly from the base, does not belong here (cf. Benth. in Gen. 

 PL ii. 1118). 



XLIII. SPHINCTACANTHUS, Benth. 



An erect, glabrous shrub. Leaves large, toothed or subentire. Spikes 

 interrupted, forming a terminal panicle ; flowers opposite ; bracts and 

 bracteoles small. Calyx sub-5-partite ; segments linear. Corolla-tube 

 ovoid, inflated, constricted 'at the top ; limb 2-lipped, upper emarginate, 

 lower 3-lobed pendent ; lobes imbricated in the bud. Stamens 2 ; anthers 

 2-celled ; cells oblong, approximate, muticous. Ovary 4-ovulate ; style 

 linear, minutely bifid. Capsule unknown. 



S. Griffith!!, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 1118; HooJc. Ic. PL t. 1205. 

 Justicia orchioides, Griffith rns. 



MISHMEE MTS., or PATKOTE HILLS in S.E. Assam; Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 n. 6161). 



Leaves 7 by 3 in., acute at both ends; petiole 1 in. Panicle 5 by 4 in.; 

 branches opposite ; bracts -^ in. Calyx -^ in. Corolla-tube g by -j' 5 in ; lobes |- in., 

 those of the lower lip subacute. Filaments glabrous, except near the base. 



XLIY. ECBOLIUIVI, Kurz. 



A small, nearly glabrous, shrub. Leaves entire. Spikes terminal, 

 dense ; bracts large, imbricate, somewhat 4-ranked ; bracteoles small, 

 narrow. Calyx sub-5-partite ; segments equal, narrow. Corolla-tube long, 

 subfiliform ; limb 2-lipped ; upper lip narrow shortly bifid, lower 3-lobed 

 pendent ; lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 2, attached near the top of the 

 corolla-tube ; anthers 2-celled ; cells oblong, parallel, approximate, muti- 

 cous. Ovary 4-ovulate ; style filiform, very shortly bifid. Capsule long- 

 stalked, ovoid, compressed, 4-seeded. Seeds 4 or more often 2, large, 

 compressed, orbicular, tubercular-scabrous. 



E. Iiinneanum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 75 ; leaves 

 petioled ovate or lanceolate, bracts ovate obtuse entire puberulous or pubes- 

 cent, corolla greenish-blue or purplish. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 526. Justicia 

 Ecbolium, Linn. ; Roxb. FL Ind. i. 114; Wall. Cat. 2432; But. Mag. 

 t. 1847 ; Wight Ic. t. 463 ; Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 108, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 427 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 194. J. ligustrina, Vahl 

 JEnum. i. 118. J. emarginata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 427. Eranthemum 

 Ecbolium, T. Anders, in Thivaites Enum. 235, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 

 523. Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 7, t. 4, fig. 1. Rheede Hort. Mai. ii. t. 20. 



