Ecbolium.~\ cix. ACAXTHACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 545 



S. PECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON. MALACCA; Maingay. DISTEIB. Arabia, 

 Abyssinia, Madagascar. 



Branches pubescent upwards. Leaves 4 by If in., cuneate or rhomboid at both 

 ends, puberulous or pubescent on the nerves ; petiole ^ in. Spikes 2$ by f in., dense; 

 bracts f by -^ in., sometimes softly hairy ; bracteoles scarcely 4 in., sublinear. 

 Calyx | in., pubescent. Corolla pubescent; tube 1-1 by T ' s in.; lobes in. 

 Stamens glabrous, except the base of the filaments ; anther-cells submuci'onate at the 

 base. Ovary hairy at the tip. Capsule-stalk ^ in., linear-cylindric, seed-bearing 

 part 3- in. diam. Seeds i in. diam., pale-coloured. This, the typical form, is stated 

 by Wight to be frequent in S. Madras, but there is very little of it in the 

 Herbarium. 



VAE. rotundifolia ; leaves sessile ovate or roundish, bracts subdentate often with 

 a very short acumination. Justicia rotundifolia, Nees II. c. Coimbatore; Wight, 

 nn. 2008, 2266. A woody undershrub, with shortened internodes and smaller leaves; 

 Wight's are the only examples at Kew. 



VAR. Icetevirens ; glabrescent, leaves larger petioled broadly lanceolate acute at 

 both ends, spikes often 6-8 in. more lax, bracts f by in. broadly lanceolate entire 

 dusky-pubescent. Justicia laetevirens, Vdhl Enum. i. 118; Nees in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 427. S. Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. This appears the common South 

 Indian form, and when the bracts become denticulate it passes by degrees into 

 the next. 



VAB. dentata ; glabrescent, leaves larger petioled ovate or lanceolate acute, spikes 

 dense, bracts f by |- in. ovate acuminate toothed. , Justicia dentata, Klein ; Nees 

 in Wall. PI. As. 'Ear. 'in. 108, andUn DC. Prodr. xi. 427. J. livida, Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 427; Wight Ic, t. 1546. Bengal, Assam and Pegu, very common. W. 

 Deccan Peninsula, Wight, Ritchie. The Bengal form has glabrate thin bracts, and 

 a lurid or steely green-blue corolla. The Malabar form should perhaps be referred to 

 Var. Icetevirens. 



XLY. GRAFTOPXXVXiXiUBX, Nees. 



Glabrous shrubs. Leaves often variegated. Flowers pedicelled, clustered ; 

 clusters forming terminal thyrses ; bracts and bracteoles very small, narrow. 

 Calyx small, sub-5-partite ; segments equal, linear-lanceolate. Corolla-tube 

 curved ; limb 2-lipped, upper lip shortly 2-fid, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 2, 

 2 minute staminodes added ; anthers oblong, 2-celled ; cells parallel, muti- 

 cons. Ovary 4-ovulate ; style filiform, scarcely bifid. Capsule oblong, hard, 

 contracted into a long stalk. Seeds usually 2, orbicular or subquadrate, 

 compressed fiat, lacunose-rugose. Species 4, Australian or Pacific, one long 

 time cultivated. 



Cr. hortense, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 102, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 328 ; leaves petioled broadly elliptic narrowed at both, ends entire, 

 corolla 1-1^ in. crimson. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 523. G. 

 pictum, Griff. Notul. iv. 139. Justicia picta, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 117; 

 Wall. Cat. 2438; Blume Bijd. 784; Blanco Fl. Filip. 12; Bot. Maa. 

 t. 1870; Bot. Reg. t. 1227; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL Suppl. ll.Rheede 

 Hurt. Mai. vi. t. 60. Humph. Herb. Amb. iv. t. 30. 



Throughout INDIA and MALAYA cultivated ; where wild, uncertain. 

 Leaves 4J by 1| in. ; petiole in. Pedicels often | in. Calyx in. The 

 description of the capsule and seeds is taken from J Gen. Plant." 



XLYI. RUNGXA, Nees. 



Diffuse or erect herbs, or shrubs. Leaves entire. Spikes dense, terminal 

 or axillary, 1-sided ; bracts 2-ranked, or 4-ranked, with 2 of the ranks 

 often flowerless; flowering bracts often scarious-margined ; bracteoles 

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