548 cix. ACANTHACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Rungia. 



j\ in., narrowly cylindric,. s'traight; limb ^ in., 2-lipped; upper lip erect, subentire, 

 lower pendent. Capsule - in., nearly glabrous; placentae rising elastically from 

 the base. Seeds minutely glandular-papillose, glabrate when fully ripe. 



8. R. khasiana, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 518; leaves 

 petioled ovate or elliptic minutely scabrid-pubescent, bracts ovate acuminate 

 somewhat pubescent, calyx minutely pubescent, corolla - in. Eungia sp. 

 n. 11, Herlflnd. Or. H. f. ty T. Acanthacea, Griff. Itin. Notes, 36, 

 n. 589. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3000 ft. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6165), H.f. $ T. 



Much branched; branches 10 in., pubescent, or with deflexed hairs. Leaves 3| 

 by |-1| in., cuneate at both ends ; petiole in. Spikes 1-2 in., terminal and on 

 short lateral branches, quadrifarious ; bracts ^-^ by \ in., acutely or long acuminate, 

 scarious-margined, nervose ; bracteoles in., linear. Calyx scarcely \ in., segments 

 narrowly linear. Anther-cells superposed, muticous. Capsule in., pubescent, 

 placentae rising elastically from the base. Seeds minutely verrucose. 



9. R. himalayensis, Clarke ; leaves long-petioled ovate minutely 

 scabrid-pubescent, spikes slenderly peduncled 4-farious secund, bracts ovate 

 shortly acuminate somewhat pubescent, calyx minutely pubescent, corolla 



E. NEPAL ; Tambur River, alt 4000 ft., J. D. H. SIKKIM, alt. 3-4000 ft. ; 

 Dikeeling, Clarice. 



Stems 1 foot, diffuse, weak, branched, pubescent. Leaves 1J by |-1 in., cuneate 

 at both ends; petiole ^ in. Spikes 1 in.; peduncles |-1 in.; bracts ^ by in., 

 scarious-margined j bracteoles 3 in., linear. Calyx in., segments sublinear. 

 Anther-cells superposed, lower muticous or whitened at base. Ovary nearly glabrous ; 

 style thinly hairy at base. Capsule less than in., minutely pubescent ; young 

 shortly glandular- verrucose. Seeds small, minutely verrucose, appearing punctate. 

 Differs from R. repens in the longer-petioled broader leaves and much smaller cap- 

 sule and seeds ; from R. apiculata in the longer petioled leaves, glabrous ovary, and 

 slender peduncles (perhaps hardly sufficiently). 



10. R. linifolia, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 110, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 469 ; leaves short-petioled elliptic acute nearly glabrous, spikes 

 peduncled slender 4-farious secund, bracts lanceolate acute, corolla \ in. 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 517. Justicia linifolia, Wall. Cat. 2447. 

 J. gracilis, T. Anders. 1. c. 512. Eostellularia gracilis, Wight Ic. t. 1541. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Coucan southwards, Heyne, Wight, &c. 



Stems 6-12 in., slender, minutely pubescent. Leaves 1 by -^ in., from ovate to 

 narrow-lanceolate, often apiculate, base cuneate or almost rounded, minutely scabrid 

 or glabrous, lineolate on both surfaces ; petiole usually less than ^ in. Spikes 1 by 

 5 in.; peduncles 0-1 in., slender; bracts |- in., minutely pubescent, green or nar- 

 rowly scarious-margined, obscurely striate; bracteoles i in., linear-lanceolate. Calyx 

 T 'i in. ; segments sublinear, pubescent. One anther-cell lower than the other, acute 

 hardly tailed at the base. Ovary pubescent, style glabrous except close to the base. 

 Capsule not seen. 



11. R. apiculata, Bcdd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or.t. 247; leaves petioled ovate 

 or linear-oblong puberulous on the nerves beneath, spikes peduncled quadri- 

 farious secund, bracts ovate-lanceolate apiculate minutely pubescent, calyx 

 pubescent, corolla - in. E. repens, var., T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 

 235, in Obs. Eungia sp. n. 8, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



MTS. of S. DECCAN : Tinnevelly Hills, alt. 4000 ft.. Beddome. CEYLON ; Thwaites, 

 C. P. n. 1973. 



Stems 6-15 in., diffuse, branched, rooting, minutely pubescent. Leaves 2\ by 



