Rungta.] cix. ACANTHACE,E. (C. B. Clarke.) 549 



=f-l in., cuneate nt both ends; petiole in.; leaves very variable, on one branch are 

 seen ovate upper leaves and below them a leaf 1 by in. Spikes Ik in. ; peduncles 

 |-1 in. ; brads | in., narrowly scarious-margined, finely striate; bracteoles in., 

 sublinear. Calyx - in., segments sublinear. Anther-cells superposed, inuticous. 

 Ovary hairy, stylo-base glabrous; young capsule densely hairy. Capsule I in., pubes- 

 cent ; seeds small, verrucose. 



VAU.compta; leaves small short-petioled lanceolate. S. Travancore ; Beddome. 

 Leaves 1 by in.; petiole T 'g in. : spikes in flower, capsule not seen. 



12. R. repens, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 110, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 472; leaves subsessile oblong-lanceolate scabrid-puberulous, bracts 

 round apiculate nearly glabrous, corolla in., seeds j s in. diam. concentri- 

 cally rugose. Wight Ic. t. 465 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 196 ; T. Anders, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 518. Justicia repens, Linn. ; Roxb. Corom. PL ii. 

 29, t. 152, and Fl. Ind. i. 132 ; Wall. Cat. 2459. Dicliptera repens, Boem. 

 $ Sch. Syst. i. 111. Bur m. Thes. Zeyl. t. 3, fig. 2. 



Throughout INDIA, from the Punjab and Bengal to CEYLON; common. (No 

 specimens from the Malay Peninsula.) 



A procumbent, rooting, rarnous weed ; branches quadrangular, pubescent or nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves 2 by in., or often smaller narrower; petiole rarely so much as 

 | in. Spikes 2 by ^ in., appearing often peduncled, the 2 leaves close to their base 

 usually much reduced ; bracts closely regularly imbricated 4-farious, spike less 1-sided 

 than in most species ; bracts by ^-| in., white margin broad prominent ; bracteoles 

 3 in., linear-lanceolate, minutely pubescent. Calyx in. ; segments linear-lanceolate, 

 pubescent. Corolla white, with rose or purple spots. Anther-cells superposed, lower 

 white-tailed. Ovary glabrous, style thinly hairy at base. Capsule j in. and upwards, 

 minutely thinly hairy. Seeds ovoid, moderately compressed, rugose almost fur- 

 rowed. 



13. R. eleg-ans, Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 196 ; stems patently white- 

 hirsute, leaves subsessile ovate acuminate, bracts round ovate apiculate 

 minutely hairv, corolla ^ in. fine blue. R. repens var. villosa, Nees in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 472. Justicia repens, Wall. Cat. 2459, letter B partly. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Concan and Canara, Wight, Law, Stocks, &c. 



Possibly a large form of B,. repens. Leaves attaining 3 by 1J in., nerves beneath 

 prominent, often patently white-hairy. Spikes |-| in. broad ; bracts large, scarious 

 margin very prominent sometimes coloured purplish. Capsule in., thin, very hairy ; 

 seeds concentrically furrowed, the ridges very sharp sometimes crested. 



14. R. Beddomei, Clarice; leaves nearly sessile ovate acute sub- 

 glabrous, spikes slenderly peduncled dense, bracts broadly ovate apiculate 

 nearly glabrous, corolla 5 in. 



TENASSEEIM; Mooleyit and the Forest Ranges, Seddome. 



Stems diffuse, branched, puberulous. Leaves 2 by ^-1 in., obscurely or not 

 lineolate; petiole in. Spikes 1 by in., appearing to form lax terminal corymbs; 

 uppermost leaves by 5 ' 5 in. ; bracts nearly as of R. repens, more densely imbricated, 

 4-farious, regular. Capsule 3 in. Seeds very small, minutely verrucose. The spikes 

 bear considerable resemblance to R. repens ; but it seems more nearly allied to R. 

 himalayensis, which differs in its long-petioled leaves, and slenderer spikes. 



15. R. Brandisii, Clarke ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 at both ends nearly glabrous, bracts all fertile ovate acuminate nearly gla- 

 brous, bracteoles boat-shaped acuminate pubescent, corolla i in. 



TENASSEBIM ; Parish, Srandis, Beddome. 



Stems 18 in., nearly glabrous. Leaves 3 by f-l in., membranous, finely lineo- 

 late ; petiole 1 in. Spikes 1 by ^ in., terminal and axillary clustered short-peduncled ; 

 bracts i by | in., obscurely 4-ranked, very narrowly marginate; bracteoles in. 



