Dicliptera."\ cix. AGANTHACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 553 



8. 33>. micranthes, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 112, and in DC. 



Prodr. xi. 484, excl. syn. ; leaves ovate acuminate nearly glabrous, flowe> 

 clnsti-rs! mostly in axillary whorls, bracts oblong somewhat obovate cuspi- 

 date ciliate. Dalz. &f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 197 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ix. 521. 



'CENTRAL INDIA, alt. 1-3000 ft.; from Behar (J. D. H.) and Chota Nagpore to 

 the Coucan, frequent. DISTBIB. Abyssinia. 



Branches striate, puberulous or glabrate. Leaves 4 by 1J in., base shortly 

 acuminate; petiole \\ in. Bracts ^ by T ' 2 in., often nearly glabrous except the densely 

 white ciliate margins. Corolla scarcely exceeding | in., very slender. Capsule gin., 

 clavate, very shortly stalked, membranous, glabrous except the minutely hairy tip. 

 Seeds very small, conspicuously verrucose. 



9. D. Leonotis, Dalz. ms. ; leaves elliptic acuminate glabrous, flower- 

 clusters mostly in axillary whorls, bracts oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 cuspidate minutely pubescent. D. Burmanni, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 

 iii. 112, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 483 partly, not of T. Anders. Dalz. 

 fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 196?. Justicia chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2466, letter c 

 partly. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ? ; Wight (Herb. Propr. n. 2016). GOOJEEAT and AJMEKE, 

 Dalzell. 



Closely allied to D. micranthes, but the bracts, flowers, capsules and seeds con- 

 siderably larger. Leaves 3 by 1 in. ; petiole ^ in. Bracts % by | in., much acumi- 

 nate. Corolla | in. Capsule % in., very hairy. Seeds much larger than in D. 

 micranthes, minutely glandulose-papillose, scarcely verrucose. Nees grounds his D. 

 Burmanni on Burmann's figure of a Java species ; this is D. Burmanni, T. Antlers. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 520. In founding the species, Nees states he had only seen 

 one specimen, viz. Wight n. 2016, which sheet named by Nees' hand is at Kew; but 

 it is not the plant figured by Burmann. 



10. 1>. riparia, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 112, and Cat. 7183, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xi. 480 ; leaves ovate acuminate glabrous or pubescent, 

 flower-clusters terminal and axillary subverticillate, bracts narrowly 

 obovate obtuse hairy ciliate, corolla in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ix. 520. 



PEGU and TENASSEEIM ; Wallich, Griffith, M'Lelland, &c. 



Branches elongate. Leaves 4% by 1J-2| in., base shortly acuminate ; petiole 1^ in. 

 Floivers subsessile ; bracts unequal, similar, larger by in.; bracteoles \ in., linear. 

 Calyx in.; segments linear, nearly glabrous. Capsule in., clavate, nearly glabrous. 

 Seeds minutely papillose, hardly verrucose. Perhaps only a form of D. Box- 

 burghiana, differing in the softly pubescent flower-clusters, and the very obtuse often 

 emarginate bracts. The numerous examples are exactly alike, but come from one 

 neighbourhood. 



11. D. Roxburghiana, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. Ill, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 483, excl. syn. ; leaves elliptic acute obscurely pubescent or 

 glabrate, flower-clusters axillary and terminal sessile more rarely shortly 

 peduncled, bracts cuneate-elliptic or obovate apiculate not acuminate. 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 519, partly ; Dalz. <$f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 196 ?. Justicia chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2466, letter D, and^?a^ B, C. 



Plains of N. INDIA, from the Punjab to Assam, Silhet and E. Bengal, frequent. 

 BHOTAN; Griffith. 



Stems 1-3 ft., elongate, nearly glabrous. Reaves 2| by 1 in., base cuneate; 

 petiole in. Bracts nearly \ by ^ in., often 3-nerved, ciliate, thinly pubescent. 

 Corolla | in. Capsule \ in., clavate, puberulous or glabrous. Seeds conspicuously 

 verrucose. The whole of the plains form of D. Roxburghiana differs Irom Var. 



