PerintroplieJ] cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 555 



VAR. rivinoides ; young inflorescence axillary very short-peduncled capitellate. 

 P. riviuoides, Wall. Cat. 2488. P. bicalyculata, Var. &, Nees ms. in Wight Herb. 

 Propr. n. 2018 c. S. India. 



2. P. undulata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 496; puberulous, leaves 

 lanceolate undulate, panicles small close, bracts linear-lanceolate, corolla 

 in. Justicia undulata, Vahl Symb. ii. 8, excl. syn. 



MALABAR (Koenig, fide Vahl). NILGUKIS ; Beddome. 



Leaves 2f by f in., attenuate at both ends, sinuate, in Beddome's examples varie- 

 gated; petiole ^ in. Panicle 1-2 in. diam., terminal, hardly exceeding the upper 

 leaves ; bracts |-| by T ' 2 in., 2 or 3-4 together, 2-4-fld., lineolate, nearly glabrous. 

 Corolla purple-i-ed, tubu in., limb ^ in., lobes 2 very shortly toothed. Anther-cells 

 linear, one placed close above the other. Capsule not seen. This appears closely 

 allied to P. acuminata, as Nees states. 



3. P. acuminata, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 113, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 496 ; leaves narrowly lanceolate nearly glabrous, panicles com- 

 pact, bracts ^ by T ' s in. glabrous, corolla * in. T. Anders, in Jonrn. Linn. 

 Soc. ix. 521. P. Blumeana, Nees I.e. 49o. Justicia acuminata, Wall. Cat. 

 2425, sheet B partly. 



TAVOT ; Wallich. MALACCA; Griffith. DISTEIB. Java. 



Leaves 3 by f in., acuminate at both ends, lineate on both surfaces, minutely 

 pubescent on the midrib -beneath or glabrous; petiole in. Bracts 2-4 together, 

 \ in. long or in other cymes of the same branch scarcely g in. Anther-cells linear, one 

 slightly overlapping the -other, upper usually narrower curved. Capsule ^-\ in., 

 nearly glabrous. The plants here collected under P. acuminata are separated from 

 P. montana by the much smaller corolla, and possibly include 2 or more species ; 

 but the material is insufficient. As noted by Nees, some of the specimens show 

 great variation in the bracts on one branchlet; yet species have been founded on 

 characters almost wholly drawn from them. In justification of throwing the species 

 into one, it may 'be observed that the Malacca plant marked P. acuminata by T. 

 Anderson is identical with the Java plant marked P. Blumeana by Nees ; but there is 

 no specimen .from Burma (much less from Khasia) that matches this, as might be 

 inferred from Nees and T. Anderson: and MiqueFs P. acuminata from Java is very 

 unlike P. acuminata, Nees. 



V AB. fragilis ; leaves larger ovate-lanceolate, bracts f by ^ in. broadly lanceolate 

 glabrous. P. gracilis, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 113, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 

 495, and in Wall. Cat. 7184 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 522. Justicia 

 acuminata, -Wall. Cat. 2425, sheet B partly. Tavoy; Wallich. "Rangoon; 

 M'Lelland. Mergui; Griffith. Leaves 5 by 2 in.; nerves many, pubescent; 

 uppermost leaves linear-lanceolate. The Tavoy example marked by Nees fragilis is 

 identical with some of that marked by him acuminata. 



VAR. Jchasiana, bracts all small \ in. fuscous-pubescent. Justicia acuminata, 

 Wall. Cat. 2425, letter A right-hand fragments, Khasia Mts. ; Wallich. This does 

 not look like a Peristrophe, but the corolla and stamens are exactly as in P. acuminata, 

 type. 



4. P. lanceolaria, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 114, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 496; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate nearly glabrous, 

 panicles densely glandular-pubescent, bracts in. linear-lanceolate, corolla 

 If in. Sot. Mag. 5566 ; T. Anders, in Jown. Linn. Soc. ix. 522. Justicia 

 lanceolaria, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 12] ; Wall. Cat. 2463. 



SILHET and JAINTEAPOOR, alt. 500 ft, ; Wallich, &c., frequent. MOTJLMEIN ; 

 Parish. TENASSERIM; Beddome. 



Leaves b\ by 2 in., acute at both ends, pubescent on the nerves beneath orglabrate, 

 obscurely or not lineolate; petiole f in. Panicles strict, branches erect. Calyx 

 |-g- in.; segments sublinear. Anther-cells linear-oblong, immediately superposed. 



