Plants of the Punjab. 



169 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves* 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Justicia Betonica, 



Acanthace^. 

 F. B. L iv. 525. 

 The Plains. 



Justicia 

 heterocarpa, 



Acanthace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 531. 

 The Plains. 

 Ferozepore (Vicary). 



Justicia pubigera, 



Acanthace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 536. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Stamens two. 



white bearded, style slender, minutely divided at the tip ; 

 capsule I by ^ in., short-pointed at both ends, oblong, 

 2 to 3 times as long as broad, seeds 6-12, bony, wrinkled > 

 twice as long as broad. 



3. 

 ■4 



4-1^ m. 



large, branches round, smooth, tips velvety ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, dotted on both surfaces, leaf 



stalk ^ in. 



flowers I in. long, white, with rose spots, on 

 short stalked continuous usually terminal spikes, bracts 

 f-^ in., white with green nerves, ovate-short-pointed, 

 bracteoles ^-| in., like the bracts, calyx 5-segmented, 

 segments ^ in., linear-lanceolate, velvety, corolla 2-lipped, 

 upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, stamens 2, anthers 2- 

 celled, lower cell white tailed, style bifid, thread-like ; 

 capSule f in., club-shaped, velvety, 4-seeded, seeds ovoid, 

 somewhat flattened, smooth. 



small, covered with minute grey velvety down ; 

 leaves 1 by | in., ovate, with minute lines nearly smooth, 

 stalk I in. ; flowers minute, solitary to four together, 

 axillary, bracts and bracteoles small, linear, calyx divided 

 into 5, segments ^ in., linear, minutely velvety, corolla 

 I in., 2-lipped, upper lip shortly 2-lobed, lower lip shortly 

 3-lobed, transversely marked, stamens 2, anthers ovate, 

 lower part white tailed, style filiform, bifid ; capsules of 

 two kinds in nearly every axil, normal capsule |-^ in., 

 oblong, . ends rounded, short-pointed, scarcely stalked, 

 velvety, 4-seeded, abnormal capsule winged, crested, 

 one-seeded, seeds in normal capsules rough, almost hairy, 

 in abnormal capsules the one seed is larger and smooth. 



large, stems round, hairy ; leaves 2f-l| in., shortly 

 stalked, ovate-lanceolate, hairy on both surfaces, long- 

 pointed ; flowers purplish-red, in axillary, stiff loose clusters, 

 forming terminal leafy branching erect racemes, bracts 

 |-^ in., linear, bracteoles none or minute, calyx 5-parted, 

 segments | in., linear, velvety, corolla | in. long, velvety, 

 straight, tubular, 2-lipped, lower lip | in. long, 3-lobed, 

 recurved, upper li]) erect, notched, stamens 2, anther- 

 cells distinct, upper blunt, lower white tailed, style minutely 

 2-lobed • capsule J in., velvety, stalked, seeds 4 or less 



