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uniting and forming a submargiiial wavy line running obliquely to 

 the margin, pubescent on the midrib above and 011 the principal 

 nerves beneath, light green and shining above, subglaucous beneath ; 

 petiole narrowly winged, semiterete, shallowly channelled above 

 along the central ridge, pubescent with recurved hairs beneath, with 

 a stout joint at its origin with the stem. 



First pair ovate, obtuse, entire, suddenly narrowed at the base 

 and decurrent, forming a wing to the petiole. 



Schwabea ciliaris, Nees. 



Hypocotyl long, striated, minutely hairy, 8'25-9 cm. long, light 

 green with here and there a reddish tinge. 



Cotyledons fleshy, oblong, obtuse, emarginate, petiolate, glabrous, 

 green, one-nerved ; petioles short, slightly hairy and slightly chan- 

 nelled on the upper face. 



Stem erect, striated, hirsute, herbaceous, ultimately woody ; 1st 

 internode 5-5'5 cm. long ; 2nd l'o-2-o cm. 



First leaves simple, entire, cauline, opposite, decussate, petiolate, 

 exstipulate, lanceolate, subacute, ciliate, slightly hairy, green, pin- 

 natinerved ; petioles short, hairy, channelled above. 



Justicia bracteata, Pohl. 



Hypocotyl erect, striated, covered with minute hairs, 3-4 cm. 

 long, light green, tinged with red near the base. 



Cotyledons rather fleshy, broadly obovate-oblong, slightly emar- 

 ginate, shortly petiolate, glabrous, dark green, pinnatinerved like the 

 leaves. 



Stem erect, terete, herbaceous, minutely hairy ; 1st internode 

 3-5 mm. long. 



First leaves simple, entire, cauline, opposite, ovate-oval, obtuse, 

 ciliated, covered with minute hairs, petiolate, exstipulate, light green, 

 pinnatinerved. 



Justicia procumbens, Wall. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, finely pubescent, 1-5-2-2 cm. long, light 

 green or colourless. 



Cotyledons subrotund, emarginate, obtuse, petiolate, glabrous, 

 light green, indistinctly trinerved. 



Stem erect, terete, pubescent ; primary internodes very short. 



First leaves simple, entire, cauline, opposite, very shortly petio- 

 late, exstipulate, oval, obtuse, ciliate, pubescent, pinnatinerved, light 

 green. 



