183 



folia, Linn. sp. p 848 ; Euphrasia coromandeliana, Roth, in Spr. 

 syst. i\j p 775. There is a variety with small flowers. 



CHI. ACANTHACE^E. 



SUB-ORDER I. THUNBERGIE^E. 



1. THUNBERGIA. 



1. FRAGRANS, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 33. Climbing; leaves 

 oblong-acute, cordate, angular and subhastate at the base, slightly 

 scabrous ; peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, round, downy, 

 1 to 2 inches long ; flowers large, pure white ; capsule flat and 

 beaked. Common in the Concans. Roxburgh has made some 

 mistake about the fragrance, as this species is not fragrant. 



2. HEXACENTRIS, N. ab E. 



1. H MYSORENSIS, Wight Ic. Climbing; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate-crenate, 3-nerved, reticulated ; flowers large, 

 handsome, in a pendulous raceme, either of a golden-yellow through- 

 out, or with the limb of an orange or blood-red colour. Within 

 the latitude of the Dharwar Zillah, though not within the presidency 

 limits. Hook Bot. Mag. 4786. 



3. ELYTRARIA, Vahl. 



1. E CRENATA, Vahl. Enum. i, p 106. Stemless ; leaves 

 onovate-oblong, crenated, villous on the nerves beneath ; scape 

 long, slender, simple ; flowers spiked, white ; bracts ovate, ciliated. 

 Under the shade of trees at Koondiana, in the Broach Collectorate. 

 Though said to be common in other parts of India, this is the only 

 spot in which we have seen it. Syn. Justicia acaulis, Linn. 



4. NELSONIA, R. Br. 



1. TOMENTOSA, Willd. sp. PI i, 419. Herbaceous, prostrate, 

 villous; lower leaves petioled, elliptic-obtuse, upper subsessile, 

 smaller; spikes ovate; bracts rounded-elliptic, obtuse-mucronulate ; 

 corolla purple, a little longer than the calyx. In the Warree 

 jungles, common. Syn. Justicia tomentosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 132; 

 N origanoides, Roem. and Schultz syst. i, p 1 73 ; J origanoides, 

 Vahl. Enum. p 122; J vestita, Roem. and Schultz syst. Mant. i, 

 145 ; J bengalensis, Spr. syst. i, p 82 ; J lamiifolia, Roxb. Fl Ind. 

 i, p 136. 



