197 



ciliated, 3-nerved, veined ; capsule oval, somewhat rounded, 

 compressed, hirsute, very like the preceding. Syn. Dicliptera 

 chinensis, Roem. and Schultz syst. i, 146 ; Justicia chinensis, Roxb. 

 Fl Ind. i, 125. 



4. MICRANTHES, N. ab E. loc. cit. p 484. Leaves ovate-acumi- 

 nated ; umbels axillary, subsessile, 3 to 5-divided ; flowers in heads 

 of three ; leaflets of proper involucre unequal, sessile, oblong, partial 

 ones in fours, lanceolate-pointed, ciliated ; capsule sessile, oblong, 

 tetragonal; seeds glochidiate. Gujarat; on Sagurghur, near Ali- 

 baug. Syn. Justicia chinensis, Vahl. Symb. ii, p 13 ; D spinulosa, 

 Hcehott. in Kotsch. it. Nub. ; J cuspidata, Vahl. Symb. ii, p 9. 



33. PERISTOPHE, N. ab E. 



1. BICALYCULATA, N. ab E. DC. Prod. 9, p 496. Stem 

 hexagonal, rough and hairy ; leaves ovate-acuminate, glabrous or 

 puberulous; peduncles axillary, bitrifid, their branches dichoto- 

 mous ; flowers solitary; common involucre of one leaf linear, 

 double the length of the flower-head ; calyx small, membranaceous ; 

 corolla rosy, pubescent, nearly half an inch long. A common weed. 

 Syn. Justicia bicalyculata, Vahl. Symb. ii, p 13; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 

 127 ; J malabarica, Ait. liort. Kew. i, 27 ; Dianthera malabarica, 

 Linn. Suppl. JNo. 85. 



34. HYPCESTES. 



1. LANATA, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. ii, 343. SufTruticose ; 

 stem glabrous, ascending, geniculate ; leaves lanceolate-acuminate, 

 entire, slightly hispid above, glabrous beneath ; branches of the 

 inflorescence trichotomous, covered with a white wool ; heads few- 

 flowered, 1 to 3, sessile in the opposite axils of the floral leaves; 

 flowers light-purple. In Northern Concan ; near Rohe. 



35. HAPLANTHUS. 



1. VERTICILLARIS, N. ab E. in DC. Prod. 11, p 513. Stem 

 herbaceous, simple, erect, naked and smooth at the base; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, attenuated at both ends; branches assuming the form 

 of short, rigid spines, which are bifid at the apex ; flowers of a pale- 

 lilac, half an inch long ; Syn. Justicia verticillata, Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. i, 135. 



2. TENTACULATUS, N. ab E. loc. cit. Leaves oval-obtuse, 

 smaller than in the preceding ; axillary branches verticelled, bifid, 

 longer than the leaves. A much stouter species than the preceding. 

 Jungles in the Concan ; rarer than the preceding. Syn Ruellia 

 tentaculata, Linn, sp. PI 826 ; R aciculata, Roth. nov. sp. 301. 



