JloS 00. ACANTHACE,^. {JusHcM. 



' Spikc3 continuous. Bracta white, green-nerved. 



Corolla white, rose-spotted /. Betonica. 



Bracts linear, shorter than the calyx. Spikes inter- 

 rupted. 



Leaves lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers and capsule 



glabrous ... J. Gcndarvssa. 



Leaves elliptic, pubescent. Flowers and capsule pubes- 



scent ... ... ... /. wynaadensis. 



J. montana, Wall. Cat. 2471, nob of Roxb. ; Fl. Br. T, 4. 525; 

 Ilemichoriste montana^ Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 194. Konkan and North 

 Kanara gliat.s, in evergreen forests. Fl. Dec., Feb. Fr. Jany,, Mch. 

 Seeds very rugose when ripe. 



• J. Betonica, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 128; Fl. Br. I. 4. 52-5; var. 

 ramosissima ; Adhatoda ramosissima, Nees ; Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 193. 

 Sid, M. Throughout the presidency, often in hedgos and near villages. 

 Fl. Fr. Dec, Feb. 



J. Gendarussa, Linn. f. Suppl. 85 ; Fl. Br. T. 4, 532 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 71. Bahas, ieo, M. Throughout the presidenc}', 

 naturalized near villages and along the banks of nalas. Fl. & Fr. Jany., 

 Mch. 



J, wynaadensis. Wall. Cat. 2474 ; Fl. Br. L 4. 533 ; Adhatoda tvynaad- 

 ensis, Nees ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 194. Common in the evergreen 

 forests of North Kanara, also in the forests of the Belgaum ghats. Fl. 

 and Fr. Dec, i^pril. 



ADHATODA, Nees. 

 Large shrubs. Characters of Justicia, but anther-cells are acute 

 at apex, scarcely spurred at base, 



A. vasica, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. 103 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 540 ; 

 Dalz. & Gil:)s. Bomb. Fl. 194. Adulsa, bakus, vasuka, Vern. Throughout 

 the presidency, common as a hedge plant. Flowers at different times 

 throughout the year. Corolla white, throat with a few ii-regular rose- 

 coloured bars. 



RHINACANTHUS, Nees. 

 Shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers in deuse or spreading, lax 

 panicles. Calyx small. Corolla white, limb 2-lipped, upper short, 

 2-lobed, lower broad, 3-lobed ; tube long, slender. Stamens 2 at 

 the top of the corolla-tube ; anther-cells muticous. Capsule clavate, 

 4-seeded. Seeds compressed, tuberculate. 



R. communis, Nees in WalL PI. As. Rar. III. 109 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 541 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 1 94. Gdjkand. Apparently wild in the deci- 

 duous forests of the Belgaum district, also on the ghats of Noi-th Kanai'a 

 near Supa and generally throughout the presidency. Fl, Mch., Apl. 

 Fr. May, June. 



Oeder 67. VERBENACB.ffl. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or whorled, simple or 

 digitate. InfloresGence.cjmose. Cymes often panicled, bracteate. 



