818 Acanthaceae; Myoporaceae 



spreading, strongly 3-lobed, with 2 plaits inside at base; stamens 4, fertile, didymous, the anther-locules parallel, equal, obtuse; 

 disc obscure; stigma-lobes linear, the upper lobes much reduced; ovules 4 to many, rarely 2 in each locule; capsules many, more 

 than 4-seeded; seeds obliquely ovate or orbicular. About 30 species, widely distributed in the Tropics. 



1, HygrophUa lancea (Thunb.) Miq. Justtcia lancea bracts and bracteoles shorter than the calyx; calyx 6-8 mm. 



Xhunb. Ogi-no-tsume. Stems short-creeping then erect, long, the segments broadly linear, connate on lower half, erect, 



30-60 cm long, branched, obtusely angled, loosely puberulent usually loosely ciliate; corolla pale purple, 1-1.2 cm. long; 

 in upper part; leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 5-10 cm. capsules 1-1.2 cm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, about 15- 

 long, 5-15 mm. wide, subobtuse, narrowed below to a short seeded. Sept.-Oct. Honshu (Totomi and westw.), Shi- 

 petiole, entire or slightly undulate, often loosely pilose on koku, Kyushu. Ryukyus and Formosa. 



nerves beneath; flowers fasciculate in leaf-axils, sessile, the 



4. DICLIPTERA Juss. Haguro-so Zoku 



Herbs; leaves entire; flowers reddish or blue-purple, sessile, the bracts paired, leaflike, ovate or lanceolate, slightly connate at 

 base, subtending 1 to many flowers; calyx scarious, 5-parted; corolla-tube slender, the limb bilabiate, the upper lip innermost in 

 bud, entire or retuse, erect at anthesis, concave, the lower lip often broader than the upper one, spreading, rather flat, entire 

 or shortly 3-lobed; stamens 2, inserted on the throat, the anthers 2-locular, alike, the locules parallel or of different lengths, usu- 

 ally not mucronate; ovules 2 in each locule; capsules rather flat, ovate or orbicular; seeds 4 or fewer, smooth or minutely tu- 

 bercled. ^More than 60 species, in the Tropics and subtropics. 



1. Dicliptera japonica (Thunb.) Makino var. subro- 2-2.5 cm. long; capsules enclosed by a pair of leaflike per- 



tunda Matsuda. D. japonica var. elliptica Matsuda sistent bracts, oblanceolate, 1-1.2 cm. long, loosely short-pilose; 



Haguro-so. Thinly pilose or glabrous perennial; stems 20- seeds elliptic, about 2.5 mm. long, minutely tuberculate. 



50 cm. long, often branched; leaves membranous, narrowly July-Oct. Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyu- 



ovate-oblong, rarely broadly lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, 1-3 shu. 



cm. wide, acuminate with an obtuse tip, the bracts broadly Var. japonica. Dianthera japonica Thunb.; ]usticia jap- 



ovate or elliptic, 1-2.5 cm. long, obtuse, usually rounded at onica (Thunb.) Vahl; Dicliptera japonica (Thunb.) Makino; 



base, free, ciliolate on margin, the petioles 5-16 mm. long; D. japonica var. ciliata (Matsuda) Ohwi; D. japonica var. 



calyx 2.5-3 mm. long, the segments narrow, acuminate; corolla elliptica forma ciliata Matsuda Fuchige-haguro-so. Bracts 



pale rose-colored, 2.5-3 cm. long, bilabiate nearly to the mid- long-ciliate. Kyushu (s. distr.). China and Korea. 



die, the lips narrowly oblong, equal, minutely 3-lobed; style 



5. JUSTICIA L. KiTsuNE-No-MAGO Zoku 



Herbs, rarely shrubs; leaves entire; flowers rather small, white or rose-colored, solitary in axils of bracts, forming a terminal 

 spike (in ours), cyme, or panicle, the bracts and bracteoles various in shape; calyx 5-parted, the segments equal, narrow; corolla- 

 limb bilabiate, the upper lip innermost in bud, the lower lip shallowly 3-lobed, spreading; fertile stamens 2, inserted on the 

 throat, the anthers 2-locular, not alike, one of them not mucronate and above the other, short-spurred; ovules 2 in each locule; 

 seeds 4, or fewer, orbicular, smooth or tubercled. About 250 species, mostly in the Tropics. 



1. Justicia procumbens L. var. leucantha Honda. /. corolla slightly longer than the calyx, 7-8 mm. long, slightly 



japonica Thunb.; /. procumbens sensu auct. Japon., non L. puberulent, white or pale rose-colored, the lower lip longer 



Kitsune-no-mago. Short-pubescent annual; stems 10- than the upper, ovate, trilobulate, with darker reddish dots; 



40 cm. long, from a much-branched decumbent base; leaves one locule of the anther with an obtuse spur nearly as long as 



membranous, ovate, 2-4 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, subentire or the locule; capsules nearly as long as the calyx; seeds minutely 



loosely undulate-toothed, the petioles 5-15 mm. long; spikes rugose. Aug.-Oct. Cultivated fields and waste grounds in 



2-5 cm. long, densely flowered, the bracts, bracteoles, and lowlands; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; very common. Ko- 



calyx-segments nearly alike, narrowly lanceolate, 5-7 mm. long, rea, Manchuria, China, Ryukyus, and Formosa. The t}'pical 



pubescent on an elevated midrib, ciliate on a scarious margin; phase occurs in e. Asia, India, Malaysia, and Australia. 



Fam. 183. MYOPORACEAE Hama-jincho Ka Myoporum Family 



Shrubs or rarely trees sometimes with scalelike or pinnate hairs; leaves alternate, rarely opposite, simple; stipules absent; 

 flowers axillary, solitary or fascicled, bisexual, zygomorphic; calyx 5-parted, imbricate or not overlapping in bud; corolla gamo- 

 petalous, usually 5-lobed, the lobes imbricate in bud; stamens 4 or as many as the corolla-lobes and alternate with them, inserted 

 on the corolla-tube, the anthers longitudinally dehiscent; ovary superior, usually 2-locular, 2 (-8) ovules in each locule, rarely 

 many locular; style simple; ovules pendulous; fruit a drupe; seeds with a straight or slighdy curved embryo, nearly destitute of 

 endosperm. About 5 genera, with about 110 species, mainly in Australia and the Pacific Islands, few in e. Asia. 



1. MYOPORUM Banks and Soland. Hama-jincho Zoku 



Shrubs with glabrous or viscid parts; leaves usually alternate, simple; flowers small, white or purple; calyx 5-parted, not 

 accrescent in fruit; corolla subcampanulate or infundibuliform, the lobes 5 (-6), equal or the lower slighdy larger; ovary 2- to 

 10-locular, the locules nearly equal, around the central axis, 1-ovuled in each locule, or rarely 2-locular, with 2 ovules in each 



