500 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SO C LETT, Vol. XX. 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens Two. 



divided at the tip ; capsule \ by £ in., short-point- 

 ed at both ends, oblong, 2 to 3 times as long as 

 broad, seeds 6-12, bony, wrinkled, twice as long as 

 broad. 



aJusticia betonica, iar g e ? branches round, smooth, tips velvety ; 



AcanthacEjE. leaves 4-1J in., ovate-lanceolate, dotted on both 



F. B. I. iv. 525. surfaces, leaf stalk ^ in. ; flowers ^ in. long, white, 



The Plains. with rose spots, on short-stalked continuous visually 



terminal spikes, bracts §-| in., white with green 

 nerves, ovate, short-pointed, bracteoles ^— | in., like 

 the bracts, calyx 5-segmented, segments ^ in., 

 linear-lanceolate, velvety, corolla 2-lipped, upper 

 lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, stamens 2, anthers 

 2-celled, lower cell white tailed, style bifid, thread- 

 like ; capsule § in., club-shaped, velvety, 4-seeded, 

 seeds ovoid, somewhat flattened, smooth. 



Jwstieia heteroearpa, 



AcANTHACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 531. 

 The Plains. 



Ferozepore (Vicary). 



small, covered with minute grey velvety down ; 

 leaves 1 by ^ in., ovate, with minute lines nearly 

 smooth, stalk I in. ; flowers minute, solitary to 

 four together, axillary, bracts and bracteoles small, 

 linear, calyx divided into 5, segments £ in., linear, 

 minutely velvety, corolla \ in., 2-lipped, upper lip 

 shortly 2-lobed, lower lip shortly 3-lobed, trans- 

 versely marked, stamens 2, anthers ovate, lower part 

 white tailed, sfr/le filiform, bifid; capsules of two 

 kinds in nearly every axil, normal capsule -g-% in., 

 oblong, ends rounded, short-pointed, scarcely 

 stalked, velvety, 4-seeded, abnormal capsule winged, 

 crested, one-seeded, seeds in normal capsules 

 rough, almost hairy, in abnormal capsules the one 

 seed is larger and smooth. 



