PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



501 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 

 Corolla Two-lipped. 



Justicia pubigera, 



ACANTHACE,35. 



F. B. I. iv. 536. 

 Himalayas, 4-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Stamens Two. 



large, stems round, hairy ; leaves 2§-l£ in., short- 

 ly stalked, ovate-lanceolate, hairy on both surfaces, 

 long-pointed; flowers purplish-red in axillary, stiff 

 loose clusters, forming terminal leafy branching 

 erect racemes, bracts |-£ in., linear, bracteoles none 

 or minute, calyx 5-parted, segments J" in., linear, 

 velvety, corolla § in. long, velvety, straight, tubular, 

 2-lipped, lower lip ^ in. long, 3-lobed, recurved, 

 upper lip erect notched, stamens 2, anther-cells 

 distinct, upper blunt, lower white tailed, style 

 minutely 2-lobed ; capsule f in., velvety, stalked, 

 seeds 4 or less. 



Justicia diffusa, 



ACANTHACE^;. 



F. B. I. iv. 538. 

 Himalayas, to 3,000 ft. 



small, stems 4-angled, smooth or minutely velvety ; 

 leaves 3|-4| ins., oblong, long-pointed at both ends, 

 stalk \ in., somewhat hairy; flower \ in., in slightly 

 hairy slender terminal or axillary spikes, bracts g- 

 in., linear shorter than the calyx, bracteoles T ?-^ 

 in., lanceolate, calyx 5-segmented, segments J in., 

 like the bracts, lanceolate, minutely hairy above, 

 stamens 2, style like the last species ; capsule 

 i-i in., 4-seeded. 



Justicia simplex, 



ACANTHACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 539. 

 Himalayas, to 7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small, hairy, branched, grooved ; leaves 1-1J in., 

 ovate or lanceolate, short-pointed, hairy, shortly 

 stalked ; flowers small, pale purple, crowded in 

 densely hairy cylindric spikes J-l in. long, terminal 

 or axillary, bracts as long as the calyx, green- 

 keeled, very hairy, short-pointed, lanceolate, brac- 

 teoles hairy, linear, calyx 4-segmented, segments 

 hairy, lanceolate ; corolla i in., 2-lipped, upper lip 

 erect, narrow, notched, lower wider, 3-lobed, 

 stamens and style as in the last species ; capsule 



