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(Serampore.) Silhet. Nepal, &c. Fl. 14 lines, white, tinged with sul- 

 phur at the throat, and at the limb with dark purple lines and spots, 

 C. S. ; fr. Feb. Wood soft, considered very fit for making charcoal for 

 gunpowder. {Roxb.) Flowers, leaves, and roots bitterish, subaromatic, 

 and considered antispasmodic. (Ainslie.) 

 A. corynostachya. Wall. B Khassya Hills. 

 Gendarussa, Rumph. {Nees. I. c ) 



1. vulgaris, Nees. (o. c. p. 104 ; — Wight, icon. 2, t. 468. — J usticia Genda- 

 russa, L. ; Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 128 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 129 ; — B. Beg. 8, 

 t. 635 ;— y. Graft. Cat. B. pi. p. 164 ^—Rkeed. 9, t. 42 ;— Rumph. 4, t. 

 28, 29.) It^nr^^ Jugan-mudun. ^t^ ?^ Gundho-ruso. B Rangoon. 

 Taong-Dong. Madura. Salsette. N. Concan. Bengal, (Serampore.) 

 Khassya Mountains, &c. Fl. 7 lines, pale greenish-white, sparingly 

 stained with purple, C. S. ; fr. Feb. and March. Leaves and tender 

 stalks have when rubbed a strong, not unpleasant smell. (Ainslie.) 



2. bifaria, Nees. (/. c.) B Rocks near Pingee, on the banks of the Irawaddi. 

 In H. C. G. 



Z.decussata, Nees. (/. c. — Justicia decussata, Roxb. fl, ind. 1, p. 127; 

 ed. Carey, 1, p. 128.) S Rangoon. Amherst. Prome. Fl. 6^ lines, 

 rosy-white, Feb. and March ; fr. April. 



4. ventricosa, Nees. (/. c. — Justicia ventricosa. Wall. pi. as. rar. 1, t. 93 ; 

 — B. M. 54, t. 2766.) B Khassya Mountains. Amherst. Fl. 9 lines, 

 greenish-white, the limb inside streaked with purple, Dec. Jan. and 

 Feb. ; fr. March. 



5. orixensis, Nees. {L c. — Justicia orixensis, Kim.; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, 

 p. 132; ed. Carey, 1, p. 133. — J. tranquebariensis, Roxh. fl. ind. 1, 

 p. 130 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 131, excl. syn. L. ; not Rom. and Sch. which 

 is the real J. tranquebariensis, L.) % Coromandel. Orissa. Fl. small, 

 pale yellowish-red, and fr. Feb. and March. 



6. Neesiana, Nees. (o. c. p. 105. — Justicia Neesiana, Wall.) B Khassya 

 Mountains. Fl. small, pale greenish-rose, C. S. 



7. quadrifaria, Nees. (/. c.) B Khassya Mountains. Fl. 4 lines, streaked 

 with white and purple, C. S. ; fr. Feb. 



S.micrantha, Wall. MSS. % Burma. In H. C. G. fl. C. S. 

 d.furcata. Nees. (/. c. — Justicia furcata, Jacq. hart, schlinhr. 1, t. 3. — J. 

 peruviana, L. ;—Cav. icon. \, p. 17, No. 26, t. 28 ,—B. M. 12, t. 

 430 ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 4,) B Peru. Fl. 14 lines, pale purple violet, 

 the lower lip at the middle reticulated with white veins, C. S. ; fr. 0. 

 Has been cultivated in H. C. G. since 1805. 

 lO.vasculosa, Nees. B Khassya Hills. 

 l\. ptychostoma,Wa\\. B Penang. 

 Eranthemum, R. Br. (Nees. o. c. p. 106.) 



1. nervosum, R. Br. (Nees. I. c. — E. pulchellum, Andr. ; B. Repos. t. 

 Sii;—Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. Ill ; erf. Carey, 1, p. Ill ,—J. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 163. — J. pulchella, Kei'. recens. pi. repos. p. 41 ; — Roxb. 



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