492 acanthaceje. 



2. repens, Nees. {L c. — Wight, icon. 2, t. 465. — Justicia repens, L. ; — 

 Rozb. Corom. 2, t. 152 ;/ ind. I, p. 132 ; ed. Carey, \, p. 133 ,~J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 165. — Dicliptera retusa, Juss. — D. repens, Rom. 

 and Sch. — R. Br. pr. — Burnt, zeyl. t. 3,/. 2.) % Ceylon. Peninsula of 

 India. Rajmahl. Monghir, &c. Fl. small, pale rose-coloured, R. and 

 C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 Dicliptera, Juss. {Nees. o. c. p. 111.) 



l.bupleuroides, Nees. (/. c. — Justicia chinensis, a. Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 

 124 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 125, excl. syn. L. Vahl. and Burm.) "21.. Coro- 

 mandel. Silhet. Assam. Nepal. Fl. small, pale rose-coloured, R. and 

 C. S. ; fr C. S. 

 2. Roxburghiana, Nees. {I. c. — Justicia chinensis, Roxb. I. c.) 2|L. China, 

 Fl. 6 lines, pale rose-coloured, stained with red, R. and 0. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 Peristrophe, Nees. (o. c. p. 112.) 



l.tinctoria, Nees. (o. c. p. 113. — Justicia tinctoria, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 

 123 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 124 ; — J. Roxburghiana, Rom. and Sch. — J. ba- 

 phica, Spreng. ; — Rumph. Q, t. 22,/. I.) C^'S <(^ Bet-rung, "fe Bengal, 

 (Calcutta, Serampore.) Taong-Dong. Fl. 16 lines, deep rose-coloured, 

 with a white tube, and a purple throat, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



2. speciosa, Nees. (/. c. — Justicia speciosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 122 ; ed. 

 Carey, 1, p. 123 -—B. M. 54, t. 2722.) B Interior of Bengal. Nepal. Fl. 

 15 lines, crimson, with the upper lip at the base dark purple-spotted, 

 the end of C. S. ; fr. 0. 



3. bicaiyculata, Nees. (/. c. — Justicia bicalyculata, Vahl. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 

 I, p. 126; ed. Carey, 1, p. 127 ;—X Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 164;— 

 Blum. — J. ligulata, Lam. ill. t. 12,/". 2 ; — Cavan. ic. 1, p. 52, t. 71. — 

 J. malabarica, Ait. — Dianthera bicalyculata, /?efr.) •TtTl '^t^1 Nasa- 

 bhaga. Java. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Hin- 

 doosthan. Fl. 6 lines, pale rose-coloured and white, C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 and Feb. and March. The plants growing about Serampore have 

 their leaves strigulose, and not glabrous as those described by Nees. 

 ^. alhifiora. Fl. white. 



4. lanceolaria, Nees. (o. c. p. 1 14. — Justicia lanceolaria, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, 

 p. 121; ed. Carey, I, p. 122.) B Khassya Mountains. Fl. 2 inches, 

 rose-coloured, with the upper lip towards the base cream-coloured 

 and dark purple dotted, Dec. and Jan. 



5. pulchella, (Justicia pulchella, Caret/ MSS.) B Native place uncertain. 

 The plant was introduced into the garden here by Mrs. Middleton, in 

 1819. Fl. 8 lines, without pale rose-coloured, within pale purple, the 

 base whitish and dark purple-dotted, Dec. Jan. and Feb. ; fr. Feb. 

 and March. 



Hypoestes, R. Br. {Nees. o. c.p. 114.) 



1. purpurea, R. Br. {Nees. I. c. — Justicia purpurea, Vahl. not L.) B 

 China. Fl. 11 lines, purple, with a white tube, C. S. ; fr. Feb. 



