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Rhapiiidospora, Nees. (o. c. p. 115.) 



1. glabra, Nees. (/. c.) ^ Coromandel. Fl. 4 lines, white, tinged with 

 greenish-yellow and rose, and fr. C. S. 

 a. Kunigiana, (Justicia glabra, Kbn. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 130; ed. 



Carey, 1, p. 132.) Panicles somewhat glabrous. 

 |3. Carey ana. (Justicia Careyana, Roxb. H. B. p. 4.) Panicles more 

 rigid, thickly covered with glands. 



* Blechum luzonium, Nees. % Lu^on — B. Brownei, Juss. '^. W. Indies. 

 B, laxijlorum, Juss. 2/. Jamaica. — B. angustifolium, R. Br. '^. Ja- 

 maica. — DicUptera cuneata, Nees. '^Travancore. Courtallum. — D. Bur- 

 manni, Nees. ; Burm. ind. t. 4, f. 1. ^ Peninsulas of India. — Peristrophe 

 montana, Nees. S Courtallum. — P./ragiiis, Nees. Tavoy. — P. acumi- 

 nata, Nees. Tavoy. Khassya Mountains. — P. pubigera, Nees. B Bhud- 

 drinath, Kamroop. — Hypoestes Wallichii, Nees. Nepal. — H. floribunda, 

 R. Br. %. Tropical New Holland.— H. verticiilaris, R. Br. t C. G. H. 

 g. Andrographiece, Nees. 

 {In Wall. pi. as. rar. 3, p. 11.) 

 Andrographis, Wall. {Nees, o. c. p. 116.) 



l.paniculata, Wall. {Nees. o. c. — Justicia paniculata, Burm.; — Roxb. fl. 

 ind. \,p. m led. Carey, \,p. 119;— J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 164;— 

 Rheed. 9, t. 56.) <Pt«f CS^ Kalo-megh. ^ f^ Maha-tita. © Java. 

 Peninsula of India. Ceylon. Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. 6 lines, 

 white, upper lip with each of the two side lobes marked with a dark 

 purple streak and a couple of dark purple dots ; its middle lobe at 

 base having a large purple spot on the inside, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 and Feb. Plant very bitter, and in the Peninsula of India much used 

 in medicine. It forms the basis of the French drogue amere. 

 2. echioides, Nees. (o. c. p. 117; — Wight, icon. 2,t.467.) © Ceylon. 

 Both Peninsulas of India. Himalayas. 



a. Lamarckiana, (Justicia ciliaris. Lam. excl. syn. L.) Racemes near- 

 ly simple. 

 ^. LinncBuna, (Justicia echioides, Z. ^. zeyl. p. 21; — Roxb. ji. ind. 

 l,p. 118; ed, Carey, 1, p. 119;— J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 164; — 

 Vahl. ; — liam. ; — Rom. and Sch. ; — Spreng. ; — Rheed. 9, t. 46.) Fl. 

 lines, white, with the upper lip, especially its middle lobe, dark 

 purple-dotted, and fr. nearly throughout the year. 



* Erianthera serpyllifolia, Nees. "b Mysore. — E. lobelidides, Nees. ^ 

 Neelgherries. — Haplanthus tener, Nees. %. Tavoy. Taong-Dong. 



? Staurogyne, Wall. {pi. as. rar. 2, t. 186.) 



1. argentea. Wall. (/. c.) %. Silhet. Fl. 1 inch, purple, with the tube 

 yellowish pale violet, and the two lower lobes of the limb marked with 

 a whitish disk. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



