682 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Spikes dense . . . . . . . . 16. J. uher. 



Peduncles long ; carrying panicles of linear spikes . . 17. J. suviatrana. 



Sect. 4 . EosTELLULAEiA. Spikcs cylindric ; bracts narrow, about as 

 long as the calyx. Calyx of 4 linear segments, the 5th suppressed : — 



Corolla -25 to -35 in. long . . . . . . . . 18. J. procumbens. 



Justiciain con^piaia, Dayd.-Jack. Ind. Kew., is a bare name, founded on Wall. Cat. 

 n. 2475. The " type " of this came from Penang ; but Wallich sorted with it, doubt- 

 fully, one plant from hb. Wight, another from Silhet. I have not found n. 2475. 



1. JusTiciA PTYCHOSTOMA, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. III. 108 (1832). 

 A herb, very sparingly pubescent. Stem 1 to 4 ft. high, branching ; 

 internodes 3 to 6 in. long. Leaves 6-5 by 2-25 in., elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate at tip, cuneate at base (but see the Varieties below), often 

 undulate or obscurely crenate on the margin, with very small 

 rhaphides on both surfaces ; primary nerves 7 to 9 pairs, oblique ; 

 petioles '5 to 1*5 in. long ; opposite pairs of leaves equal or rarely 

 somewhat unequal. Peduncles terminal, penultimate, or axillary, 1 to 

 2 in. long, frequently 2 from one axil ; spike 1 in. long, or lengthening 

 to 1 to 4 in. long ; bracts round, ovate, green, -3 to "35 in. long, shortly 

 stalked, very caducous, nearly glabrous, but often with white bristles 

 on the margin ; with 1 (rarely 1 to 2) flower under each bract. Calyx 

 •125 in. long, nearly glabrous ; segments linear. Corolla lurid white- 

 yellow marked with purple grey lines ; corolla before expansion nearly 

 •5 in. long, glabrous without, or with a few hairs at the very tip. 

 Filaments glabrous ; anther-cells round, one lower than the other with 

 a short conic white tail ; pollen small, ellipsoid, 30 /x long, with two 

 stopples and two rows of tubercles (or round patches) on each side of 

 the stopple. Pistil glabrous ; style very shortly 2-fid. Capsule "5 in. 

 long, glabrate, 4-seeded. Seeds flattened, verrucose, subtubercled. T. 

 Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. IX. 517 (1867) ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. 4 534 {emend.). Pihytiglossa ptychostoma, Nees in DC. Prodr. 

 II. 337. B. ptyckosperma, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 825. 



Peeak : Scortechini 689 ; Wray 2046 ; alt. 100 ft., King's Collector 

 2077. Penang : Porter (Wall. Cat. 2478). Kedah : Ctirtis 2117. 



Vae. (3 angustifolia, C. B. Clarke. Leaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate. 



Peeak: alt. 5000 ft., Gunong Inas, Wray 4130. 



Vae. y rotundifolia, C. B. Clarke. Leaves 6 by 3-5 in., rounded at 

 the base. 



Peeak: Bidley 7163. 



Vae. ^ auriculata, C. B. Clarke. Leaves narrowly, unequally cordate 

 at base, with two ears. 



Perak: alt. 500 ft. ; King's Collector 2062 ; Scortechini. 



