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sometimes Justicia, from which it differs by the anther-cells at equal height, not 

 tailed. 



1. Graptophyllum hortensp:, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. III. 

 102 (1832). Attains 6 to 8 ft. in height. Leaves broadly eUiptic, 5 

 to 9 in. long, cuneate at either end ; petiole hardly -25 in. Panicle 

 narrowed nearly to a raceme, terminal, subsessile, 10- to 40-flowered ; 

 bracts and prophylla inconspicuous. Sepals "175 in. long. Corolla red ; 

 tube -75 in. long; lips -5 in. long. Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 150; Moritzi 

 Verz. ZoU. Pfl. 47 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 824 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. IV. 545, and in Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. V. 241 {with syn.). G. pictum, 

 Griff. Notul. IV. 139; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl Pflanzenfam. IV. 

 3 b, 327. 



Perak: ScortecMni 1545. Kedah : King's Collector 1765. Wild 

 probably in the Malay Archipelago, where it is plentiful. Frequent in 

 India, also in Guinea, where it is almost certainly introduced. 



33. Peristeophe, Nees. 

 Erect branched herbs. Leaves opposite, subequal, petioled. Flowers 

 1 to 4 together, and of these one or more often imperfect, clustered 

 between 2 floral leaves ; the flower-clusters often peduncled, axillary or 

 terminal ; bract and prophylla to each flower small or 0. Calyx small, 

 deeply lobed into 5 subequal lanceolate teeth. Corolla rose or purple ; 

 tube slender ; Hmb 2-lipped ; upper lip subentire, lower subequally 

 3-lobed. Stamens 2 ; filaments pubescent below ; anther-cells 2, 

 muticous, narrow, curved, one half its length above the other ; poUen 

 short-ellipsoid, longitudinally banded. Ovary 4-ovulate ; style filiform, 

 minutely bifid. Capsule ellipsoid, stalked, minutely pubescent ; placentae 

 not rising elasticaUy from the base ; seeds granular, subtubercular. — 

 DisTRiB. Species 25, but several very close together, extending from 

 Africa to Japan and New Caledonia. 



Floral leaves ovate triangular, '5 in. broad ; corolla 1-25 in. long 1. P. tinctoria. 



Floral leaves broadly lanceolate, "ITS in. broad ; corolla -lb in. long 3. P. salicifolia. 

 Floral leaves linear-ligulate, -06 to -09 in. hroad ; corolla -To to 



1 in. long . . . . . . . . . . 2. P. acuminata. 



These three species are very closely allied, as are all species admitted of this 

 group by Nees and Miquel. P. uiontann, Nees, P. angustifolia, Nees, P. salicifolia, 

 Blume, P. commutata, Nees, are not improbably natives of the Malay Peninsula, but 

 are included between P. tinctoria and P. acuminata. 



1. Peristeophe tinctoria, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. III. 113 

 (1832). Often 3 to 4 ft. high. Leaves 3-5 by 1*75 in., cuneate at either 

 end, entire, sparingly pubescent; petioles '25 to 1 in. long. Peduncles 



