816 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Lepidagathis. 
1558/2. ja mouus ; F. B. I. iv. 521. 
N. Bengal, Duars; Tirhut. 
A suberect, perennial herb. 
1558/3. Var. semIHERBACEA ; F. B. I. iv. 521. 
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gal, Duars 
A diffuse, perennial herb. 
1559. ee FascicuLaTa Nees; F. B. I. iv. 522. Ruellia 
fasciculata F. I 48, 
In al the poor and northern provinces. 
A diffuse herb. 
712, Ecbolium Kurz. 
A small, carl glabrous shrub; Jeaves entire. Flowers in 
dense, termin: es; bracts aon leafy, imbricate, more or 
less 4-rowed ; seeacaiee small, narro Sepals 5, connate below, 
narrow, equal. Petals 5, connate in a = aarp orolla ; tube long, 
almost filiform; upper lip narrow, shortly 2-fid; lower 3-lobed, 
corolla-tube ; anthers 2-celled ; cells oblong, parallel, approximate, 
muticous. Carpels connate in a 2-celled ovary; ovules 2 in each 
cell; style filiform; stigma shortly 2-fid. Fruit an ovoid, com- 
pressed capsule, narrowe elow into a long stipe. Seeds 4, or 
oftener 2, large, compressed, orbicular, i aint hi scabrid. 
1560. Ecsonrom Linneanum Kurz var. pentata; F. B. I. iv. 544. 
Justicia Ecbolium F. I. i. 114. 
C. Be Bengal. 
A small shrub. Vernac. Udu-jati. 
713. Justicia Linn. 
Herbs or shrubs; leaves entire. Flowers sessile or subsessile, 
spiked or panicled, rarely scl s naa small; bracts large or 
small; bracteoles narrow obsol Sepals 5 or 4, narrow; 
slightly connate below. Pisa 5, aan in a 2-lipped corolla; 
tube as short as or shorter than the lips; upper lip 2-lobed or 
subentire, lower 3-lobed; lobes meant in bud. Stamens 2; 
filaments often dilated, hairy near the base; anthers 2-celled ; 
s oblong or round, usually more or less discrete, lower always 
with a wie basal appendage. Carpels connate in a 2-celled 
ovary ; ovules 2 in each cell; style filiform; stigma shortly 2-fid. 
Fruit an : aad or ellipsoid capsule, sometimes seed-bearing from 
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