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acuminate, minutely puberulous, half as long as the 2 lin. long 
pedicels ; calyx somewhat spherical at the base, the segments linear, 
acuminate, coriaceous, slightly puberulent, about 2 lin. long; 
corolla an inch long, puberulous, the tube wide, of the length of the 
calyx, shortly golden-villous at the throat within and at the inser- 
tion of the filaments, the lobes lanceolate, acute, the uppermost 
ones shorter; filaments and style glabrous; stigma truncate; cap- 
sules woody, quite similar to those of PA/. thyrsiflorus, an inch long, 
about 10-seeded. 
Hap.—Frequent in the tropical forests around the Kambala toung and 
along the eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah, up to 3,000 ft. elevation.—Fl. 
Feb.-March; Fr. Apr.—s.—SS.= SiS. 
JUSTICIA, L. 
Calyx divided to near the base into 5 or 4 equal segments. 
Corolla with a long or short tube, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, 
concave, entire or notched, the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 2; anther- 
cells cblique or almost distinct and superposed, the lower one usuall 
mucronate or spurred. Ovary-cells 2-ovuled ; style usually entire 
or minutely capitate. Capsule 2.4-seeded, narrowed into a com- 
ressed sterile base. Seeds deeply cordate, marginate, supported 
y strong hooked seed-bearers.—Shrubs or herbs. Flowers solitary 
or in clusters or cymes, axillary, or forming terminal spikes or 
panicles. Bracts various. : 
* Lower anther-cell spurred or mucronate ; bracts inconspi= 
cuous, shorter than the calyx. 
Flowers in terminal spikes; all parts glabrous . . ~- +d. Gendarussa. 
* * Bracts decussate, $-14 in. long, conspicuous. 
ie) i n, from orbicular to ovate and 
Leaves Po sarge spikes on te: stil ro ; ited sgee > batelads 
Leaves shortly petioled, usually somewhat blunt; spikes on very 
short peduncles or almost sessile; bracts orbicular to ovate, 
minutely puberulous, 3-4-flowered . : i ‘ ‘ . J. ventricosa. 
Bracts white, with green nerves, acuminate; a more 
ess pubescent undershrub < ° . J. Betonica. 
1. J. Gendarussa, L.—Bawa-nek.—An evergreen dense shrub, 
2-4 ft. high, all parts quite glabrous, the branches terete and 
thicken at the nodes; leaves linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, 
tapering at both ends, very shortly petioled, blunt or nearly so, 
almost coriaceous, entire or obsoletely repand, 4-5 in. long, glab- 
Tous; spikes terminal, glabrous, on longer or shorter peduncles ; 
bracts linear, 1-2 lin. long; flowers in small clusters ; calyx small, 
the segments linear, stiff, about a line long; corolla } an in. long 
or somewhat longer, glabrous, pale-greenish white and sparingly 
stained with purple, the tube rather slender, upper lip concave, 
