(1) E. CRENATA. {VaM.) 



Ident. Vahl. Ea. I. p. 206.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 63. 



Syn. E. Indica, P^rs. — Justicia acaulis, Linn. Suppl. p. 84.—*. 

 Jtoxb. jior. Ind.i. p. IS9. 



Enffrav. Roxb, Cor. II. t. 127- 



Spec. Char. Stemless : leaves obovate-oblong, crenated, villous 

 on the; nerves beneath : scape long,' Slender, siiriple: hrabts oVate> 

 ciliated : flowers spiked, white. 



Koondiana, in the Broach Collectorate. Circar mountains. Ma- 

 dura. 'Gin^ie hills. Banks of the Jumna. Flowering nearly all 

 the year, and usually fouiid in palstures Under the shade of trees. '^' 



GENUS VI. NELSONIA. 

 Diaudrla IHonogynla. Sexi Systt 



Deriv. In honor of D. Nelson, the.Botaiiist who, accompanied 

 the Circumnavigator Captain Cook. t 



Gen. Char. Calyx 4-parted, unequal, upper spgm6p.t, larger, 

 lo\^er one 2-Qleft : corolla 2-lipppd, lower one 3-cleft: stamiens 

 twQ, nbne sterile : anthers' iiicllid'ed : coiinectivum obliquely lan- 

 ceolaite at the ape!xi'one cell placed ov^if'the other, lower one mii- 

 ticous, equal : stigma 2-cleffc, segmeiits oVate : capsule attenuated 

 .from an ovkte base, cells : 8-aefeded, seed-bearing from '^the' base : 

 retinacula none. — Dififase herbs, often tomentose, growih!^' ih 

 damp places : leaves middle-sized or small, broadish : spikes ter- 

 minal or axillary : flowers solitary, sinall, covered by a large 

 bract : lateral bracts small or none. 



(1) N. TQMENTOSA. , (WUM.) 



Jdent. Willd. Sp. PI. I. p. 419.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 65. ' 



Syn. Justicia tomentosa, Rpxb. — N. origanoides, Hoem. ^ 

 ScJiult. — J. origanoides, FoAZ. — -J, vestita, Rpem. ^ Schult. — J. 

 Bengalensis, Spreng.- — J. lamiifblia, Koen. in Aoxh. 



" ' S'pEC^ ' Char'. Herbaceous, prostrate, villous: lower ^ leaves 

 petioled, elliptic, obtuse, upper subsessile, smaller : spikes ovate : 

 bracts rounded, elliptic, pbtuse, mucronulate : flowers purple, a 

 little longer than the calyx. 



Common in the Warree jungles. .Peninsula. Assam. There 

 is a variety which grows in Silhet and t|!e Cororaandel Co^st, the 

 ^flowers of which are variegated with deep and Hght purple, flowet?. 

 ing in the cold season. 



