44.3 



Spec. Char. Ffuticose : bracteoles thorny, ramous near tba 

 |base, axillary, twin : leaves obovate-oblong, spinosely-mucronate, 

 strigose, glabrescent : flowers axillary, sessile, solitary : larger seg- 

 inents of the calyx oyate, reticulate, unequal, upper one larger, 

 spinosely ciliated, embracing the lower one which is quite entire or 

 denticulate and ciliated. 



Taiijore. Courtallum. Neilgberries; 



(11) B. BispiNOSA. (Vahl.) 



TdenU Vahl. Symlj. I. p. 46. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 241.— N. ab.' 

 p. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 94. 



Syn. Justicia bispinosa, forsh. 



Spec. Char. Fruticose : bracteoles thorny, axillary, twin, 

 divaricate, simple, 1-flowered : leaves oboVate, sptnoso-mucranu- 

 late, strigose : flowers sessile : ufiper segments of the calyx, which 

 equals the thorifs, equal, elliptic, muoronulate, ciliated, very hir^ 

 SUte with strig^ : flowers pale rosy-lilac. 



Courtallum hills, flowering in the cold season, 



(12) B. ACUMINATA. {R. W.J 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 234.— N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar, 

 III. p. 93. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 450. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby, tomentose : leaves ovate or cordate,' 

 acute, sometimes prolonged into a slender acumen, whitish beneath : 

 peduncles axillary, cymosely 2 or 3-cleft : bracteoles linear-lan-> 

 ceolate, reflex^d : larger segments of the calyx oblong, and like 

 the interior shorter lanceolate ones, reticulated. 



TravaAcore. Madura Hills. 



(13) B. Prionitis. (Linn,.) 



Ident. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 8S7.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 337.— Roxb. 

 ^. Ind. III. p. 36. 



Engrav. Rheede Mai. XI. t. 41.— Wight's Icon, t- 452. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby, the sterile spinous braoteas and bracte- 

 oles in 4-cleft fascicles, the fertile bracts subulate, spinous : leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, attenuated at both end^, glabrous beneath, on the 

 lihes and margins slightly hairy: flowers sessile, axillary, veni- 

 •cilledj the terminal ones spicate : larger segmesnts of the calyx 

 ovate, spinously cuspidate, quite entire, glabrous : flowers bright 

 orange. 



, Peninsula. Bengal. Silhet. Assarti. Flowering nearly all 

 the year. 



