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Spec. Char. Suffruticose : stem erect, tetragonal, pubescently 

 scabrous above : leaves large, elliptic, acute at both ends, somewhat 

 repand, pubescent below : raceme thrysoid : corolla short, densely 

 tomentose and viscid. 



Goalparah. Assam, Khasia. 



(3) P. THRYSIfLORUS. (JNcet. ) 



Iden't. N. ab. E. in Wall. Pi. As. Rar. III. p. 99.— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 321. 



Syn. Justicia thrysiflora, Roxh. 



Spec. Char. Fruticose : stem erect : leaves oblong-cuneiform, 

 quite entire, glabrous : raceme elongated : capsule quadrangular i 

 flowers deep orange. 



Interior of Bengal. Khasia hills. Oude. Assam. Flowering 

 in January and February. 



(4) P. GUTTATUS. (Npei.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 99. — Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 321. 



Syn. Justicia guttata, Wall. 



Etigrav. Bot. Reg. t. 1334. — Wall. 1. c. I. t. 28. 



Spec. Ghar. Low undershrub : stem procumbent at the base, 

 afterwards erect, quadrangular: leaves oblong, repandly crenate, 

 glabrous : racemes short : flowers opposite, lower ones in threes, 

 upper ones solitary, very pale greenish, stained with bipod-red 

 spots. 



Khasia hills, floweriog in December and January. 



(5) P. ASPERULPS. (Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 99.— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 3-21. 



Syn. Justicia asperula, Wall. — J. quadrangularis. Hooker. 

 JEngrav. Bot. Cab. t. 1681. — Bot. Mag. t: 2845. 



Sp^c. Char. Suffruticose; young stem 4-cornered: angle* 

 rough with small teeth : leaves elliptic-oblong, long-acuminate, 

 glabrous : spike terminal, leafy at the base : flowers yellow of 

 orange. 



Khasia hills, flowering in February. 



