463 



(6) R. HEDYOTIUIFOLIA. (NeiS.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. 1. c. p. 100. — Dec. ptod. XI. p. 370< 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1540. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, divaricately branched from the base, 

 ^nd like the ovfite subcrenate acute leaves roughish : spikes ter-- 

 minal and towards the ends of the branches, axillary, short, inter-F 

 rupted at the base : calyx 4-parted, lobes lanceolate, membranous 

 on the margin, glabrous : bracts equalling bracteoles, shorter thaa 

 (be calyx, setaceous on both sides. 



Locality not given. 



(7) R. SIMPLEX. (R. W.) 



Uent. Wight's Icon, v6l. IV. & t. 1542. 



Spec. Chak. Root somewhat repent : stems erect, simple, 4* 

 sided, and with the veins on the under surface of the leaves, more 

 or less thickly beset with rigid bristly hairs : leaves oblong-oval, 

 lanceolate, bUint, glabrous above, but marked with numerous 

 iransverse lineoles : spikes terminal, longish : bracts about the 

 length of the calyx, and like it pectinatelj bristle ciliate on, the 

 margin : costa below beset with similar, bristles. 



Station not known. 



(8) R. VAHHt. (Nees.) 



Ideni. N. ab. E. I. c. p. 102. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 376. 



Stfn. Justicia Vahiii, Roth. — J . Vahliana, Roem. ^ Schult. — 3. 

 diffusa, Fahl. 



Spec Char. Stem procumbent : leaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, scabrous : calyx and bracteoles equal, oblong-lanceo- 

 late and with the longer bracts cuspidate, broad-membranaceous at 

 the margin, slightly scabrous and ciliolate at the apex : flowers 

 purple. 



Southern India. 



(9) R. ROTUNDIFOLIA. {Neeg.) 



Ideni. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 100.— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 370. 



Spec. Char. Annual : stem creepiqg, and with the orbiculate 

 leaves very hirsute : segments of the calyx broad-meinbranaceous 

 at the margin, hairy -ciliate. 



Travuncore, C(jiomandeI. Flowering in August, 



