469 

 (13) A. vAscuiosA. (iV«ej.) 



Tdint. Dec. prod. XI. p. 407. 



Spec. Char. Fruticiilose : stem creepinu below, witli an as* 

 Kenrliiio; apex : leaves elli|>tic uud oblong-elliptii;, attenuated at both 

 viids, liiieolate above : spikes terminal, coinpnund : branches secund : . 

 bracts and bracteoies a little shorter than the calyx, ovate-lunceo* 

 lute : dowirs uppusite, pubescent, white. 



Khasia hills. Assam. 



GENUS XLIX. GENDARUSSA. 

 Dlmidrla Ittoiiog^yniAt Sexi Syttt 



Drriv. An alteration of the native name. 



Gbst. Char. Calyx regular, 5-parted, furnished with sm^ll 

 bracts at the base : corolla 2-lipped, upper Up ai'ched, lower 

 transversely obliquely folded, tube short ; stamens two, inserted 

 below the throat : connectivum rhomboid-lanceolate, oblique : 

 cells placed one above the other obliquely, semiovate, lower one 

 spurred : capsule narrow, depressed from base to apex, 4-seeded, 

 stiff at the base, thin above. 



(1) G. VULGARIS. (Nets.) 



Jdent. N. ah. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. HI. p. 104.— Dec, 

 prod. XL p. 410. 

 . Syn. Justicia gendarussa, Linn. — Roxb.Jl. Ind. J.'p. 128. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 468.— But. Reg. 8. t. 035.— Rheede. 

 Mai. XI. t. 42. 



Si'HC. Char. Shrubby : spikes terminal, flowers somewhat 

 ■whorled, leafy at the base : branches small : leaves lanceolate, 

 glabrous : flowers pale greenish white, sparingly stained with 'pur« 

 pie. 



Peninsula. Goncans. Bengal. Silhet. flowering in thg 

 cold season. 



GENUS L. jtrSTICIA. 



Diandria monogynla. Sex: Sy»t> 



Deriv. Named in honor of J. Justice, an eminent Scotch Hor^ 

 ticultorist and Botanist. 



