470 



Gen. Chau. Calyx S-parted almost to the base, small, segTBonts 

 equal : corolla bikbiate'y hypocraterifiirm, Cube long, upper lip nar- 

 row, refltxed, lower 3-c!eft, segments equal: stamens two : an- 

 thers 2-eelled, cells parallel, somewhat unequal at the base, mu- 

 ticnus: capsule compressed at the base, seid'ess. dilated at the 

 apex, depressed, ovate, cuspidate, 2-celled, 2-seeded : seeds deeply 

 cordate, girt with an iljvated mar. ia, cnrtipressed, tuhercled : 

 retinacula hooked, strong. — Shrabs : leaves firm : spike terminal : 

 bracts herbaceous, afterwards deciduous, h o.d, tiowers opposite, 

 solitary, reddish : bracteales small, subulate. 



(I) J. EcEiiiiuM. (Linn.) 



Jdent. Linn. flor. Ze\l. p. 17. — Sp. I'l. p. 85.— Dee. prod. 

 XI. p. 426. 



Engrav. Wijiht's Icn,.. t. 463. (not Riix'\'— Rot. Mag. t. 1847. 



Spkc. Char. Shrnbfiy : spikes ti'rmiii.il, 4-sidfd : hniciei'S 

 oval, rnt ire, ciiiite, iiiniTOn.-iti', rq i;il irii; the t'riiit : Ip.jV. s elli|.tii'- 

 oliiiiiig, iiltcniiiiieci ,'jt l)i>tli Piid>, piibi'scent : ii| p(.'r li]i uf ihu cuiuilii 

 linear, rfflcxed : Howers liirjic, grecjiish livid. 



Hills thruuj>;huut the Coiic-ins. Ibiund of Honibay. 



(2) J. i.iviDA. ( n. IV.) 



Ident. •Wight's Icon. vol. IV. & f. 1.j46. 



Spkc. Char. Sliriihby : leaves i.blong. acuminate at both ends, 

 }>labroiis, shiiiin<; : petioles olitiiscly in r-iiiicd : spikeSi terminal, 

 4-!>iderl: hnicts oval, lung, cuspid itf, rejiando-sululeiitate. ci.i. te, 

 somewhat &hurier thuu the capsule: upper lip of the curuUu iiiicur, 

 xeflexed, 



CuurtuUuin. 



(3) J. KOTUNDIFOLIA. (NeCS. ) 



hlent. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. JII. p. 108.— D.c. 

 prod. XI. p. 427. 



, Spkc. Char. Suff. iiticnse : leaves sessile, elliptic- ovale, obtuse, 

 glabrous: s|)ike terininnl, tetraLtoiial : Ijract'i niuiioish, subdi nticu- 

 lute, shorter than tlie Iruit : upper lij> of the curollu t,uhuliite : 

 loner .seginent.s oliovate. 



Tiinjore, in moist ])laces. Foot of tite Neilgherries. Flowering 

 all the yeur. 



(4) J. DENT ATA. (A7t/«.) 



Idept. Dec. prod. XI. p. 427.— N. ab. li. in "Wall. PI. As. 

 Ear. 111. p. 108. 



