471 



Spec. riiAn. Frnticose : leaves elliptIc-nblon«r, attennated at 

 1)0111 ends, (;liilirous : |jelii)lt's with leiify miir<:iiis : spikuteniuiiiil, 

 tftra|"(m;il : br.icU ovule, Jimsi-i.'iis()idaU', erosn-deiila-.e, puliesceiit, 

 fqiiai|iiij» the capsule : up|ier lip of llir corolla lilie..r-ie;icXLd : lube 

 veij loijj» ; fluwers livi-r- ve>di^i'is with a white luhe. 



Hanks of ilie Giii;;es. Upper Assam. Uoinu.oii io most parts 

 cf Iiidu. I''iuweiiiig nearly all the \eur. 



GENUS LI. RHINACANTHUS. 

 DZandrin Jllonosjriiifi. Sex: Sgiit 



Tteric. From Rhiit, a SQoat ; alluding to the elongation of the 

 . capsule. 



Gen. Char. Calyx regularly 4-parted, bracts and bracteoles 

 email, subulate : corjiia hypDcra.terik>rm,2-lipped, tube long, slender, 

 upper lip narrow, lower 8-cleft, segments equal : stamens two, 

 inserted iu the thn ab : anthers 2-celled, muticous, one cell placed 

 above the other in an almost linear row : capsule clavate, com> 

 pressed at the base with a long cjutiuuation, commissure of the 

 valvelets contiguous, seedless, in the upper part 4-ovuled, 4 or 

 by abortion, 2- seeded : dissepiment complete, adnate : seeds ovate, 

 biojuvex, furnished with concave, obtuse retinacnla — Loose sbrnbs, 

 somewhat scandeut : panicles axillary, passing into terminal 

 trichotomuus branches, . 2-uSetb : flowers agglomerate or sborU 

 spiked round the tops of the branchlets, white or bluish. 



(1) R. coMMUMS. fNees ) 



tdtnt. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 109.— Dec. 

 prod. XI. p. 44-.'. 



Si/n. Ju^ticiu nasutn, Li/m.— Hoxb. for, Ind. \. p. 120. 



Engrao. Wight's Icon. t. 464.— Rlietde Mai, IX. t. 69.— Bot. 

 Mng. X. t. 3:15. 



Spic. CiMR. Shrubliy, 4 to 5 feet hish : leaves nlilopgor ovate* 

 oblou;; : panieies axillary and tt-rininal, bttricliotoinous, spreading : 

 flowers small, while : corolla niJi a long hlendir compressed tube. 



Miihab'eshwiir : pen. rally to be found iu gardens, raulgbuut. 

 Tiavaucore. flowering nearly all the year. 



(2) R. CALCAKATUS. ( NccS. ) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 441. 



tyn. Justicia calcaruta, H'all. PI. As. Rar. 11. p. 9. ^ L 113. 



