47'S 



(1) R. FAKviFioKA. (iVee*.) 



■Idem. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Mar. III. p. HO.— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 469. 



Syn. Justicia parviflora, Retz. — J. pectinata, Roxb. (.not Linn.) 

 Dicliptera caerulea, Blume, 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. t. 153. 



Spec Char. Stem diffuse or creeping : leaves oval or lanoeor 

 late, rather obtuse : fertile bracts suborbicular, mucronate or un- 

 pointed, nerved ani veined, glabrous, ciliatqd, with membranous 

 margin, sterile ones oval or oblong, margined on one or both sides, 

 acute, ciliated : bracteoles membranous margined, emarginate mif- 

 crbnate : corolla small, upper lip acute : flowers of a fine blue. 



Peninsula. Bengal. Khasia hills. Flowering in the cold season. 



(2) R. poLYGONoiDES, {Nees.) , 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. HO.-^Dee. prod. 

 XI. p. 471. 



Spec. Char. Stem creeping at the base : common bracts sub- 

 orbicular, mucronate, :3.-uerved : bracteoles bpat-shaped, ciliated 

 and with a broad, membranous margin : leaves unequal, obtuse, 

 lower oval, upper lanceolate : spikes axillary, glomeruliform, size of 

 a pea. 



Bombay. 



(3) R. BEPENS. (Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. A?, Rar. III. p. 110.— Dec. prod. 

 XL p. 472. 



Syn. Justicia repens, Linn.- — Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 132. — Pic- 

 liptera retusa, Juss. — D. repens, Roem. ^ Schult. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 465. — Roxb. Cor. t. 152. — Burm. 

 Zeyl. III. fig. 2. 



Spec. Char. Leaves oblong, lanceolate-aoute : stem creeping : 

 Ijracts ovate-cuspidate, without nerves, with a broad, white margip, 

 subciliated : bracteoles lanceolate : flowers small, pink. 



Very common. Everywhere. Flowering nearly all the year. 



(4) R. elegans. (Dais.) 

 Ident. Dalz. Boipb. flor. p. 196. 



