480 



Spec. C/Har. Leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, lineolafe 

 and like the stems, glabrous : umbels axillary and terminal, five- 

 cleft: capitula 3-5 flowered : involucrutn diphyllous: leaflets equal 

 ovato-elliptic, obtuse mucronulate, glabrous. 



Courtallum flowering during the rainy months. 



(2) P. BiCALYCutATA. ( Nees. ) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 113.— Dec. prod. 

 XL p. 496. 



Syn. Justicia bicalycniata, Vahl. — J. ligiilata. Lam. — J. Mala- 

 barica, Ait. — Dianthera bicalyculata, Retz. — D. Malabarica, Linn. 



Engrav. Lam. III. t. 12. fig. 2. Cav. ic. I. t. 71. 



Spec. Char. Stem hexagonal, rough and hairy : leaves ovate- 

 acuminate, glabrous or p\iberulous : peduncles axillary, bitrifidj 

 their branches dichotomous : flowers solitat'y, pale-rose : common 

 involucre of one leaf linear, double the length of the flower-head : 

 calyx small, membranaceous : corolla pubescent, nearly half art 

 inch long. 



Peninsula. Hindostan. Flowering in the cold season. 



(3) P. TiNCTOKiA. {Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PL As. Rar. IIT. p. 113.— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 493. 



Syn. Justicia tinctoria, Roxh. — J. Roxburghiana, Poem, et 

 SchvU. — J. purpurea, Lour. — Dianthera Japonica, Thunb.—3. cre- 

 nata, Vahl. 



Engrav. Rumph. Amb. VI. t. 22. f. 1. — Thunb. flor. Jap. t. 4. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous : leaves ovate, obtuse, lineolate, and 

 with the stem pubescently scabrous below : umbels axillary and 

 terminal, 5-cleft : rays compound and decompound : leaflets of the 

 2-leaved involucre unequal, subcordate-ovate, pubescently ciliated : 

 flowers deep rose with a white tube and a purple throat. 



Rungpore. Bengal. Assam. Flowering neatly all the year. 



(4) P. sPEciosA. (Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 113.— Dec prod. 

 Xi. p. 495. 



Syn. Justicia speciosa, Roxb. 

 Engrav. Bot. Mag. t. 1722. 



