481 



Spec. Char. Friiticose : leaves ovate, acute at the basS, lined- 

 late above, glabrous : stem obtusely hejtagbn^t : peduncles axillary j 

 tri^d or ^^chotomous : flowers limbellately capitate, involucrated ) 

 outer bracts cuneiform-linear, obtuse :'prbpet ones lanceolate, aCute : 

 flowers crimson, with the upper lip at the base dark purple spotted. 



Interior of Bengal, flowering at the end of the cold season. 

 (6): t. u?JDULATA. (Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. Xl. p. 496. 



Sgn. Justicia undulata, Vahl. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous : leaVes lanceolate, undiilatfed, rfeiJ- 

 pandly-toothed : umbels terminal, simple and 3-cleft. 



Malabar. 



(6) P. lanceOlaria. {Neei.) 



Menu N. ab. E. iH Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 114.— Dec' 

 t)rod. XI. p. 496. 



Sy'n. Justicia lanceolaria, Roxb.fl. liid. I. p. 121. 



Spec. Char. Suffruticos^ : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuitii- 

 tiated at both endsj lineolate, slightly scabrous : panicle terminalj 

 trichototnous, viscidly hairy : leaflets of the involucre tern, lanceo- 

 late-acuminate, visfiidly hairy : flowers in heads of threes, rose- 

 coloured, with the upper lip towards the base cream-coloured and 

 dark purple-dotted. 



Khasia hills, flowering in December and January. 



GENUS LVI. EflAPHIDASPORA. 

 Uiaindria ntonogrifnia. Sex: Syai: 



D'eriv. From Rhaphis, a needle, and Spora, & seed. 



Gen. ChAe. Calyx small, 5-clefl : corolla usually rbsupinaiS 

 tube recurved, upper lip (presently the lower) concavb, uppermost 

 broader S-cleft : stamens two, exserted : cells of the anthera 

 placed one above the other, upper shorter, lower spurred at the 

 base : capstlle at the base icompressSd seedless liarrowcir, 4-seeded 

 at the apex : dissepiment complete : seed^ subtended with hooked 

 retinacnla, discoid, echinately hispid. — ^Herbs^ loose and more or 

 less diffuse : leaves broadish, inflorescence expanded : panicles 

 axillary, trichotomous, sometimes passing into terminal : flowera 

 eapitately tern, usually solitary by abortion of the lateral flowers, 

 girt in appearance by 8-9 bracts, namely 2 or 3 a little smaller, 

 and twin bracteoles of each flower, some of which are often obli-^ 

 terated : bracts and bracteoles small bristly. 



