483 



(1) R. GLABRA. (Nees.) 



Idem. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 115.— Dec 

 prod. XI. p. 499. 



St/n. Justicia glabra, Koen. Roxb. ffior. Ind. I, p. 130. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1554. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles axillary, many-flowered: leaves ovate, 

 attenuated at the apex, glabrous. 



Goromandel, flowering in the rainy season. 



GENUS LVII. HTPOESTES. 



Diandrla IHonogynia. Sex, Sytti 



Deriv. A Greek term signifying an under garment ; alluding 

 to the covering of the involucrum. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx 5-cleft or parted, equal, endosed in a somei. 

 what l-flowered capitulum, the involucre 4-leaved and leaflets free 

 or cohering at the base : corolla 2-lipped, lower lip deeply 3-cleflt : 

 stamens two : anthers 1 -celled. Cohering before evolution, cells 

 lateral in a narrow connectivnm : stigma 2-clefl : capsule 2-celled 

 towards the apex, 4-seeded : dissepiment adnate, complete : seeds 

 furnished with suhulate retinacula, ovate-subrotund, bi-convex, 

 compressed, tubercled : — Herbs, shrubs, or small trees, often with 

 showy purple or rose-coloured flowers : leaves entire or crenato* 

 dentate. 



(1) H. LANATA. {Dalz.) 



Ident. Dalz. in Hook, journ. Bot. II. p. 343. — Bomb. flor. p. 

 197. 



Spec. Char. Suffruticose j stem glabrous, ascending, genicu- 

 late : leaves lanceolate-acuminate, entire, slightly hispid above, gla> 

 brous beneath : branches of the inflorescence trichotomous, covered 

 with white wool : heads few-flowered, 1 to 3, sessile in the opposite 

 axils of the floral leaves : flowers light-purple. 



Northern Concan near Rohe. 



(2J H. PURPUREA. (R. Bf.) 



Ident. R. Br. prod I. p. 474. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 509. — N. afa. 

 :E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. HI. p. 114. 

 Syn. Justicia purpurea, VaM. 



