486 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, diffuse, procumbent : leaves subova" 

 to-orbicular, mucionulate ; flowers terminal, racemose, purple. 



Neilgherries. Metapollium. Dry pastures at Kaity. Flower- 

 ing in February. 



(7) A. Neestana. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV & t. 1561. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, erect, nearly simple, acutely 4- 

 angled, glabrous except round the joints, where it is furnished with 

 a ring of short brown hair : leaves hirsute, elliptic-oblong, acute at 

 both ends, short petioled : panicles terminal, contracted : branches 

 trifid : calyx and corolla glanduloso-pubescent, capsule linear, hir- 

 sute, about 8-seeded. 



' Pulney mountains. 



(8) A. sERPYLtiFOLiA. (Nees.) 



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

 XI. p. 514. 



Syn. Justicia serpyllifolia, RotU. — Eriantheraserpyllifolia,iVee*. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 517. 



Spec. Char. Stem procumbent: leaves suborbicular, subses- 

 sile : pedicels from 1 to 3 flowered : flowers axillary, lower lip of 

 the corolla 2-lobed, lobes painted with three purple dotted lines. 



Courtallum. Palamcottah. Bangalore. Mysore. 



(9) A. gracilis. (Nees.) 

 Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 516. 



Spec Char. Herbaceous : stem glabrous : leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, glabrous, lineolate-dotted, muriculate-scabrous at the margin, 

 lower ones ending in a short petiole, upper ones subsessile, narrow- 

 er : racemes axillary, simple, very slender, few-flowered ; flowersi 

 purple, 



. Courtallum. 



(10) A. lineata. {Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 116.— Dec. 

 prod. XT. p. 516. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous : stem glabrous : leaves ovate, ob- 

 long, sessile : racemes axillary, 2-3-chotomous, glandular-pubes- 

 cent : segments of the calyx subulate, very densely pubescent : 

 corolla pubescent : segments purple. 



Neilgherries. 



