364 ACANTHACE^. [JusUcia. 



Erect shrubs, glabrous or slightly pubescent. 

 Bracts broad and herbaceous. 



Leaves acuminate. Spikes in the upper axils. CoroUa above 1 in. 



lonfr 1. J. Adhatoda.. 



Leaves obtuse or nearly so. Spikes terminal, solitary. Corolla 



7 or 8 lines long 2. /. ventricosa. 



Bracts small, narrow S. J. Gendarussa. 



Prostrate or difliise pubescent herb i. J. Championi. 



1. J. AcUiatoda, lAnn. ; Bot. Mag. t. 861. A large shmb or small tree; 

 the young parts sligMly hoary or pubescent, otherwise usually glabrous. 

 Leaves stalked, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 5 or 6 in. long. Bracts 

 herbaceous, broadly ovate, | to | in. long ; bracteoles smaller, oblong. Sepals 

 still narrower, 3 to 4 lines long. Corolla white, with coloured pinnate streaks 

 in the centre of the lower lip, above 1 in. long. Anther-cells less unequal 

 than in most species, and the lower one only slightly mucronate. Capsule 

 almost woody, above 1 in. long ; the flattened base longer than the seed- 

 bearing poi-tion. — Adhatoda Fasiea, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 387. 



In ravines near Tytam, ^re ; also Wright. Common in most parts of India, but fre- 

 quently cultivated also, and thus introduced into other tropical countries. 



a. J. ventricosa, Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 80, t. 93 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2766. 

 A large evergreen shrub, glabrous except a slight pubescence on the spike. 

 Leaves oval-elliptical, rather obtuse, 8 to 5 in. long, narrowed into a short 

 stalk, entire and rather thick. Spikes terminal, nearly sessile, 3 to. 5 in. long. 

 Bracts herbaceous, broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, 5 to 6 lines long, each en-' 

 closing 3 or 4 flowers. Calyx scarcely 3 lines long. Corolla 7 or 8 lines, 

 white spotted with red. Upper anther-cell almost hood-shaped ; lower one 

 spurred. — Adhatoda ventricosa, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 407. 



Hongkong, Wright. In S. China, CMttagong, and Martaban. 



3. J. Gendarussa, Linn.; Bot. Beg. t. 635. A glabrous shrub, erect, 

 with long straggling branches. Leaves lanceolate, stalked, entire, 3 to 5 in. 

 long. Spikes interrupted, terminal or axillary, forming a terminal, erect, 

 leafy panicle. Bracts small, narrow, and deciduous. Flowers in sessile 

 clusters. Calyx small ; the segments subulate. Corolla pink, about f in. 

 long, with a slender tube. Lower cell of the anthers with a short conical 

 spur. — Gendarussa vulgaris, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 410 ; Wight, Ic. t. 468. 



Hongkong, Wright. In the hilly districts of India, from Ceylon and the Peninsula to 

 Silhet and Assam, the Malayan Peninsula, the Archipelago, and Philippines, and frequently 

 cultivated in other localities. . 



4. J. Championi, T.Anders. MSS. A diffuse or prostrate pubescent or 

 neai-ly glabrous herb of ^ to 1| ft. Leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, shortly 

 stalked ; the larger ones about 1| in. long, but mostly under 1 in. Flowers 

 small, clustered in the upper axils, with small petiolate obovate or orbicular 

 leafy bracts. Sepals 1|- to 2 lines. Cm-olla about 4 lines long, with a short 

 tube. Lower cell of the anthers with a long spur. Capsule 3 lines long ; 

 the flattened base very short. — Adhatoda chinensis. Champ, in Kew Journ. 

 Bot. v. 134. 



Common in ravines of Mount Victoria, Champion. ; in a ravine of Mount Gough, Wilford ; 

 also Haiice and tFright. Not known out of the island. This and a few allied species nearly 

 couticut Rodellaria with Justioia. 



