Asystasia.] cix. acanthace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 495 



lanceolate sparingly pubescent, lower pedicels often longer than the calyx, 

 corolla l|-li in. purple-violet (or in cultivation white). 



Tbavancorb, S. Tiitnetbllt and Anamalhts, alt. 3000 ft. ; Beddome. 



A large shrub, 6-8 ft. high ; branches pubescent upwards. Leaves 4-5 by |-1J in., 

 base cuneate or rhomboid ; nerves 7-9 pair, very oblique ; petiole J-J in. Macemes 

 2-8 in., pubescent ; lower pedicels sometimes ^ in. Capsule 1 in., nearly as of A. 

 coromandeliana. — Closely allied to A. coromandeliana, though the elongate oblique- 

 nerved leaves give it a very different aspect. 



7. A. macrocarpa, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 89, and in BC. 

 Prodr. xi. 163 ; pubescent, leaves oblong or elliptic narrowed at both ends, 

 racemes dense or elongate very pubescent, coroUa \\ in. dull pink, oylindric 

 base of its tube much shorter than the veutricose part. T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 525. Ruellia macrocarpa, Wall. Cat. 2348. — Acanthacea, 

 Griff. Bin. Notes, 106, n. 92, and Ic. PI. As. t. 438. 



Sttbtbopical Himalaya, from Kumaon to Bhotan ; in the Terai, alt. 1000 ft., 

 and in the hotter valleys ascending to 4000 ft. 



A diffuse, rambling undershrub, 1-4 ft. Leaves 4J by 1| in. ; nerves 8 pair ; 

 petiole ^ in. Racemes usually condensed, 1-sided ; sometimes 3-4 in., erect, lax, 

 with opposite flowers; lower pedicels 0-J in.; bracts J in. Sepals J in., linear- 

 lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla pubescent. Stamens 4, perfect ; anther-cells dis- 

 tinctly spurred at the base. Capsule IJ in., pubescent ; oylindric base | in. Seeds 

 i in. diam., much compressed, tubercular, rugose, glabrous. 



8. A. lanceolata, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sor. ix. 524 ; leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate glabrous, bracts lanceolate acute villous as long as the 

 calyx, corolla 1 in. funnel-shaped constricted base of the tube short. 



BxTEMA ; Baragyn, Srandis (T. Anderson). 



An^erect, glabrous herb ; stem terete, sparingly branched, internodes long. Leaves 

 4-6 by IJ in., undulate ; petiole short. Spikes terminal, erect ; bracts opposite, 

 i in., subherbaceous, lax, decussate, somewhat remote ; flowers sessile, 1 or 2 in the 

 axil of each bract. Sepals linear, equal, villous, membranous. Corolla villous with- 

 out ; lobes 5, unequal, small, erect. Anther-cells 2, bases mucronate. — Not seen. 



Vae. ? Beddomei ; leaves linear-lanceolate hairy on both surfaces, corolla \\ in. 

 and upwards before expansion. — Tenasserim, Mooleyit, Beddome. — Leaves 8 by 

 j-1 in., caudate-acuminate, widest close to tlie rounded or subcordate base ; petiole 

 0— j^ in. Spikes compound, most of the lower bracts and calyces small without 

 flowers ; upper bracts ^-J in., lanceolate, glabrate. Corolla broad, nearly straight, 

 urn-shaped on a short cylindric base; lobes subequal, ^ in., ovate, obtuse. Stamens i, 

 2 conspicuously longer ; anthers 2-celled, cells broadly oblong, parallel, equal, white- 

 apiculate at base. Pistil as of Asy stasia. Capsule not seen. 



** Corolla linear shortly fannel-shaped upwards about 2 in. long. 



9. A. atroviridis, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 626 ; leaves 

 large elliptic acuminate at both ends nearly glabrous, racemes condensed 

 nearly glabrous, corolla 2 in. rose-pink tube very long linear. Ruellia atro- 

 viridis, Wall. Cat. 2404.— Asystasia sp. n. 15, Serb. Ind. Or. S. f. Sf T. 

 Verbenacearum sp., Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 155. 



Khasia Mis., alt. 0-3000 ft., frequent ; Wallich, Griffith, H.f. Sg; T., &c. 



Stems 1-3 ft., herbaceous. Leaves 8i bySJ in.; nerves 10-14 pair; petiole IJ in. 

 Bacemes usually paniculate in a dense terminal subsessile head ; bracts ^1; in. ; pedi- 

 cels J in., often pubescent. Sepals J in., sublinear, glabrous or pubescent. Corolla 

 glabrous, linear portion of the tube li in., limb about 1 hi. diam. Stamens 4, 

 glabrous ; anthers muticous, or very obscurely mucronate at the base. Capsule 



