■ Andrographis.'] cix AOANTHACEiB. (C. B. Clarke.) 503 



linear-oblong glabrous, panicle large lax branches 4-winged, sepals pubes- 

 cent or Bubhirsute, capsule hairy. T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 232, and 

 in Joum. Linn. Soe. ix. 502. Justicia alata, VaU JEnim. i. 139. 



S. Deocan Peninsttla, alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Coimbatore, WigM, &c. ; Nilgberries, 

 Gardner. Cbtlon ; Thwaites. 



Stems 2-4 ft., annual, erect, glabrous, 4-angular. Leaves SJ by 1| in., somewhat 

 suddenly attenuate into the petiole, conspicuously lineolate above; upper leaves few, 

 distant, narrow. Panicle, often 15 in. diam. ; branches glabrous ; pedicels 0-i in., 

 pubescent. Sepals J-J in., bristle-pointed, pubescent or very hairy. Corolla J-f in., 

 hairy, white with pink spots; tube curved, limb obscurely 2-Upped. Anthers 

 exserted ; filaments subglabrous. Capsule 1 by J in., compressed. Seeds osseous, 

 glabrous, not compressed. — Perhaps only a variety of A. elongata. The panicle being 

 large, the examples of the old collectors show only the panicle with the reduced 

 narrow leaves belonging thereto ; and the descriptions of Vahl, Nees and T. Ander- 

 son do not describe the proper cauline leaves. 



7. A. stenophylla, Clarice ; glabrous, cauline leaves linear, racemes 

 lax, flowers nearly all pediceUed, capsule glabrous. 



CoiMBATOBE ; Wight (Herb. Propr. n. 2245). 

 ' Sootstock woody; annual stems from its crown numerous, erect and diffuse, 

 quadrangular. Leaves 1-lJ by |-J in. j raphides or obscure. Racemes 2-5 in., 

 axillary and terminal, not distinctly panicled, the upper leaves being nearly similar 

 to the cauline ; pedicels mostly nearly as long as the calyx. Sepals ^ in., linear- 

 lanceolate, glabrous or very nearly so. Corollfi nearly as of A. paaiculata. Capsule 

 f by ^ in., compressed. 



8. A. Wig'litlana, Am. ex Nees in DC. Frodr. xi. 617 ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaves subsessile lanceolate, racemes lax few-fld., pedicels sometimes as long 

 as the oaljx, corolla f in. conspicuously 2-lipped, capsule glabrous. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1558. A. gracilis, Nees I. c. 516 ; T. Anders, in Joum-. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 503. — Sheede Sort. Mai. ix. t. 44. 



S. Deccan PENHfSTJiA ; Courtallum and Anamallay Forests, Wight ; Mysore, &. 

 Thomson ; Mangalore, BohenacJcer ; Travancore and Tinnevelly Ghauts, Seddome. 



Stems elongate, diffuse, lax, quadrangular, glabrous, or thinly obscurely glandular- 

 hairy. Leaves attaining 3 by 1 in., subovate, base obtuse rarely cordate, glabrous 

 minutely lineolate above rarely obscurely scabrid pnberulous ; petiole 0-f^ in. 

 Macemes 2-4i in., weak, glabrous or rarely minutely glandular-hairy ; lower pedicels 

 sometimes ^ in. Sepals ^ in., sublinear, lineolate, glabrous. Corolla purplish, spotted 

 on the lower lip ; lips J in. Anthers exserted, slightly bearded at the base ; filaments 

 setulose. Capsule |-1 by ^—^ in. — Authentic examples only differ from A. gracilis 

 in the few thin glandular hairs scattered on the upper part of the stem and panicle. 

 That Nees understood the same plant as Arnott and Wight is clear from his saying 

 that in his A. Wightiana the calyx was glabrous. 



9. A. macrobotrys, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 516 ; sparingly pubes- 

 cent, leaves very short-petioled oblong-lanceolate, racemes elongate, sepals 

 glandular-hairy, corolla f in. conspicuously 2-lipped, capsule glabrous. A. 

 Wightiana, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 232, and in Jowm. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 502, not of Nees. 



Mis. of S. Deccan Peninsitia ; Mangalore, Hohenaclcer ; Anamallays and 

 Pulneys, Seddome. Cetion ; Macrae, &c. 



Leaves 3 by | in. ; base cuneate or rhomboid, not rounded ; nerves beneath often 

 puberulous ; petiole O-J in. Macemes 6-8 in. or more, glandular-hairy, often 1-2- 

 brauched. Corolla and capsule exactly as of A. Wightiana. — Very near A. 

 Wightiana ; but dries blacker, and has the leaves not widest at the base. 



Ya'B. parvifolia ; leaves 1-1 1 in. A. ceylanica, ifees I. c. 518; T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 502, not of Wight. — Ceylon ; Walker. 



