AndrograpMs.] cix. ACANTHACBiB. (C. B. Clarke.) 505 



Frodr. xi. 516 ; leaves subsessile ovate or broadly oblong shortly acute 

 glabrous, panicles very compound viscidly grey- or dusky-pubescent, corolla 

 f in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 502. — AndrograpMs sp. n. 14, 

 Herb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. Justioia lineata, Wall. Cat. 2486, letter a. 



S. Deccan Peninsula j Mysore and adjacent parts of the Nilghiri and Kurg 

 Mta., Wight, G. Thomson, Lohh ; Anamallays, Beddome. 



Branches elongate, quadrangular, glabrous. Xeaves 1| by 1 in., suddenly acute, 

 base rounded ; raphides above embedded, obscure ; nerves beneath usually strongly 

 elevated; petiole 0-j^ in. Panicle 2-10 in. ; pedicels or very short. Sepals ^-Jin., 

 linear-lanceolate acute, glandular-hairy. Corolla hairy. Anthers bearded at the 

 base. Capsule J by ^-^ in., thinly hairy. — Hardly separable from A. viscosula 

 var. explieata by the less acuminate leaves with more strongly-marked nerves and 

 the more densely bearded anthers. 



Vae. Lawii ; stem closely pubescent, leaves 3 in. sparsely pilose above pubescent 

 beneath, panicle large open. — Bababoodun Hills; Lam. Nundidroog, JBedfiome. — 

 Keferred to A. afflnis in Herb. Hooker : the large strongly lineate leaves, large panicle 

 and densely barbate anthers bring it nearer to A. lineata type. 



14. A. lobelioides, Wiffht III. 1. 164 b, fig. 11, and Ic. 1. 1667 ; leaves 

 small sessile ovate pubescent or glabrous, racemes in a subterminal panicle, 

 corolla ^ in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 503. Justicia lobelioides, 

 Wall. Cat. 2484. Brianthera lobelioides, JVees in Wall. Fl. As. Bar. Hi. 115, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xi. 614. 



NiLOHiRi Mts., alt. 6-8000 ft., common in the open grass, Wight, &o. 



Very rusty pubescent or nearly glabrous. Rootstock woody ; stems 2-8 in., very 

 numerous, procumbent. Leaves 4— | in. diam. Panicles 1-4 in.; lower pedicels 

 T^j-j in. Sepals \m. .4«^Aer* much exserted, conspicuously white-barbate. Capsule 

 I by ^ in. — Very variable in indumentum. Easily distinguished (without the fruit) 

 t'lom A. serpyllifolia by the absence of flowers in the lower axils. 



Vab. composita ; racemes elongate compound forming a terminal quasi-panicle 12 

 by 8 in. — Courtallum Hills and Tinnevelly ; Beddome. 



** Capsule elliptic, 2-3 times as long as broad. 



15. A. echioides, Nees in Wall. Fl. As. Far. iii. 117, and in 

 FC. Frodr. xi. 518 ; erect, hairy, leaves sessile oblong or snbelliptic obtuse, 

 racemes numerous axillary, corolla g— J in. Wight Ic. t. 467 ; Falz. (Sf 

 Gibs. Fomb. Fl. 198; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 503. Jasticia 

 echioides, Linn. ; Furm. Fl. Ind. 9 ; Foxb. Fl. Ind. i. 118 ; Wall. Cat. 2439. 

 — Bheede Sort. Mai. ix. t. 46. 



Tbopicai India, in the drier districts from the Punjab and Chota Nagpore 

 to Ceylon, common (absent in Bengal proper and humid Malabaria). 



Annual, 8-24 in., closely pubescent and with patent white hairs. Leaves 2i by 

 1 in., base cuneate. Racemes about as long as the leaves, divaricate or recurved, 

 often one from each axil about the middle of the stem ; pedicels very short. 

 Sepals §-4 in., linear ; in fruit elongated, sometimes i in. Corolla pubescent, 

 pink or white, lower lip dark-purple. Antlters much exserted, white-barbate. 

 Capsule J by ^ in., acute at both ends, hairy. Seeds twice as long as broad, 

 osseous, rugose, glabrous, not compressed. 



16. A. g^Iandulosa, Nees in Wall. Fl. As. Bar. iii. 115, and in FG. 

 Prodr. xi. 518 ; hairy, leaves petioled oblong or aubelliptio obtuse, racemes 

 numerous axillary, lower pedicels nearly as long as the calyx. Justicia 

 glandulosa. Wall. Cat. 2485. 



Mtsobe ; Seyne (fide Nees), Wight (Herb. Prop. n. 2026). 



Leaves 1 by j in., both in Wight's and Wallich's examples, on which Nees 



