G^ymnostaahyum.] cix. acanthaob^. (C. B. Clarke.) 509 



jr elliptic acute at both ends pubescent at least on the nerves beneath, 

 panicle subterminal pubesceut branches cymose, corolla f in. Bedd. Ic. PI. 

 Ind. Or. t. 252. 



Cetioit, alt. 1-2000 ft. ; Walker, Thwaites. 



Erect, 2-3 ft., hairy, leafy to the panicle. Leaves 5 by 2 in., undulate, lineolate, 

 »labrate or hairy above ; petiole i in. Panicles 7 by 3 in., sometimes somewhat leafy 

 at the base ; lateral branches repeatedly closely 2-3-chotomous ; bracts |-J in., linear; 

 pedicels O-J in., often distinct. Sepals J in., linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla 

 pubescent. Anthers ovate, glabrous. Qapsule | in. 



7. G. grlabrum, 21 Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soo. ix. 506 ; leaves ovate 

 or elliptic acuminate at both ends undulate-crenate pubescent on the nerves 

 beneath, panicle terminal villous, flowers fascicled on the spikes, corolla § iu. 

 Bedd^ Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 251. Cryptophragmium glabrum, Dalz. in 

 mole. Kew Journ. ii. 338 ; Dale. Sf Gibs. Bomb. PL 185. 



COKCAN; Law, Dalxell. 



An undershrub (Beddome) ; stems nearly glabrous. Leaves 7 by 2| in., puberu- 

 lous on both surfaces or glabrate ; petiole J in. Flowers sessile, clustered ; bracts 

 I in., linear-lanceolate. Sepals J in., sublinear, villous, often viscid glandular. 

 Corolla minutely pubescent, white purple-spotted in the throat. Anthers ovate, 

 glabrous. Capsule f in. 



Vae. deniiculata ; leaves distinctly toothed glabrous even when young. — Concan 

 Ghauts ; Dalxell, Ritchie. 



8. G. leptostachyum, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Par. iii. 106, and Cat. 

 7178, and in DC. Prodr. si. 93; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends 

 slightly pubescent, panicle reduced to 1 or 2 long-linear spikes hairy, 

 corolla f in. 



Tavot; Wallich. 



Stems creeping, rooting ; annual flowering branches 3-5 in., erect, simple, villous. 

 Leaves 4^ by \\ in., snbentire, upper surface with distant multicellular lax hairs, 

 lower pubescent on the nerves ; petiole i in. Spikes 1 or 2 terminal, 3-10 in. ; 

 flowers solitary, distant ; bracts | in., linear-lanceolate. Sepals j in., linear-lanceo- 

 late, pubescent. Corolla narrow, straight. Capsule J in., very slender, 20-3eeded.— 

 Overlooked by T. Anderson. 



** Inflorescence axillary, a terminal panicle sometimes added. 



9. G. canescens, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sac. ix. 505; leaves 

 avate acuminate at both ends pubescent on both surfaces, panicles axillary 

 and terminal pubescent or villous, corolla f in. G. serrulatum, T. Anders. 

 I. c. ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 254. Cryptophragmium canesoena, Nees in 

 Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 100, andin 2)(7. Pto^Z?-. xi. 95; Wight Ic.i. 14:95. 

 C. serrulatum, Nees II. c. Justicia serrulata. Wall. Cat. 2452. 



W. Decoan PENiNSirtA, from Bombay to Courtallum, Wight; Tinnevelly, 

 Seddome. 



Apparently a shrub. Branches pubescent or villous. Leaves 8 by 3J in., 

 undulate or minutely toothed; petiole 1^ in. Panicles tT\ahotomo\i% ; bracts | in., 

 lanceolate; pedicels hardly any. Sepals^'m., linear-lanceolate, minutely pubescent. 

 Corolla pubescent. Anthers ovate, puberulous. Capsule J in. — Nees made 2 species 

 out of Wallich's 4 branches ; and it is not clear why T. Anderson kept them up, unless 

 he meant to transfer Nees' name serrulatum to the following var. 



Vab. longifolia ; leaves 9 by 1| in. elongate lanceolate distinctly toothed. G. 

 longifolia, T. Anders, ms.— Canara Ghauts ; Lam. 



10. G. latifolium, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn.. Soc. ix. 505 ; glabrous, 



