512 cix. ACANTHACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Phlogacanthus. 



12-seeded. Seeds much compressed, glabrous. — Nearly allied to F. Wallichii, differ- 

 ing in the softly hairy under surface of the leaves and the much more open panicle. 



4. P. parvlflorus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 506 ; leaves 

 large broadly lanceolate glabroas, panicle terminal linear nearly glabrous, 

 sepals §■ in., corolla 1 in. narrowly tubular curved. 



S.E. Assam ; Namyoon in the Patkoye Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6154, 

 n. 6155 partly). 



A shrub similar in habit to P. Wallichii. Leaves 9 by 2J in., acuminate at both 

 ends, subentire, obscurely puberulous above, paler and glabrous beneath ; petiole 

 1 in. Panicles 4\ by | in., subsessile; pedicels 0-^ in. Cah/w-tube scarcely ^ in. ; 

 teeth linear-lanceolate, nearly glabrous. Corolla very slightly pubescent, blood-red, 

 miniate (^Griffith); lobes small, scarcely patent. Capsule not seen. — Griffith's 

 original ticket remains on the example authenticated by T. Anderson, and shows that 

 the plant was not collected in Mishmee. 



5. P. thyrsiflorus, Nees in Wall. PI. Ax. Bar. iii. 99, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 321 ; leaves large lanceolate glabrous, thyrses elongate dense 

 villous, calyx-teeth j-^ in., corolla f in. vride-tubular 2-lipped. T. Anders, 

 in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 506 ; Zurz For. Fl. ii. 246. Justicia thyrsiflora, 

 B.oxb. Fl. Ind. i. 114 ; Wall. Gat. 2430. 



SuETBOPiCAL Himalaya, alt. 0-4000 ft., from Gurwhal to Bhotan, very common. 

 Khasia Mts. and Assam, alt. 0-3000 ft., common. Moulmein ; Parish. — Distbib. 

 Ava. 



A shrub, 3-7 ft. Leaves 7 by 1| in., tapering at both ends, subentire, densely 

 punctnlate ; petiole J in. Thyrses 4-12 in., terminal, solitary or several, or 

 quasi-axillary -on lateral branches ; peduncles short ; bracts ^ in. , linear. Oalyx- 

 tnbe I in. ; teeth setaceous, densely pubescent. Corolla closely villous, orange ; 

 tube broad from the base, curved; upper lip suberect, lower patent. Stamens 

 glabrous, or slightly hairy near the' base of the filaments ; 2 rudiments often dis- 

 cernible. Style glabrous. Capsule 1^ by ^ in., subquadrangnlar, glabrous, 12-14- 

 seeded. Seeds much compressed, orbicular in outline, densely shortly hairy, hairs 

 elastically spreading when moistened. 



6. P. asperulus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Sar. iii. 99, and Cat. 7171, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xi. 321, excl. some syn. ; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends 

 glabrous, panicles linear subthyrsoid somewbat pubescent, calyx-teeth J in., 

 corolla ^\ in. tube cylindric limb much inflated ovoid. P. vitellinus, T. 

 Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 507, excl. some syn. ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 

 246. Justicia vitelliua, Soxb. Fl. Ind. i. 115, and Ic. Ined. in Serb. Kew. 

 J. quadrangularis, Wall. Cat. 2451 ; Sot. Mag. t. 2845. J. asperula, Lodd. 

 Pot. Cab. t. 1681, not of Wall. J. guttata, Wall. Cat. 2431, by mixture. 

 Endopogon vitellinus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 723. 



Khasia Mts. and Assam ; Wallioh, Simons. CniTTAaoNG HiLis ; Uoxhwrgh, 

 Clarice. 



A shrub, 3 ft., nearly glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2 in., undulate, scarcely puberulous 

 or punctate; petiole fin. Pam'cZe 2-4 in., terminal, usually solitary, very narrow ; 

 bracts ^ in., linear. Calyx-tube -fg in. ; teeth setaceous, puberulous. Corolla sud- 

 denly curved and inflated at the summit of the tube, pubescent, pink- purple often 

 yellow-marked ; limb ringent (Roxburgh), segments connivent or not widely patent. 

 Capsule f by J in., glabrous. Seeds glabrous. — This is one of the many species which 

 Nees named Thyrsaeanthus indicus. 



7. P. guttatus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 99, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 321 ; leaves large oblong or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, 

 panicles linear dense somewhat pubescent, calyx-teeth J in., corolla 

 f-f in. 2-lipped, segments oblong patent sufcrecurved. T. Anders, in Joum. 



