Justicia.] cix. acanthace^. (C. E. Clarke.) 527 



A shrub, habit of J. ventricosa; innovations densely silky strigose. Leaves i\ 

 by 3i in., above minutely thinly hairy, nerves retienlate impressed, beneath pubescent 

 especially on the nerves; petiole | in. Peduncles 1-3 in., axillary ; spikes 4 by 1 in., 

 rachis softly hairy ; bracts sub-4-ranked, J by ^ in., green, puberulous, 5-nerved j 

 hracteoles J by J in., green. Calyx J in., pubescent ; segments linear-lanceolate. — . 

 Differs from J. ventricosa in the indumentum and hracteoles. 



7. J. punduana, Wall. Cat. 2453; leaves broadly elliptic acute at 

 toth ends minutely lineolate nerves beneath villous, bracts ovate soarious- 

 margined 1-fld., bracteoles oblong acute scarious longer than the calyx, 

 corolla J in. Eungia pundnana, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 110, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xi. 473; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 518. 



E. BenoaIi; Jaintea Mts., Qomez ; Cachar, Keenan. 



A shrub; stem rooting; annual branches 1 foot, villous-pubescent. Leaves 6 by 

 2-2| in. ; petiole J in. Spikes axillary and terminal, 1| by J in., dense ; peduncles 

 \ in. ; bracts closely imbricate, imperfectly 4-ranked, i by ^ in., obtuse or subacute ; 

 bracteoles i in., minutely hairy. Sepals I in., equal, linear-lanceolate,, minutely hairy. 

 Anther-cells minutely hairy, lower distinctly white-tailed. Capsule scarcely i in., 

 pubescent, clavate, 4-seeded ; pedicel solid, placentae not rising elastically from the 

 capsule-base. Seeds glabrous, rugose, subtubercnlar. — Very few of the plants marked 

 Pundua by Wallich were collected at or near Pundua ; the present species was col- 

 lected by Gomez (Wallich's trained Eurasian collector), and delivered to Wallich in 

 his boat at Pundua. It is strange that Nees and T. Anderson should have removed 

 this species to Rungia ; for it is a shrub resembling J. Atkinsoni, &c. 



8. J. burmanica, Clarke; leaves long-petioled broadly elliptic 

 acute at both ends villous on the nerves beneath, bracts obovate or 

 orbicular nearly glabrous 1-fld., bracteoles broadly lanceolate longer than 

 the calyx. 



BuEMA; Griffith (Kew Distrib. u. 6184). 



Besembling Tery much 3. Keenani, but the leaves are long-petioled, the bracts 

 herbaceous, uniformly intensely green (even when dried) without a scarious margin. 

 Spikes 2-5 in., continuous but lax ; bracts sometimes scarcely imbricate, subpatent. 

 Corolla not seen. Capsule ^ in., 4-seeded, glabrous or puberulous. 



9. J. ar^yrostacbya, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 510 ; leaves 

 large ovate minutely pubescent, bracts ovate patently softly long-hairy 

 1-fld., bracteoles falcate-oblong longer than the calyx, corolla | in. A<iha- 

 toda argyrostachya, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Sar. iii. 1027, and Cat. 7172, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xi. 385. 



Bfbma ; Prome Hills, Wallich. 



An nndershrub (or large herb) with the habit of the preceding species. Leaves 

 11 by 5 in., shortly attenuate at both ends ; petiole IJ in. Spikes axillary, solitary 

 and terminal, 2-5 by 1 in., continuous ; peduncles short ; bracts J-| G^ ^ in., imbri- 

 cate, green purple-margined; bracteoles J- J in. Sepals 5, ^ in., linear-lanceolate. 

 Corolla (fide Nees) yellowish-white purple-marked. Capsule ^ in., clavate, 4.seeded. 

 —This differs from the allied species (except J. Kurzii) by the long soft hairs on the 

 bracts. 



10. J. Kurzii, Clarice ; leaves large ovate minutely pubescent, bracts 

 large elliptic acute softly long-hairy 1-fld., bracteoles sublinear longer than 

 the calyx, corolla nearly 1 in. 



Peou; Kurz. 



A large herb, closely resembling J. argyrostachya except as to the corolla. Leaves 

 7 by 41 in. , acute, base suddenly attenuate ; petiole 2^ in. Spikes 3-4 in. ; bracts 

 I by ^ in., sub-4-ranked ; bracteoles ^~\ in., hairy. Calyx-segments |-| in., linear- 



