Jiisticia.] cix. acanthacb-h. (C. B. Clarke.) 533 



A shrub, 3-6 ft. i branches pubescent upwards. Leaves (upper cauline alone 

 seen) 6-10 by 3-6 in., petioled ovate, or sessile spathulate-obovate, base auricled, 

 punctulate, puberulous at least when young. Panioles 12-20 in. long and broad ; 

 branches long, subslmple, often recurved in fruit ; clusters 2-8-fld., pubescent, lower 

 often 1-3 in. apart ; bracts J in., linear -lanceolate, but the clusters are often supported 

 by reduced leaves J-1 in. ; bracteoles \ in., linear, often 0. Sepals J-J in., linear- 

 lanceolate, pubescent. Lower anther-cell distinctly white-tailed. Capsule f in., 

 long-stalked, pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds verrucose, glabrous. 



30. J. Kelferi, Clarke; leaves petioled elliptic acute at both ends 

 glabrous, panicle terminal of 3 erect spikes, clusters of flowers distant 

 pubescent, corolla ^ in. pubescent. 



Tbnassebim or Andamans ; Selfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6185). 



Branch woody, terete, glabrous. Upper leaves SJ by 2 in., minutely lineolate on 

 both surf aces ; petiole J in. Pamc^e 3 in. diam., trichotomous, sparingly pubescent; 

 lateral spikes curved, ascending ; bracts |-J in., linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Calyx 

 and corolla as of J. decussata, but rather smaller. — This may be a small var. of J". 

 decussata, as the example is poor ; but the leaves do not match, and the curved 

 ascending spikes are very unlike the habit of J. decussata. 



31. J. flacclda, Kurz in Journ. As. Soe. 1870, ii. 80, and in Flora 

 1870, 364 ; leaves large sessile spatbulate-elliptic nearly glabrous, panicles 

 terminal very lax, flowers distant rarely clustered, corolla f in. nearly 

 glabrous pale yellow or testaceous (Kurz). — Adhatoda n. 19, Serb. Ind. Or. 



s.f. 4- 21 



Pequ ; M'Lelland, Kurz, JBrandis. 



Annual, l-:3 ft., erect. Leaves opposite and ternate, 7-12 in., acuminate, lineolate 

 above ; petiole winged to the base, there often auriculate. Panicle often 12 in. long 

 and broad, very thin flaccid, nearly glabrous; flowers opposite or alternate, lower 

 often 1 in. apart; bracts hardly J in., linear-lanceolate. Sepals \ in., linear-lanceo- 

 late, puberulous or glabrate. Corolla slender. Lower anther-cell white-tailed. 

 Capsule I in., long-stalked, thinly pubescent, 4-seeded. 



32. J. wynaadensis, Wall. Cat. 2474 ; leaves petioled elliptic acumi- 

 nata at both ends pubescent or glabrous, spikes simple or compound axillary 

 and terminal pubescent interrupted, flowers solitary opposite, bracts linear- 

 lanceolate shorter than the calyx, corolla ^ in. T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 515. J. lineata, Wall. Cat. 2486, second sheet. Gendarussa 

 wynaadensis, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 104. Adhatoda wynaadensis, 

 Neesin DC. Prodr. xi. 406; Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 194; Wight Ic. 

 t. 1546. 



S. Deooan PENiifSTJiA, alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Wynaad, Belgaum, Coorg, &o., Wight, 

 Siichie, &c. 



Branches elongate, terete, glabrescent; internodes long. Leaves 4^ by 2 in., 

 pubescent beneath or glabrous; petiole | in. Spikes 2-4 in., somewhat dense in 

 flower, elongate interrupted in fruit ; bracts J-J in. ; bracteoles i in., linear. Sepali 

 J in., linear, very pubescent. Corolla pubescent, purple. Lower anther-cell white- 

 tailed. Capsule i-f in., very pubescent, clavate, 4-seeded. Seeds verrucose, glabrous. 

 — Very variable in indumentum ; Wight's type, from the Nilgherries' base, has the 

 leaves very pubescent beneath, and has been marked Bhaphidospora sp. by T. Anderson. 

 Dalzell's specimens have the leaves glabrous beneath. 



33. J. vasculosa, Wall. Cat. 2469 ; leaves ovate attenuate at both 

 ends minutely crisped pubescent on the midrib beneath, flowers solitary 

 opposite, corolla ^ in. upper lip oblong entire lower pendent. T. Anders, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 515. Ruellia rivinsefolia. Wall. Cat. 2413. Gen- 



