Justicia.] cix. ACANTHACBiB. (C. B. Clarke.) 537 



Var. 3 angustifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 511 (excl. syn. 

 J. Yahlii). Bostellularia quinquangularis, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 

 101, and in BC. Prodr. sd. 375. 



Centeal India, common ; from W. Bengal and Agra to Belganm. 



Branches often 30 in., rigid, 4-5-angalar, geniculate ; internodes long. Leaves 3 

 by i-4 i°-< glabrous, raphides obscure ; petiole 0-^ in., puhernloua. Spikes 1-6 in. ; 

 lower flowers usually opposite solitary, calyx just reaching to the next pair ; bracts 

 A in., linear-oblong, glabrous, scarions-margined ; braeteoles similar, smaller. Sepals 

 i-^ in., hardly broader than the braeteoles. Seeds much larger than, in the neigh- 

 houring species, slightly concentrically tubercular-rugose. — X Vahlii, Roth, resembles 

 this in the narrow leaves. 



Vak. peploides ; leaves oblong or ovate petiole ofteti J in., spikes shorter often 

 subovate when young. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 511 (sp.) ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 525. J. procumbens. Wall. Cat. 2441, partly. Rostellularia peploides, 

 Nees in Wall. Fl. As. Mar. iii. 101, and in DC. Frodr. xi. 375 ; Lalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 193.— Throughout the Gangetic Plain, from the Punjab to Bengal, and through 

 Central India to the Concan. Distrib. Afighanistan. — ^Usually much more branched 

 than the type, sometimes small 3-6 in. diam. This var. is very unlike the type in 

 general aspect, and does not graduate into it ; but the obtuse glabrous sepal-tips and 

 large capsule and seeds agree closely. 



44. J. notba; Clarke ; stems simple glabrous, leaves sessile oblong 

 wHte-setulose on the nerves beneath, bracts elliptic, sepals linear-oblong 

 ■white-setulose upwards. Rostellularia simplex, Wight Ic. t. 1542 (not 

 Justicia simplex, D. Bon). 



India ? ; Serb. Wight. 



Stems 1 foot, slender, 4-5-angu1ar. Leaves 1} by j; in., subobtuse at both ends, 

 transversely lineolate glabrate above. Spikes 2 by J in., terminal, solitary, dense; 

 bracts i by J in., setulose-ciliate on margins and midrib, otherwise glabrous. Corolla 

 j in. Capsule ^ in., ellipsoid. — Wight gives no locality for this ; it is a well-charac- 

 terized plant, and probably Malayan. 



45. J. khasiana, Clarke ; stems elongate hispid, leaves sessile 

 oblong hispid on both surfaces, bracts linear-oblong hispid, sepals sublinear 

 hispid. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 5000 ft., common ; Griffith, K.f. tS/- T., &c. 



Stems lJ-3 ft., branched. Leaves \\ by \ in. Spikes 2-4 by J in., hardly inter- 

 rupted at the base, very hispid ; bracts ^ by I'j-^ in. Corolla ^\m. Capsule '^m., 

 ellipsoid. Seeds undulate obscurely rugose ; testa minutely reticulated.— Nearly 

 allied to J. notha, but differing in the indumentum and narrower bracts. 



46. J. assamica, Clarke; leaves sessile narrowly obovate obtuse 

 glabrous, bracts narrowly oblong minutely Mspid, sepals narrowly lanceolate 

 hispidulous. 



Assam ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6159). 



Stems prostrate, copiously rooting ; flowering oranches 3-4 in., numerous, erect, 

 1-spicate. Leaves 1 by ^ in., base long-cuneate ; raphides sunk. Spikes 2 by J in., 

 continuous, somewhat dense ; bracts J by -j'j in., scarions-margined. Corolla nearly 

 ^ in. Capsule J-^ in., ellipsoid. — In the sessile leaves, large corolla, and small capsule, 

 this is allied to J. notha and J. khasiana. 



4i?. J. Xtoyeniana^ Clarke ; leaves subsessile linear-oblong obtuse 

 glabrous, bracts and sepals linear-lanceolate acute glistening bristle-ciliate. 

 Bostellularia Koyeniana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 373; T. Anders, in 

 Thwaites Enum. 234, partly. 



CiETLON; Walker, Thwaites. 



