538 cix. AOANTHACB^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Justicia. 



Stems 10-15 in., procumbent, branched, glabrous. Leaves 2 by J in., obtuse, 

 transversely lineolate above ; base long attenuate, petiole 0, or in some lower leaves 

 short. Spikes 2i by i in., subinterrupted at base, longer or shorter than the peduncle; 

 bracts J by ^g-jg in., bracteoles J in. Sepals i-J in., glistening eiliate on the margins 

 and keel, otherwise glabrate. Corolla ^ in. Capsule ^ in. — Nearly allied to J. notha, 

 differing principally in the glabrate leaves and very narrow bracts. 



48. J. diffusa, Willd. Sp. PL i. 87 ; leaves petioled elliptic acuminate 

 at bothi ends sparsely hairy, spikes slender sparsely hairy, bracts linear- 

 lanceolate or linear mostly shorter than the calyx, sepals lanceolate acute 

 minutely scabrous upwards. Soth Nov. 8p. 14; Wall. Cat. 2444; T. 

 Anders in Journ. lAnn. Soc. ix. 512. J. prociimbens, Limn, partly; 

 Yahl 8ymb. ii. 14; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 132. Kostellularia diffusa, Nees in 

 Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 100, and in DC. ,Prodr. xi. 371 ; Dalz. &[ Gibs. 

 Pomb.Fl. 193 {several of these citations referring partly or mainly to plants 

 here separately described as vars.). 



KUMAON and Punjab Tebai ; Strachey S; WinterloUom, &c. Deocan Penin- 

 SOLA and Cetioit, plentiful; extending north to Chota Nagpore. EANaoow; 

 M'Lelland. — Distbib. Siam. 



Stems 1-2 ft., herbaceous, quadrangular, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 (well developed) SJ by 1^ in. ; raphides large, sunk, on both surfaces ; petiole \ in., 

 pubescent. Spikes 1-7 by \ in.; lower flowers opposite, distant the length of the 

 calyx; bracts ^ in., narrowly or not scarious -margined, tip minutely scabrous; 

 bracteoles -^-^ in., lanceolate. Sepals J in., resembling the bracts. Corolla J in. 

 Capsule \—^ in., glabrous. Seeds very nearly smooth, concentric rugosities remaining 

 as obscure tubercles. 



Vae. prostrata, Roxb. ms. ; leaves smaller often obtuse or orbicular, bracts and 

 sepals shorter broader rather more scabrous, capsule hairy. — Deccan Peninsula and 

 Ceylon, common. — Stems prostrate, intricately branched, patently hairy. Leaves 

 i— I in. diam. Spikes 1-2 by ^ in. 



Vab. Vahlii ; leaves narrowly lanceolate or linear, bracts lanceolate white- 

 margined, sepals lanceolate subacute tips minutely scabrous. J. Vahlii, Roth Nov. 

 Sp. 14. J. quinqueangularis, Wall. Cat. 2443, type sheet and mainly. J. Vahliana, 

 Roem. tf- Seh. Syst. Mant. i. 138. Kostellularia Vahlii, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Mar. 

 iii. 102, and in 1)C. Prodr. xi. S76,partlj/. — Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon, extending 

 to Chota Nagpore, common. — It is vain to quote extensively synonymy for this plant, 

 as the same specimen has been named differently by the highest authorities. The 

 narrow-leaved forms have been, both by Nees and T. Anderson, mixed with J. 

 quinqueangularis, which differs in the large capsule and seeds, and in the glabrous 

 obtuse sepal-tips. In the linear-leaved forms the spikes, bracts and sepals are often 

 as in J. diffusa var. prostrata. Connected by imperceptible gradations with 

 J. diffusa, type. 



Vae. hedyotidifolia; woody, leaves petioled ovate, spikes shortened dense, sepal- 

 tips lengthened sometimes very eiliate. J. hedyotidifolia. Wall. Cat. 2450. Kostel- 

 lularia hedyotidifolia, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 100, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 370; 

 Wight Ic. t. 1540.— Mts. of S. India. — The extreme forms in Wight's herbarium are 

 very woody and glabrous, with small black leaves ; but there are herbaceous examples 

 with larger more hairy leaves, even from the Nilgherries at 8000 ft. alt., which have 

 been marked J. hedyotidifolia by Mr. Bentham, and which cannot be distinguished 

 from J. diffusa, type. 



Vae. orbiaulata; leaves petioled ovate hairy specially beneath. J. orbiculata. 

 Wall. Cat. 24S9; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 512, partly. Kostellularia 

 rotundifoha, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 100, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 370. — Deccan 

 Peninsula, northwards to Parasnath, T. Anderson. Distrib. Siam. — The examples 

 are marked by Nees (doubtless on account of the pubescent or patently hairy stem) 

 " Kostellularia procumbens,Var. /3 and y," but the same thing is marked by T. Anderson 

 •' hedyotidifolia," -which is the true affinity. Most of the examples ma.iked orbiculata 

 by Nees and T. Anderson are J. simplex, D. Don. 



