510 cix. ACANTHACB2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Justida. 



bracts at the base of the aneqnal pedicels, oblong, acute ; floral bracts 3 under each 

 calyx, unequal ; 2 subulate, the third ovate. Calyx 5-partite (Vahl). 



J. MoEETiAKA, Vahl Unum. i. 162; leaves lanceolate, flowers solitary axillary 

 and in a short bracteated terminal spike, calyx 5-toothed half the way down, corolla 

 i in. 2-lipped, capsule J in. 4-seeded. Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 428. — £urm. Thea. 

 Zeyl. t. 3, fig. 1. 



Ceylon ; Burmann. 



Leaves 2J by | in., acute at both ends ; petiole \ in. Axillary _/?o«!er» on peduncles 

 J in., ebracteate ; spicate flowers subsessile, bracts ^ in., oblong, acute. Calyx \\a., 

 toothed hardly half-way down, lobes sabtriangalar lanceolate. Corolla upper lip erect, 

 ovate, snbentire, lower pendent deeply 3-lobed. Capsule solid below. — The good 

 picture of the capsule and seeds readers it nearly certain that this was some Justicia : 

 the inflorescence is very nearly that of J. glauect, but the bracts are much too narrow 

 and acute for that species. 



XXXIX. ADHATODA, Nees. 



As Justicia Sect. Betonica, except that the anther-cells are acute, some- 

 times minutely apiculate, but scarcely spurred. — Species 6, Tropical; 1 

 Indian, 1 Cosmopolitan, 5 African or Amei-icau. 



Bentham (in Gen. Plant.) says of the anther-cells, "minime calcaratse," but this 

 is an error, and the genus should be merged in Justicia Sect. Betonica, following 

 Nees and Anderson. 



1. A. vaslca, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Mar. iii. 103, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 



887 ; leavds elliptic acute at both ends entire minutely pubescent, spikes 

 dense short, bracts ovate or obovate subacute puberulous or glabrate, 

 corolla Ij in. white tube short. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Somb. Fl. 194. Justicia 

 Adhatoda, Linn. ; Lamk. III. t. 12, fig. 1 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 126 ; Plume 

 Bijd. 785; Wall. Cat. 2434; Pot. Mag. t. 861; Griff. Notul. iv. 140; 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 509.— Adhatoda sp. Griff. Notul. iv. 

 141, and Ic. PI. As. t. 424. Rheede Sort. Mai. ix. t. 43. 



India; from the Punjab and Assam to Ceylon and Singapore, common, frequently 

 cultivated. — Disteib. Malaya, S.E. Asia. 



A dense shrub, 4-8 ft. ; sometimes arborescent, 20 ft. Leaves 8 by 3 in. ; petiole 

 1 in. Spikes 1-3 in., terminal, often several together; bracts | by ^ in., elliptic j 

 bracteoles J by ^ in., falcate-oblong. Calyx |— J in., deeply 5 lobed; lobes equal, 

 lanceolate. Corolla-tube |— ^ in. broad; lips white, palate transversely rose-barred. 

 Slatnens glabrous ; anther-cells acuminate at base, sometimes minutely white-tailed. 

 Ovary and style-base minutely hairy. Capsule | in., clavate, pubescent, 4-seeded. 

 Seeds \ in. diam., glabrous, tubercular-verrucose. 



2. A. Beddomei, Clarice; leaves oblong attenuate at both ends 

 entire minutely pubescent, spikes peduncled capitate, bracts ovate subacute 

 puberulous or glabrate, corolla f in. creamy wmte tube short. 



S. Teatanoobe, alt. 3000 ft. ; Beddome. 



A very large shrub (Beddome). Leaves 6 by IJ in. ; petiole i in. Peduncles 

 f-| in., axillary, opposite, stout ; heads 1 in. diam. ; bracts J by i-J in., narrowed at 

 base ; bracteoles i-J in., narrowly oblong. Calyx J in., sub-S-partite ; segments 

 narrowly oblong, acute, minutely pubescent especially within. Corolla hairy ; tube 

 i in., broadly cylindric ; lips oblong, upper emarginate, lower 3-lobed nearly to the 

 base. Filaments stout, glabrous except at base; anther-cells superposed, lower 

 obscurely tailed. Ovary glabrous, 4-ovulate; style hairy; stigma minutely bifid. 

 Capsule not known. 



