EcboKum.] cix. acanthacb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 545 



S. Dbcoas PBiriNSirLA and Cbtion. Malaooaj Mainga^. — Disteib. Arabia, 

 AbysBinia, Madagascai-. 



Branches pubescent upwards. Leaves 4 by 1| in., cuneate or rhomboid at both 

 endB, puberulous or pubescent on the nerves ; petiole J in. Spikes 2\ by % in., dense; 

 bracts f by J-J in., sometimes softly hairy j bracteoles scarcely i in., sublinear. 

 Calyx I in., pubescent. Corolla pubescent; tube l-lj by ^5 in.; lobes i in. 

 Stamens glabrous, except the base of the filaments j anther-cells submueronate at the 

 base. Ovwry hairy at the tip. Capsule-stalJc J in., linear-cylindric, seed-bearing 

 parti in. diam. Seeds J in. diam., pale-coloured. — This, the typical form, is stated 

 by Wight to be frequent in S. Madras, but there is very little of it in the 

 Herbarium. 



Tab. rot'undifoUa ; leaves sessile ovate or roundish, bracts subdentate often with 

 n very short acumination. Justicia rotundifolia, Wees II. c. — Coimbatorej Wight, 

 nn. 2008, 2266. — A woody undersbrub, with shortened internodes and smaller leaves ; 

 Wight's are the only examples at Kew. 



Vab. laievirens ; glabrescent, leaves larger petioled broadly lanceolate acute at 

 both ends, spikes often 6-8 in. more lax, bracts § by J in. broadly lanceolate entire 

 dusky-pubescent. Justicia Isetevirens, Vahl Mrmm. i. 118; Nees in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 427. — S. Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. — This appears the common South 

 Indian form, and when the bracts become denticulate it passes by degrees into 

 the next. 



Vae. deniata ; glabrescent, leaves larger petioled ovate or lanceolate acute, spikes 

 dense, bracts | by J-J in. ovate acuminate toothed. Justicia deutata, Klein ; Nees 

 in Wall. Fl. As. Mar. iii. 108, and in DC. Prodr, xi. 427. J. livida, Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 427 ; Wight le. t. 1546. — Bengal, Assam and Pegu, very common. W. 

 Deccan Peninsula, Wight, Ritehie. — The Bengal form has glabrate thin bracts, and 

 a lurid or steely green-blue corolla. The Malabar form should perhaps be referred to 

 Var. Itetevirens. 



XLY. GRA-PTOPKYZiIiTTDX, Nees. 



Glabrous shrubs. ieas»e« often variegated, ^oaier* pedioelled, clustered; 

 clusters forming terminal thyrses ; bracts and bracteoles very small, narrow. 

 Calyx small, sub-5-partite ; segments equal, linear-lanceolate. Corolla-tube 

 curved ; limb S-lipped, upper lip shortly 2-fid, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 2, 

 2 minute staminodes added ; anthers oblong, 2-oelled ; cells parallel, muti- 

 cous. Ovary 4-ovulate ; style filiform, scarcely bifid. Capsule oblong, hard, 

 contracted into a long stalk. Seeds usually 2, orbicular or subquadrate, 

 compressed flat, lacunose-rugose. — Species 4, Australian or Pacific, one long 

 time cultivated. 



6. hortense, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 102, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 328; leaves petioled broadly elliptic narrowed at both ends entire, 

 corolla l-l?- in. crimson. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Son. ix. .523. G. 

 pictum. Griff. Notul. iv. 139. Justicia piota, Linn. ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 117; 

 Wall. Oat. 2438; Blwme JBijd. 784; Blanco Fl. Filip. 12; Bot. Mag. 

 1. 1870; Bot. Beg.i.\W ; Dalz. Sf Qihs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 71.— Bheede 

 Hort. Mai. vi. t. 60. Bum/ph. Herb. Ami. iv. t. 30. 



Throughout India and Maiaya cultivated ; where wild, uncertain. 



Leaves 4| by 1| in. ; petiole \ in. Pedicels often J in. Calyx |- in. The 

 description of the capsule and seeds is taken from " Gen. Plant." 



XLVI. RUNGXA, Nees. 



Diffuse or erect herbs, or shrubs. Leaves entire. Spihes dense, terminal 

 or axillary, 1-sided ; bracts 2-ranked, or 4-ranked, with 2 of the ranks 

 often flowerless ; flowering bracts often scarious-mar^ned ; bracteoles 



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