Rungia.] cix. aoanthacb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 549 



|-1 in., cuneate at both enda ; petiole J in. ; leaves very variable, on one branch are 

 seen ovate upper leaves and below them a leaf IJ by J in. Spikes 1| in. ; peduncles 

 |-lin. ; bracts ^ in., narrowly scarious-margined, finely striate; bracteoles J in., 

 sublinear. Calgx J-J in., segments sublinear. Anther-cells superposed, muticous. 

 Ovari/ hairy, style-base glabrous; young capsule densely hairy. Ca^aaZe i in., pubes- 

 cent ; seeds small, verrucose. 



Vab. compta ; leaves small short-petioled lanceolate. — S. TravaHcore ; Seddome. 

 — Leaves 1 by J in.; petiole -f^ in. ; spikes in flower, capsule not seen. 



12. R. repens, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 110, and in DO. Prodr. 

 xi. 472 ; leaves subsessile oblong-lanoeolate soabrid-puberulous, bracts 

 round apiculate nearly glabrous, corolla i in., seeds ^j in. diam. concentri- 

 cally rugose. Wiffht Ic. t. 465 ; Dah. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 196 ; T. Anders, 

 in Jowrn.Linn. Soe. ix. 518. Justicia repens, Linn.; Soxb. Coram. PL ii. 

 29, t. 152, and Fl. Ind. i. 132 ; Wall. Cat. 2459. Dicliptera repens, Soem. 

 S[ Sch. Syst. i. m.—Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 3, fig. 2. 



Throughout India, from the Punjab and Bengal to Ceiion; common. (No 

 specimens from the Malay Peninsula.) 



A procumbent, rooting, ramous weed ; branches quadrangular, pubescent or nearly 

 glabrous. £eawe« 2 by § in., or often smaller narrower; petiole rarely so much as 

 \ in. Spikes 2 by |^ in., appearing often peduncled, the 2 leaves clo^e to their base 

 usually much reduced ; bracts closely regularly imbricated 4-farious, spike less 1-sided 

 than in most species ; bracts J by §-J in., white margin broad prominent ; bracteoles 

 j in., linear-lanceolate, minutely pubescent. Calyx J in. ; segments linear-lanceolate, 

 pubescent. Corolla white, with rose or purple spots. Anther-cells superposed, lower 

 white-tailed. Oowry glabrous, style thinly hairy at base. Capsule \ in. and upwards, 

 minutely thinly hairy. Seeds ovoid, moderately compressed, rugose almost fur- 

 rowed. 



13. R. eleg'ans, Dalz. Sf Cribs.- Bomb. Fl. 196 ; stems patently wMte- 

 hirsute, leaves sabsessile ovate acuminate, bracts round ovate apiculate 

 minutely hairy, corolla f in. fine blue. E. repens var. villosa, iTees in, 

 BO. Prodr. sd. 472. Justicia repens. Wall. Cat. 2459, letter B partly. 



W. Deccan Peninsttia ; Concan and Canara, Wight, Lav), Stocks, &e. 



Possibly a large form of R. repens. Leaves attaiuing 3 by 1 J in., nerves beneath 

 prominent, often patently white-hairy. Spikes i-| in. broad ; bracts large, scarious 

 margin very prominent sometimes coloured purplish. Capsule J in., thin, very hairy ; 

 seeds concentrically furrowed, the ridges very sharp sometimes crested. 



14. B. Beddomei, Clarke; leaves nearly sessile ovate acute sub- 

 glabrous, spikes slenderly peduncled dense, bracts broadly ovate apiculate 

 nearly glabrous, corolla \ in. 



Tbnassbeim; Mooleyit and the Forest Ranges, Beddome. 



Stems diffuse, branched, puberulous. Leaves 2 by f-1 in., obscurely or not 

 lineolate; petiole J in. Spikes li by J in., appearing to form lax terminal corymbs; 

 uppermost leaves ^ by ^ in. ; bracts nearly as of jS. repens, more densely imbricated, 

 4-farious, regular. Capsule 3 in. Seeds very small, minutely verrucose. — The spikes 

 bear considerable resemblance to It. repens ; but it seems more nearly allied to iS. 

 himalayensis, which differs in its long-petioled leaves, and slenderer spikes. 



15.' B. Brandisilj Clarke ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 at'botb ends nearly glabrous, bracts all fertile ovate acuminate nearly gla- 

 brous, bracteoles boat-shaped acuminate pubescent, corolla i in. 



TenasseeiM; Parish, BroMdis, Beddome. 



Stems 18 in., nearly glabrous. Leaves 3J by |-1J in., membranous, finely lineo- 

 late ; petiole 1 in. Spikes li by ^ in., terminal and axillary clustered short-peduneled ; 

 bracts J by J in., obscurely 4-ranked, very narrowly marginate; bracteoles J in. 



