Didiptera.] cix. acanthace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 553 



8. D. mlcranthes, Nees in Wall. PL As. Bar. iii. 112, and in BO. 

 Frodr. xi. 484, excl. syn. ; leaves ovate acuminate nearly glabrous, flowe .- 

 clusters mostly in axillary whorls, bracts oblong somewhat obovate cuspi- 

 date ciliate. BaU. & Gtihs. Bomb. Fl. 197 ; T. Anders, in Joium. Linn. 

 Soc. ix. 521. 



Centkai India, alt. 1-3000 ft.; from Behar {J. D. S.) and Chota Nagpore to 

 the Conean, frequent. — ^Disteib. Abyssinia. 



Branches striate, puberulous or glabrate. Leaves 4 by IJ in., base shortly 

 acuminate; petiole IJ in. Sracts J by t'j in., often nearly glabrous except the densely 

 white ciliate margins. Corolla scarcely exceeding J in., very slender. Capsule ^\n., 

 clavate, very shortly stalked, membranous, glabrous except the minutely hairy tip. 

 Seeds very small, conspicuously verruoose. 



9. D. lieonotis, Balz. ms. ; leaves elliptic acuminate glabrous, flower- 

 clusters mostly in axillary whorls, bracts oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 cuspidate minutely pubescent. D. Burmanni, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. 

 iii. 112, and in BC. Prodr. xi. 483 partly, not of T. Anders. ; Balz. 

 Sf &ibs. Bomb. M. 196?. Justicia chinensis. Wall. Cat. 2466, letter c 



Deocan Pehinsula ? ; Wight (Herb. Propr. n. 2016). Goojebat and Ajmeee, 

 Dalzell. 



Closely allied to D. micranthes, but the bracts, flowers, capsqles and seeds con- 

 siderably larger. Leaves 3 by 1 in. ; petiole J in. Bracts 4 by J in., much acumi- 

 nate. Corolla f in. Capsule ^ in., very hairy. Seeds much larger than in D. 

 micranthes, minutely glandulose-papillose, scarcely verrucose.— ^Nees grounds his D. 

 Burmanni on Burmaun's figure of a Java species ; this is D. Burmanni, T. Anders. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 520. In founding the species, Nees states he had only seen 

 one specimen, viz. Wight n. 2016, which sheet named by Nees' hand is at Kew; but 

 it ia not the plant figured by Burmaun. 



10. D. rlparia, Nees in Wall. PL As. Bar. iii. 112, and Cat. 7183, 

 and in BC. Prodr. xi. 480 ; leaves ovate acuminate glabrous or pubescent, 

 flower-clusters terminal and axillary subvertioillate, bracts narrowly 

 obovate obtuse hairy ciliate, corolla f in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linri. 

 Soc. ix. 520. 



Peght and Ten assebim ; Wallich, Griffith, M'Lelland, &c. 



Branches elongate. Leaves 4J by li-2i in., base shortly acuminate ; petiole IJ in. 

 Flowers subsessile ; bracts unequal, similar, larger ^ by J in.; bracteoles j in., linear. 

 Calyx 3 in.; segments linear, nearly glabrous. Capsule \ in., clavate, nearly glabrous. 

 Seeds minutely papillose, hardly verrucose. — Perhaps only a form of D. Mooc- 

 bm-ghiama, diflrering in the softly pubescent flower-clnsters, and the very obtuse often 

 emarginate bracts. The numerous examples are exactly alike, but come from one 

 neighbourhood. 



11. D. Roxburgrhiana, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. Ill, and in 

 BC. Prodr. xi. 483, excl. syn. ; leaves elliptic acute obscurely pubescent or 

 glabrate, flower- clusters axillary and terminal sessile more rarely shortly 

 peduncled, bracts cuneate-elliptic or obovate apiculate not acuminate. 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. bl9, partly ; Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 

 196 P. Justicia chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2466, letter D, and part B, 0. 



Plains of N. India, from the Punjab to Assam, Silhet and E. Bengal, frequent. 

 Bhotan; Griffith. 



Stems 1-3 ft., elongate, nearly glabrous. Leaves 2^ by 1 in., base cuneate,; 

 petiole i in. Bracts nearly i by ^ in., often 3-nerved, ciliate, thinly pubescent. 

 ■ Corolla I in. Capsule i in., clavate, puberulous or glabrous. Seeds conspicuously 

 verrucose. — The whole of the plains form of D. Soxburghiana differs from Var. 



