78 On some new or imperfectly known Indian plants. [No. 2, 



in petiolum brevissimum attenuata v. subsessilia, ^-1 poll, longa v. 

 breviora, acuminata v. sub acuminata, vulgo grosse serrata, herba- 

 cea ; flores conspicui, pulcberrime ccerulei, longe" gracileque 

 pedicellati, racemosi ; bracteolse lineares v. subulatae, pedicello 

 4-5 lin. longo breviores ; corolla 2-2£ lin. longa : labii inferioris 

 trilobi lobi oblongo-lanceolati, obtusiusculi, concavi, medio bigib- 

 bosi et ibidem lineis 2 albidis notati ; calycis lacinise lineares, 

 tubi corollae longitudine v. paulo breviores : filamenta basi 

 puberula, antherse apicibus lanato-penicillatse. — Frequent amongst 

 long grass along the borders of the left-bank of Kolodyne river, 

 towards Tentroop, Arracan. 



This species is very nearly allied tu L. Griffithii, and may pos- 

 sibly turn out to be a luxuriant state of it, but it has true leaves, 

 and the flowers are much larger. 



ACANTHACEJE. 



73. Nelsonia tomentosa, Diet r. — This species is variously named 

 by different authors. B e n t h a m adopts Rob. Brown's JV. 

 campestris, but JY. origanoides, Eoem. et S c h u 1 1., fJusticia 

 origanoides, Yhl.) and Justicia nummular iaefolia, Vhl., are both of 

 much older date, and as the first name is comparatively the more 

 appropriate one, it may with advantage be adopted. There are 

 more such species, for which the oldest names have priority before 

 others, more recently introduced into botanical literature. From 

 the list of Dr. T. Anderson's Indian Acanthaceae I would 

 now note the following : — 



Ebermaiera argentea, N E., is the same as E. lanceolata, H a s s k., 

 to which also E. trichocephala, M i q., belongs. 



Ebermaiera velutina, N E., is E. incana, Hassk. 



Ifgijrophila spinosa y T. And., is H. longifolia (Barhria longi- 

 folia, L.). 



Hemiagr aphis elegans, N E., is Hemiagr aphis Pavala (Ruellia Pavala, 

 Eoxb.). 



Strobilanthes scabra, N E., is S.flava {Ruellia Jlava, Eoxb.). 



Daedalacanthus tetragonus,T. And., is D. Salaccensis {Eranthemum 

 Salaccense, B 1.). 



Lepidagathis hyalina, N E., is L. incurva, H a m i 1 1. 



