JusticiaJ] 



67. ACANTHACEiE. 



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2. J. Betonica. J^mn. ; Koxb. FL Ind. I. 128 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 525 ; var. 

 f amosissima. Adhatoda ramosissima, Nees ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 193. 



Throughout India and Ceylon, common, often cultivated. Through- 

 out the presidency, often in hedges and near villages. Fl. Fr. Dec.-Fcb. 



% J. Gendarussa, Linn, f. Suppl. 85; Fl. Br. 1. 4. 532; Dalz. & 

 Gibs, Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 71. Kala-ad ttlsaf hakas, tao. M. ; KarelaJcki gidda, 

 K. 



Throughout India, from Bengal to Ceylon and Malacca, often an escape 

 from cultivation. Throughout the presidency, naturalized near villages 

 and along the banks of nalas. Fl. & Fr. Jany.-Mch. . 



4, J. wynaadensis, Wall. Cat. 2474 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 533. Adhatoda 

 ivynaadensis, Nees ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 194. 



Western ghats from the Konkan southwards alt. 1 — 3000 ft. Common 

 in the evergreen forests of North Kdnara, also in the forests of the 

 Belgaum ghats. Fl. & Fr. Dec. -April. 



A shrub with long slender branches, 



6. ADHATODA, Nees. 



Large shrubs. Characters of Justicia, but the anther-cells are acute 

 at apex and scarcely spurred at base. Seeds tubercular-verrucose. 



A. vasica, Nees in Wall PI. As. Ear. III. 103 ; Fl, Br. I. 4. 540 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 194. Adulsa, hakus^ vasuka, Vern. ; Adsale, 

 udsoge^ K.; Aduso, Guz. 



India from the Punjab and Assam to Ceylon and Singapore. Through- 

 cut the presidency. A large shrub common as a hedge plant. Flowers 

 at different times throughout the year. The leaves and dried bark are 

 used in native medicine. Wood reddish white, with a reddish or dark 

 coloured centre, moderately hard. Pores very small, equally distributed. 

 Medullary rays fine, short, numerous. Weighs about 46 lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 Used for gunpowder charcoal and brick burning. Corolla white, throat 

 with a few irregular rose-coloured bars. 



7. RHINACANTHXTS, Nees. 



Shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers in dense or spreading, lax panicles. 

 Calyx small. Corolla white, limb 2-lipped, upper short, 2-lobed, 

 lower broad, 3-lobed ; tube long, slender. Stamens 2 at the top o£ 

 the corolla-tube ; anther-cells superimposed, muticous. Capsule 

 clavate, 4-seeded. Seeds compressed^ tuberculate. 



R. communis, Nees, in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. 109 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 541 ; 

 Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 194. Ga^jlcarni, Tong-j^ang chonge^ Vorn. 

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