ACANTHACEAE 



477 



6 : 55, t, 22, f. 1 [/. 2 intended] , Bungum being a species of Lepi- 

 dagathis (see p. 473). Burman f., Lamarck, Loureiro, and 

 Poiret followed Linnaeus and apparently interpreted Justicia 

 purpurea Linn, from Folium tinctorium Rumph., citing the 

 Rumphian name and figure as a synonym. Vahl, Murray, 

 Willdenow, Poiret, Roemer and Schultes, and Roxburgh cite 

 the Rumphian name and figure under Justicia bivalvis Linn., 

 which, as Peristrophe bivalvis (Linn.) Merr., is certainly the 

 correct disposition of it. More recent authors cite Folium 

 tinctorium Rumph. under Peristrophe tinctoria Nees, a syn- 

 onym of P. bivalvis (Linn.) Merr. 



Justicia purpurea Linn, was described from specimens col- 

 lected by Osbeck in the vicinity of Canton, China, and has not 

 been definitely placed, although a simple examination of the 

 specimen in the Linnean herbarium should settle its status; 

 it is probably a species of Rostellularia. Justicia bivalvis Linn, 

 has been misinterpreted by modern authors. It is described 

 as Dicliptera bivalvis Juss., a species that has nothing to do 

 with the Linnean species as originally published. Additional 

 synonyms of Peristrophe bivalvis Merr. are Sautiera tinctorium 

 Span, and Justicia roxburgiana R. & S. 



Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 161, refers Folium tincto- 

 rium I to Peristrophe tinctoria Nees var. concolor Hassk. and 

 Folium tinctorium II to Peristrophe tinctoria Nees var. rubri- 

 nervis Hassk., but the two are manifestly merely color variants 

 of a single species. 



RH I N AC ANT H US Nees 



RHINACANTHUS NASUTA (Linn.) Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 39 2 

 (1870) 79. 



Justicia nasuta Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 16. 



Rhinacanthus communis Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3 (1832) 109. 

 Gendarussa femina Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 72, t. 29. 

 Amboina, near the town of Amboina, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 105, 

 September 13, 1913, in hedge rows. 



Linnaeus referred this to Justicia nasuta Linn., in Stickman 

 Herb. Amb. (1754) 16, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 126; which, 

 as Rhinacanthus nasuta (Linn.) Kurz, I consider to be the cor- 

 rect disposition of Gendarussa femina Rumph. In the Systema 

 ed. 10 (1759) 850, Linnaeus erroneously refers "Rumph. amb. 

 IV. t. 17 ,"=Lawsonia inermis Linn., to Justicia nasuta; and at 

 the same time he refers "Rumph. VI. t. 29" to Justicia bivalvis. 

 Justicia bivalvis Linn, is Peristrophe tinctoria Nees= Per istrophe 

 bivalvis (Linn.) Merr., while "Rumph. VI. t. 29" is Rhinacanthus 



