ACAKTHACEAE. 



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long ; lobes obovate, ^ inch, bent all to one side. Syn. L. longi- 

 flora, L. hispida. 

 Lepidagathis. — A genus of botanical interest only. 



cristata, Willd., Bp. PL" hi. 400. — India. A small procumbent 

 plant. Leaves linear or oblong, sessile, 1 inch by ^ inch ; inflor- 

 escence subradical, globose ; bracts elliptic or obovate, spinulose ; 

 corolla small, ^ inch, white with purple spots on the palate. Only 

 of botanical interest. 



Pobeg*uinii, Ball, -Mas. d'Hist. Xaturelle Paris," 1895, 64.— 

 Upper Guinea. A curious plant, with Lycopodium-like stems 

 8 inches high, growing in tufts ; flowers dark purple, at the 

 base of the stems. A botanical curiosity. 

 Libonia floribunda = Jacobinia paueiflora. 

 Otacanthus. — A genus very closely allied to Ruellia. 



COeruleuS fig. "FL des Serres," t. 1526). — Brazil. Leaves elliptic, 

 serrate, 3-1 inches long by about 2 inches broad ; flowers solitary 

 from the upper axils ; calyx 5-sepalled, 1 setaceous, the dorsal 

 one foliaceous ; corolla hypocrateriform, tube elongate, cylindric, 

 arcuate, limb flat, bilabiate, the lobes rotundate, subequaL, large, 

 spreading. 

 Paulowilhelmia 



tOgoensis, Lindau, '"Eng. Jahrb.*' xvii. 105 ; (fig. " Gard. Chron." 

 1889, vi. p. 719, fig. 106j. — Abyssinia. Stems viscid upwards ; 

 leaves truncate and subcordate at the base ; panicles terminal, 

 cymose ; the cymes lax, 2 inches long ; calyx, nearly 1 inch long : 

 corolla deep bright blue, tube up to 3 inches long, linear, inflated 

 upwards, lobes 5. Syn. P. speciosa, N. E. Brown, u Gard. Chron." 

 1889, vi. p. 710, fig. 105, not Hochst. 



A rare and interesting plant, prized for its beautiful blue 

 flowers. 

 Peristrophe 



lanceolaria, Xees, " Wall. PI. As. Rar." iii. Ill ; (fig. " Bot. Mag." 

 t. 5566;. — India and Burma at no elevation. Leaves lanceolate, 

 nearly glabrous : panicles with erect branches, glandular pubescent ; 

 bracts § inch, linear ; corolla If inch, purple, tube long, slender. 

 Syn. Justicia lanceolaria. 



salicifolia, Hassk., -Cat. Hon. Bog." Alt. 152.— Java. Leaves 

 narrow, elliptic, obscurely crenated, glabrous, streaked with yellow 

 along midrib and veins : peduncles axillary, short cymose, few- 

 flowered, with linear bracteoles much longer than the calyx ; 

 flowers small pink. 



A tropical weed, sometimes grown for its prettily coloured leaves. 

 The latter, however, often revert to their original green colour, and 

 then it is not worth growing. 



speciosa, Nees, "Wall. PL As. Rar." iii. 113; (fig. "Bot. Mag." 

 t. 2722;. — Himalayas, up to 5,000 feet elevation. Leaves elliptic, 

 acute, nearly glabrous, oblong, obtuse, floral leaves large, 1-2 inches, 

 so that the flower clusters often appear terminal or axillary, 

 subcapitate rather than panic-led ; bracts linear-oblong, § inch ; 



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