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XCIII. ACANTHACEJE. 
[Jnsticia. 
obtuse leafy bracts, at least as long as the calyx and rather broader than long. 
Calyx-segments 5 or rarely 4, linear-subulate, about 3 lines long. Corolla under 
^in. long, the tube shorter than the calyx, the lips as long as the tube, the upper 
one concave and notched, the lower one broadly obovate, shortly divided into 3 
broad nearly equal lobes. Stamens nearly as long as the upper lip, the lower 
anther-cell with a basal appendage or spur. Capsule oblong, obtuse, about as 
long as the calyx, the basal seedless part very variable in length, sometimes very 
short. Seeds 2 in each cell. 
Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller, C. Stuart; Cape Conway, A. Cunningham ; 
Rockingham Bay ,.Dallachy ; Rockhampton, Dallachy, O'Shanesy. 
4. J. cavernarum (found near caverns), F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 91, Benth. 
FI. Austr. iv. 550. Branches slender, apparently decumbent or divaricate, 
shortly hirsute or pubescent as well as the foliage and inflorescence. Leaves 
petiolate, ovate, 1 to 14in. long. Peduncles in one axil of each pair of leaves, 
longer than the leaves, bearing at the end 2 sessile flowers, or forked with 
2 sessile flowers at the end of each branch. Bracts and bracteoles setaceous, 
shorter than the calyx. Calyx-segments linear-setaceous, not 2 lines long. 
Corolla small, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 2 ; anthers 2-celled 
with the lower cell conspicuously spurred. 
Hab.: Mountain caves near Rockhampton, Tliozet. 
Described from fragmentary 'specimens in Herb. F. Mueller, which closely resemble the 
pubescent variety of the E. Indian J. glabra, Keen. ( Rhaphidospora glabra, Nees), but are 
not in a state to determine whether they really belong or not to that species. — Bentli. 
13. GRAPTOPHYLLUM, Ness. 
(Markings on leaves of some species resembling writing). 
(Earlia, F. v. M.) 
Calyx divided to the base into 5 segments. Corolla-tube incurved, the limb 
2-lipped, the upper lip concave, incurved, notched, the lower divided to the base 
into 3 nearly equal lobes. Stamens 2, ascending under the upper lip, anther- 
cells parallel, nearly equal, without base appendages ; staminodia 2. Ovules 2 
in each cell of the ovary. Capsule oblong-clavate, contracted into a solid seedless 
base. Seeds flat ; retinacula hooked. — Tall shrubs or small trees with glabrous 
shining leaves. Flowers red, in axillary or terminal clusters or short racemes. 
Bracts and bracteoles very small. 
Besides the three Queensland endemic species, there is only one known and commonly culti- 
vated in tropical Asia, but of uncertain origin, probably from some of the early visited islands 
of the Eastern Archipelago. It is the G. pictum, Nees, known in European hothouses under the 
name of the Caricature-plant, and only differs in foliage from G. ilicifolium. — Benth. in part. 
A spiny shrub. Leaves ovate, with few teeth 1 . G. spinigerum. 
Leaves small, oblong, entire or minutely toothed 2. G. Earlii. 
Leaves large, broadly ovate, prickly-toothed 3. G. ilicifolium. 
1. Gr. spinigerium (spiny), F. v. M. Fragm. xi. 17. A tall spiny shrub. 
Stems slender, armed with axillary slender spines ^ to |in. long. Bark 
loose. Leaves rhomboid-ovate, the large ones 2in. long, almost sessile, more or 
less dentate. Flowers small, axillary, often 3 on very short peduncles, pedicels 
slender, rather long. Calyx-lobes about 1 line. Corolla about 5 lines long, the lobes 
about half the length of the tube, the upper lip bidentate, the lower tridentate. 
Staminodia very minute. Anthers exserted, somewhat acute 3-line long. Style 
very slightly puberulous, capillary, about 3 lines long. Stigmatic lobes very 
minute. Ovary attenuated upwards. Capsule clavate about ^ in. long. 
Hab.: Endeavour River, Perseitz (F. v. M.) ; Eumundi, •/. F. Bailey and J. H. Simmonds. 
