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distincta. Habitu A. contorts Hook, f. conformis ; sed caules numei^ 
osiores, strictiores, magis compaoti. 
Gaults infra suffruticulosus, 20-30 cm. altus, ex basi in 10-20 ramos 
erectos divisus. Rami floriferi ± 1 mm. diametientes, simpiices vel 
ramosi, foliis 89qualiter distributis^ neo ut in A. hrevifolia et A. neelgerti- 
ana apice laxioribus, deflexis nisi apice, ad summum tecti, albo-tomentosi, 
glomerulo compacto capitulorum terminati. Folia 6-9 mm. longa, 
1 mm. lata, linearia, subobtusa, sessilia, subadnata, utrinque albo-lanu^ 
ginosa, involuta. Capitula inter min ores in unum glornerulum 1-5 cm. 
diametientem ad 30 compacta, 3-4 mm. diametientia. Fhyllaria 
2*5 mm, longa, albido-flava, limbo orbiculari 1 mm. longo. Flores 
2 mm. longi. 
Peninsular India : — Travancore, No. 13326 Meehold ! 
Justicia Craibii W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Species sectioni CalopJianoidei et Justicice NeesiancP- Wall, affinis ; 
sed foliis longioribus angustissimis, bracteis lineanbus, segmentis calycis 
longioribus distinguitur. 
Herba parva, glabra. Radix perennis, lignosus. Caulis 20-40 cm. 
altus ; internodii 1-2 cm. longi, 4-6-lineati ; dimidium caulis inferius 
foliis expers. Folia bis-vel ter-verticillata, linearia, vix petiolata, ad 
basin attenuata, ad 6 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, apice obtusa, costa subalbida. 
Floras solitarii vel 2 vel 3 in axillis superioribus, sessiles, in 4-8 verticillos 
com'positi ; bractese foliis persimiles, 1 cm. longse, glabrae ; bracteolse 
minutse subulatae. Calyx 5-partitus, lobis subulatis ad 1 cm. longis. 
Corolla paulum calycem superans, bilab iata, labio superjore breviter 
bifido, inferiore laciniis aequalibus trifido ; tubus limbum sequans ; color 
ignota. Stamina duo ; antherae cellula inferior albo-caudata. FrttcUis 
5 mm. longus, quatuor seminibus subtuberculosis. 
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