N. O. AOANTHACE/E. 
969 
Habitat . — Tropical India in the drier districts, from the 
Panjab and Chota Nagpore to Ceylon, common (absent in 
Bengal proper and humid Malabar). 
An erect annual, 6-18in. high. Stem 4-angled grooved, 
clothed with spreading hairs, sometimes branched. Leaves l-3in. 
long, sessile oblong or subelliptic, obtuse, sparsely hairy, 
base cuneate, margins ciliate, main lateral nerves 4-6 pairs. 
Flowers unilateral, in axillary spreading or recurved racemes 
shorter than the leaves, rha^his gland. -hairy ; bracts 12 m. long, 
lanceolate, bracteoles much smaller. Calyx ^-fin. ; segments 
narrowly linear, acute, ciliate, elongating in fruit. Corolla about 
\ in. long, densely hairy outside, pink or white, the lower lip 
spotted with purple. Filaments slightly hairy, anthers bearded. 
Capsule in. long, elliptic- lanceolate, hairy. Seeds ioin. long, 
rugose, glabrous. 
Use : — The juice is given in fever tRheede'. 
928. Haplanthus verticillaris, Nees., h.f.b.i., iv. 
506. 
Syn. : — Justicia Verticillata, Roxb. 45. 
Vern. : — Kastula (H.) ; Jhankara (Marathi) ; Kala Kirayat ; 
Kalayakara (Western India). 
Habitat : — W. Deccan Peninsula, frequent, extending north 
to Mt. Aboo. Bundelkhand, Assam. 
A herb, lf-2f ft.high. Stems glabrous at the base, more or 
less pubescent upwards. Leaves 2f-4 in. long, ovate, acuminate 
acute or subobtuse, hairy on the upper surface and on the 
nerves beneath, abruptly cuneate at the base ; main nerves 8-10 
pairs, prominent beneath, petioles l-2in. long. Cladodes 
(axillary spines) 1-1 5 in. long, stout, 4-angled, enlarging in fruit, 
usually with 2 sharp spines at the apex, more or less glandular- 
pubescent and with spreading bristles towards the base. Flowers 
sessile amongst the verticils of cladodes ; bracteoles longer than 
the calyx, subulate, finely pointed. Calyx fin. long, segments 
lanceolate, pointed, gland.-pubescent. Corolla fin. long, minutely 
hairy outside, limb lilac, with darker lines. Capsule about fin. 
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