LXXIII. ACANTHACE^ 375 
cell ; style minutely capitate. Capsule oblong, \ in., acute ; seeds 
4 or fewer, silky. 
Valleys below Simla; July-October. — Throughout India, ascending to 6000 
ft.— China, Malaya. 
7. LEPXDAGA.THIS. From the Greek lepis , a scale, and 
agathis, -a ball ; referring to the inflorescence of some species. — 
Most tropical regions. 
*Lepidagathis hyalina, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 521. A pubes- 
cent, perennial herb ; stems erect or ascending, 6-24 in., branch- 
ing from the base. Leaves glandular-pubescent, nearly sessile, 
ovate, 1-3 in., entire, acute. Flowers white, spotted with brown, 
crowded in oblong or ovoid, 1-sided, terminal or axillary, nearly 
cylindric spikes in. iong ; bracts hairy, lanceolate, long- 
pointed, scarious ; bracteoles narrower, scarious. Calyx scarious, 
5- parted ; segments hairy, lanceolate, upper one broader, 2 lower 
more or less united. Corolla \ in. long ; tube as long as the 
calyx, dilated from the base ; limb 2-lipped, upper lip erect, 
notched, lower longer, recurved, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, included; 
anther-cells blunt. Style-tip recurved, obtuse, entire ; ovules 2 in 
each cell. Capsule oblong, hardly \ in. ; seeds 4, hairy. 
Throughout N. India, ascending to 4000 ft. — Burmah, S. China. 
8. JTJSTICIA. In honour of J. Justice, a Scotch horticulturalist 
of the eighteenth century.— Nearly all warm regions. 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers in loose, axillary 
cymes or crowded in erect spikes ; bracts linear or lanceolate ; 
bracteoles linear or minute or wanting. Calyx 4- or 5-parted ; 
segments linear, nearly equal. Corolla-tube nearly cylindric, 
straight, not twisted ; limb 2-lipped, upper lip erect, notched, 
lower recurved, 3-lobed. Stamens 2 ; anther-cells distinct, upper 
one blunt, lower with a small, white spur at the base. Style 
minutely 2-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule stalked, oblong ; 
seeds 4 or fewer. 
Flowers in loosely panicled cymes. Corolla ■§ in. long . .1. J. pubigera. 
Flowers crowded in erect spikes. Corolla | in. long . . 2, J. simplex. 
1. Justicia pubigera, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 536. An erect 
shrub ; stems 1-4 ft., terete, hairy. Leaves hairy, stalked, ovate- 
lanceolate, about 3x1^ in., long-pointed. Flowers purple-red, in 
loose, axillary cymes forming terminal, leafy panicles ; bracts 
linear ; bracteoles minute or none. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla § in. 
long. Capsule \ in. 
Simla, not common ; August-October. — N.W. Himalaya, 4000-7000 ft. 
2. Justicia simplex, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 539. A herb ; stems 
6- 12 in., erect or ascending, grooved, much branched. Leaves 
