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LXXTII. ACANTHACE7E 
hairy, shortly stalked, ovate or lanceolate, 1-1 J- in., acute. 
Flowers pale purple, crowded in erect spikes |-1 in. long ; bracts 
hairy, lanceolate ; bracteoles hairy, linear. Calyx hairy, 4-parted. 
Corolla ^ in. long. Capsule §- in. (Fig. 119.) 
Simla, very common ; June-Gctober.. — Throughout India, chiefly in hilly 
districts, ascending to 7000 ft. 
ElG. 119. JuSTICIA SIMPLEX. 
9 . ADHATODA, Probably derived from the Cingalese name, 
—Most tropical regions. 
Adhatoda vasica, Nees ; FI. Br , Ind. iv. 540. A glabrous 
shrub, 4-8 ft. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate-lanceolate, 5-6 x 
llj-2 in., entire. Flowers white, streaked and dotted with pink, 
crowded in stalked, axillary, erect spikes 1-3 in. long, usually clus- 
tered toward the end of branches ; bracts leaf-like, ovate ; bracte- 
oles narrowly lanceolate. Calyx 5-parted ; segments lanceolate. 
Corolla lj in. long ; tube short, broad ; limb incurved, 2-lipped, 
upper lip notched, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 2 ; anther-cells blunt. 
