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LXXIII. ACANTHACE^E 
hairy, shortly stalked, ovate or lanceolate, 1-1 \ in., acute. 
Flowers pale purple, crowded in erect spikes f-1 in. long ; bracts 
hairy, lanceolate ; bracteoles hairy, linear. Calyx hairy, 4-parted. 
Corolla J in. long. Capsule J in. (Fig. 119.) 
Simla, very common ; June-October. — Throughout India, chiefly in hilly 
districts, ascending to 7000 ft. 
Fig. 119. Jttsticia 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 
l|-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 1J in. long ; tube short, broad ; limb incurved, 2-lipped, 
upper lip notched, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 2 ; anther-cells blunt. 
