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teeth very unequal outer large membranous veined ovate-lanceolate 
spine-ciliated inner lanceolate, corolla l|-2 in. long with a broadly 
funnel-shaped tube three times as long as the roundish lobes and an 
oblong-clavate capsule shorter than the calyx. 
1. ASYSTASIA, Blume. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, cut nearly to the base into 5 linear equal seg- 
ments. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, with 5 short subequal round 
lobes. Stamens 4, all fertile, the anthers oblong, with two equal cells 
spurred at the base. Ovary 2-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; style filiform, 
simple ; stigma capitate. Capsule clavate, fertile in the upper half, 
2-4-seeded. — Herbs or shrubs, with flowers in lax subspicate racemes 
with minute bracts. Distrib. Tropics of the Old World. Species 20. 
1. A. gangetica, T. Anders, in T'hwaites ’ Enum. El. Zeyl. 235. A 
much-branched herb, 1-4 feet high, with slender weak quadrangular 
stems. Leaves distant, opposite, petioled, pilose, ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 
in. long. Racemes secund, 1-3 in. long, lax ; pedicels very short ; 
bracts linear, very minute. Calyx in. long; segments equal, linear, 
acuminate. Corolla whitish, f-1 in. long, the broadly funnel-shaped 
tube dilated above the calyx. Capsule 1-li in. long, cylindrical in the 
lower, oblong in the upper half. A. capensis, coromandeliana, and 
Bojeriana, Eees. Justicia gangetica, Linn. 
Seychelles, common in Mahe amongst grass by roadsides, Horne , 545 ! Tropical 
Asia, Africa, and Natal. 
2. HYPOESTES, R. Br. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, with 5 narrow acute segments. Corolla with a 
funnel-shaped tube and short bilabiate limb, the lower lip 3-lobed. 
Stamens 2, included ; anthers 1-celled. Ovary 2-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; 
style filiform, simple. Capsule clavate, 4-seeded in the upper half. — 
Herbs or shrubs of various habit with flowers usually in axillary clusters 
or cymes, 4 bracteoles uniting to form an involucre to each. Distrib. 
Tropics of the Old World. Species 40. 
Shrub 1 . H. rodriguesiana. 
Dwarf procumbent herbs. 
Leaves in. long . 2. H. inconspicua. 
Leaves in. long 3. H. serpens. 
1. H. rodriguesiana, Balf, fil. A much-branched shrub, gla- 
brous in all its parts, except the corolla. Leaf-blade ovate, entire, 
acute, subcoriaceous, cuneate at the base, 1-1J in. long, twice the 
length of the petiole. Flowers small, in dense terminal and axillary 
congested racemes, with oblanceolate leafy bracts ; pedicels very 
short ; involucre of 4 subequal scariose oblanceolate bracteoles united 
in the lower half. Calyx £ in. long, the 5 lanceolate equal segments 
shorter than the tube. Corolla 1| in. long, pale sulphur-yellow, pilose 
on the outside, cleft down to the involucre into two narrow lips, which 
are as long as the tube. Stamens 2, finally exserted ; anthers oblong, 
i in. long. 
