598 CVI. ACANTHACEiE. [ Justitia. 
(13) J. secundiflora Journ. Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 57, 
p. 86. 
Erect or ascending herb 6 to 12 in. tall; stem brown-hairy. 
Leaves lanceolate or ovate acute, base narrowed, dark green often 
purple beneath, glabrous except nerves beneath, brown-hairy, 
2 to 6 in. long, 2 to 275 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Spikes 
axillary or terminal, 3 in. long; peduncles -25 to *5 in. long. Rachis 
brown-hairy. Flowers sessile solitary secund. Bracts lanceolate- 
oblong narrow, -25 to *5 in. long, pubescent, dark purple. Sepals 
linear-lanceolate, pale dotted purple. Corolla -4 in. long, glabrous, 
tube cylindric, yellow dotted purple. Hab. Forests, local. Perak, 
Temengoh Woods (Ridley). 
(14) J. odontites Ridl. Journ. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 187. 
A slender, erect puberulous simple herb 2 ft. tall. Leaves in 
pairs, 2 in. apart, lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 
slender elevate beneath, 7 pairs pubescent beneath with very 
numerous bundles of raphides on both sides; 3 to 3-5 in. long, 1 to 
i*5 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long, pubescent. Spike 2-25 in. 
long, hairy. Bracts lanceolate acute narrowed to base, upper ones 
nearly ovate or rhomboid, green-hairy, -24 in. long. Flowers 
numerous solitary, secund. Sepals lanceolate long-acuminate, 
narrow, green-hairy, longer than the corolla-tube. Corolla -5 in. 
long, hairy outside, pink, lower lip 3-lobed, lobes rounded; anthers 
narrow linear. Pistil glabrous. Hab. Johor, Kota Tinggi (Ridley), 
Rare. 
(15) J. vasculosa Wall. Cal. 2469; Clarke , l.c. 687. Leda 
andrographioides Clarke , l.c. 692. 
Weak straggling glabrous herb about 1 ft. tall. Leaves sub¬ 
equal or often very unequal ovate to elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 
base narrowed, 5 in. long, 2 in. wide or less; petioles -5 in. long. 
Spikes 2 to 4 in. long, gradually lengthening, axillary, many- 
flowered, often several together. Bracts not longer than calyx, 
hairy. Sepals linear-lanceolate hairy. Corolla -5 in. long, yellow 
spotted with pink in mouth, pubescent. Capsule -6 in. long with 
4 seeds. Hab. In woods. Singapore, Bukit Panjang; Chan Chu 
Kang. Johor. Sedenah. Negri Sembilan, Johol. Pahang, 
Tahan River; Telom. Perak, Tapah. Tomoh (Machado). 
Penang (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Dislrib. Assam, Tenas- 
serim, Sumatra. 
(16) J. pectinella Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 34. 
Herb about 2 ft. tall, fleshy. Leaves ovate or oblanceolate, 
long narrowed to base acuminate; raphides many; 4 to 9 in. long, 
1*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long, winged to base. Racemes 
terminal and axillary secund, 2 in. long. Bracts lanceolate-ovate 
acuminate, -i in. long. Bracteoles ovate. Sepals subulate purple. 
Corolla -5 in. long. Capsule -5 in. long. Seed orbicular, pubescent. 
Hab. Forests up to 1500 ft. altitude. Johor, Gunong Pantai. 
