602 cvi. acanthaceae. [Justicia. 
Woods by the river bank, Perak (Scortechini); Ulu Temengoh 
(Ridley). K^u^iJWl 
Scortechini’s specimen types were very poor, and Clarke's description 
correspondingly deficient. 
(30) J. inconspicua Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 57. 
Slender, tall weedy straggling herb, scurfy-pubescent. Leaves 
very unequal, one lanceolate acuminate acute, base cuneate, 
sequilateral or nearly, 5 in. long, 1*5 in. across, glabrous except 
pubescent nerves, small leaf ovate to obovate, 1-25 in. long, 75 in. 
across or much less; petioles -05 in. long. Cymes axillary, slender, 
1 in. long, few-flowered. Sepals linear, setaceous. Corolla -5 in. 
long, white, lower lip purple. Hab. Rare. Pulau Adang Islands, 
Pulau Rawei (Ridley). Pahang, east coast (Ridley). 
J. inconspicua Dayd-Jacks, in Index Kewensis is a bare name founded 
on Wallich No. 2475. No specimen is known to exist, and the plant has 
never been described. 
27 . ROSTELLARIA, Nees 
Small prostrate herbs, or decumbent. Leaves small. Spikes 
terminal, cylindric. Bracts linear, as long as sepals. Bracteoles o. 
Sepals 4. Corolla short, pink or white spotted pink. Stamens 2; 
anther-cells one below the other, tailed. Capsule 4-seeded nearly 
from base. Species 5 or 6, which might be reduced to one. 
(1) R. procumbens Nees , Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 101. Justicia 
procumbens Linn. Sfi. PI. 15; Clarke, l.c. 688. 
Slender decumbent herb usually glabrous. Leaves elliptic or 
oblong, base narrowed, *5 to 1 in. long, *15 to -2 in. wide; petioles 
•1 in. long. Spikes hairy. Sepals linear hairy nearly as long as 
corolla. Corolla -25 in. long, tvhite spotted pink. Capsule -25 in. 
long. Hab. Open sandy spots. Not very common, Negri Sem- 
bilan, Tampin. Penang, in coconut estates near town (Curtis). 
Distrib. India, Australia. 
28 . RUNGIA, Nees 
Small weedy plants. Flowers small in peduncled spikes. 
Bracts usually strobilate, edges white. Bracteoles 2, smaller. 
Sepals nearly free, linear. Corolla small, blue, pink or white, tube 
oblong, short. Stamens 2, 1 anther-cell below the other, tailed. 
Ovules 4. Capsule small. Seeds 2 or 4; placentae rising up 
elastically. Habit of Rostellaria , but bracteoles 2. Species 35, 
Africa, India to China. 
Spikes long, narrowed lax . . . . . (1) R. minutiflora 
Spikes flat, one-sided, short; bracts distichous . (2) R. pectinata 
(1) R. minutiflora Clarke, l.c. 698. 
Weak slender-branched herb, 9 in. tall. Leaves ovate-lanceo¬ 
late or ovate, thin acuminate shortly blunt, base cuneate, 1*5 to 
2 in. long, 75 in. wide; petioles *5 to 75 in. long, slender. Spike 
