Abstract:
Run girt linifolia Nees Var. saidanhae Mascar. Janarth. (Acanthaceae), a new variety from Kouigehara in Charmadi Chat, Karnataka State (Western Chats), is described and illustrated. The new variety is very similar to the typical variety R. linifolia var. linifolia in its filiform branches, inwardly curved inflorescence axis, secund, four-ranked spikes with two flowerless bracts and two flowered bracts, lanceolate bracteoles with scarious margins, and superposed anther lobes with the lower one spurred. The new variety differs in its larger size, pubescent stems, ciliate leaf margin, elliptic-lanceolate bracts, and the compound, verrucose testa of the seed.
