Description as available for Rungia parviflora <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=309&cat=7> is below: A small, soft annual herb. leaves membranous, variable, ovate, lanceolate or linear- spathulate. flowers in small spikes; barren and flowering bracts very different, the former in 3 rows on one side of the spike, thick, elliptic, mucronate; the later with the flowers on the other side, conspicuously hyaline- margined, ovate or orbicular- ciliate, calyx- lobes 5, corolla blue.
India biodiversity Portal gives the following description for *Rungia parviflora*: Diffuse or ascending herbs. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 2 by 1 cm, base and apex acute, lateral veins c. 3 pairs. Spikes c. 15 mm long; floral bracts glabrescent; corolla pinkish-white. Capsule ellipsoid. Flowering and fruiting: March-April. Wastelands in the plains. Peninsular India and Sri Lanka *Rungia pectinata* (Linnaeus) Nees in A. Candolle in Flora of China <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022026>: Herbs 20-50 cm tall, annual or perennial. Stem basally prostrate and rooting at nodes then erect, minutely pubescent. Petiole 0-7 mm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, 1-4 × 0.4-1.4 cm, glabrous except for a few trichomes along veins, secondary veins ca. 4 on each side of midvein, base cuneate and decurrent onto petiole, margin entire, apex acute. Spikes axillary or terminal, 0.5-2 cm, 1-sided, solitary or sometimes 2 or 3 compound; bracts dimorphic; sterile bracts green, elliptic, ca. 4 × 0.7 mm, glabrous, apex acute; fertile bracts circular to obovate, 4-5 × ca. 2 mm, pubescent, margin broadly hyaline, apex obtuse to rounded to emarginate and mucronulate; bracteoles elliptic, 2-3 mm, margin ciliate, apex 2-cleft and subacute. Calyx colorless, pubescent; lobes linear-lanceolate, ca. 3 × 0.5 mm, margin narrowly hyaline, apex mucronulate. Corolla blue or white, ca. 5 mm, outside pubescent; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes triangular; upper lip ovate, 1-2 mm, apex emarginate. Staminal filaments glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 2.5 mm, glabrous, 2-4-seeded, apex apiculate. Seeds orbicular in outline, ca. 1 mm in diam., minutely verrucose. Fl. Nov-Jan, fr. Jan-Apr. But I am unable to find out the clear cut difference between the two from the above. On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 10:25, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Checklist of Nepal, gives *Rungia parviflora* (Retz.) Nees as a syn. of > *Rungia > pectinata* (L.) Nees > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200022026> > Flora of Pakistan did not mention any Rungia species. > Flora of China > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=128875> has > only *Rungia pectinata* (Linnaeus) Nees > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022026> out > of these. > Pl. see FOC illustration > <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=119450&flora_id=2> for > this. > > As per Dr. Wood (who changed the names from Rungia to Justicia)" > *Rungia muralis* is usually seen as a variety of *Justicia parviflora*. I > have made no combinations for the varieties as they are a chaos and need a > thorough revision - most are probably of no value. > > Thus, from the above discussions, there are broadly two complexes, one > related to *R. pectinata* (syn: *Rungia parviflora* var. *pectinata* (L.) > C. B. Cl.) and* Rungia parviflora* (*Bracts dimorphic*) and other related > to *R. repens* (*Bracts uniform*). > > Thus, Rakesh ji's posted species in this thread with uniform bracts should > be *R. repens* > > However, we have to still find keys and differences between *R. pectinata* > (syn: *Rungia parviflora* var. *pectinata* (L.) C. B. Cl.) and* Rungia > parviflora* (*Bracts dimorphic*) > > On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 10:12, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I check the related species in Flora of Peninsular India, but could not >> find the keys between the three species as per >> Rungia pectinata >> <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=310&cat=7> >> Rungia repens >> <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=311&cat=7> >> Rungia parviflora >> <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=309&cat=7> >> Rungia muralis >> <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=308&cat=7> >> >> Only description is available for Rungia parviflora >> <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=309&cat=7> as >> below: >> A small, soft annual herb. leaves membranous, variable, ovate, lanceolate >> or linear- spathulate. flowers in small spikes; barren and flowering bracts >> very different, the former in 3 rows on one side of the spike, thick, >> elliptic, mucronate; the later with the flowers on the other side, >> conspicuously hyaline- margined, ovate or orbicular- ciliate, calyx- lobes >> 5, corolla blue. >> >> >> On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 09:56, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Rakesh ji. >>> We will certainly go through the descriptions. >>> But before that we have to find *keys* between the three species., in >>> differences sources of literature. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 3 Jan 2020 at 19:53, dr.rakesh Singh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> We need to have descriptions of species . >>>> Garg sir , the keys you have quoted are not enough . >>>> For one , leaf is highly variable in size , so is petiole . >>>> Two , bracts in all 3 are having papery white margin . While in bigger >>>> one margins do not overlap and they show prominently in contrasting colors >>>> , in two smaller ones bracts overlap and white papery margin is not visible >>>> on backside , though visible on side of flowers . >>>> Attached photos belong to larger one , spike going up to 20 cm long . >>>> Habit prostrate , erect when crowded . >>>> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 18:16 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rakesh ji, in a recent thread, has expressed doubts about clarity in >>>>> these species in efi site. >>>>> >>>>> So let us look at these afresh with our literature. >>>>> Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Chhatarpur and Damoh (Description) >>>>> <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=nC-TikpU0sEC&pg=PA338&dq=Justicia+pectinata+%2B+INdia&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pr-8UPaoMNCzrAfnkoDYDg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Justicia%20pectinata%20%2B%20INdia&f=false> >>>>> gives >>>>> the following keys: >>>>> 1a. Sterile and fertile bracts dissimilar. Upper lip of Corolla acute. >>>>> Spikes 2.5-5 cm- *R. pectinata* >>>>> 1b. Sterile and fertile bracts similar. Upper lip of Corolla >>>>> emarginate. Spikes 2.5-5 cm- *R. repens* >>>>> >>>>> Flora Of Guntur District: Andhra Pradesh, India (Description) >>>>> <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=1kHNgLyXbJUC&pg=PA273&dq=Justicia+pectinata+%2B+INdia&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pr-8UPaoMNCzrAfnkoDYDg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Justicia%20pectinata%20%2B%20INdia&f=false> >>>>> gives >>>>> the following keys: >>>>> 1a. Bracts dimorphic. Fertile bracts villous, petiole ca. 2 cm long- *R. >>>>> pectinata* >>>>> 1b. Bracts uniform. 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