TABLE 1 in Asystasia venui (Justicieae: Acanthaceae): A new species from West Bengal, India

TABLE 1. Morphological comparison between Asystasia venui sp. nov. and A. atroviridis T. Anderson.
CharactersAsystasia venuiAsystasia atroviridisStempubescent when young, then glabrescent when old except for nodesglabrous throughoutLeaveselliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, uppermost pair ovate to broadly ovate, subsessile and smaller in size, 1.4–10 cm long, apex shortly acuminate, pubescent above; lateral veins 5−7 pairs, pubescentelliptic, 3–20 cm long, long apex acuminate, glabrous on upper surface; lateral veins 6−16 pairs, glabrousInflorescenceFlowers in condensed racemes, 1–4 cm long, 4−12- flowered; rachis eglandular pubescentFlowers in condensed racemes, 1–3 cm long, 4−11- flowered; rachis glandular hairy or nearly glabrousBractstriangular, apex acuminatetriangular-ovate to narrowly lanceolate, apex acute or short acuminateCalyx lobeslinear-lanceolate, 3−3.5 mm long, apex acutesublinear, 5–7 mm long, apex ends in fine acuminateCorollaWhite with a light violet-purple blotch in the middle lobe of lower lip; tube 2–2.3 cm long, glandular-hairy outsideRose pink totally; tube 3.6–4.5 cm long, glabrousCorolla lobeselliptic-ovate, 5−7 × 4–4.5 mm, glandular-hairy outside; ovate, 0.8–1 cm diam., glabrous; all lobes rose pink mid lobe of lower lips white with light violet-purple blotchFilaments5–8.5 mm long, slightly exserted8–10 mm long, not exsertedOvary1.2−1.5 mm long, papillose2–3 mm long, glandular hairyStyle2.4–2.6 cm long, glabrous throughout4–4.2 cm long, pubescent at basal portionCapsules1.4–2.2 cm long including stipitate part, with 0.8–1.2 cm long stipitate portion, densely glandular pubescent3–3.5 cm long, with a solid stipitate portion (2–2.2 cm long); glabrous