Compilation
Crossandra jashi

Erect perennial or shrubby herb to 40 cm tall, from creeping woody rhizome; young stems puberulous or sparsely so. Leaves in pseudo-whorls of 4, sessile or petiole up to 1 cm long; lamina usually abruptly narrowed (lyrate) below middle, more rarely gradually narrowed, upper part ovate to elliptic, largest 11.5–21≈4.5–10 cm, entire or slightly crenate, apex subacute to broadly rounded, sparsely puberulous, densest on veins. Spikes 4–25 cm long; peduncle 1–17 cm long, sparsely to densely puberulous; fertile bracts 15–21 mm long, narrowly ovate, glumaceous, green with a broad white margin when young, becoming frayed with age, glabrous to finely puberulous, with several parallel longitudinal veins, no reticulum; bracteoles glumaceous, elliptic, 9–14 mm long, with a fine terminal bristle 1–2 mm long, finely puberulous. Sepals ovate, terminating in a bristle 1–2 mm long, puberulous towards tip, dorsal and ventral 6–9 mm long, lateral ± 2 mm shorter. Corolla pale peach or salmon pink; tube 2–3 cm long, slightly widened above insertion of stamens, slightly bent; limb 1.3–1.8 cm long. Style hairy. Capsule 9–11 mm long. Seed 3–4≈3–4 mm. Fig. 23, p. 146.