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JUSTICIA eustachiana. 



St Eustatia Justicia. 



NaLird. Acanthi. Jussteu gen, 102^ Div, II, 



AcANTHACBA. Brown prod. 472. 



JUSTICIA. Cal. aequalis, 5'partitus» Cor. valdfi irregularis, bila- 

 fciata, V. ringens, labio inferiore diviso. Anth^ 2-loc., locmtt inBertionv 

 k^i^s in^equalibus^^ Fil, sterilia nulla v, obsoleta* Gemiiuis loculi S-tpemi. 

 Disiepimentum adnatuni^ Sem. retinacuiis cubtensa. Herbte v. Jruticts 

 caulescenteSt infloresceniiS variS* Brown 1- c, 475* 



Div. Cnlyce UmpUciy caroHis UlabiaiU : laMis divhis* 

 J\ eiisfachiana^ fruticosa, corollis bilabtatU 'divisit, foliis oblongU acuminatiP^ 



apicis axillaribus Wmihalibusque, bracleU verticillis remotU lanceolatis^ 



antheris Solander in Smed* Bahlc^^ ad exentplarium spontaneum in 



Herb. Banks. des<^ipt* 

 Justicia eustachiana* VakL symb< 2> 15. EJusd* enum, 1. 144. Jaeq^amwr* 



4. U 4- JVUld, sp. pL 1. 93. Hort. Ketv. erf. 2. 139. 



Frutex ramosus 2-3^edalist subiiliiir subvillnsus sbiuraie virescens; rami 

 ^eretes striatic viridissimi juniores s^btetr&goni, FoL oppositOt disiantia^ 

 6vato-eiongata, lanceolataf acuminata, nervosa, iufeme repando'Subdenit^f 

 tapeque undulata^ subtriuncialia^ ftUitudineJeri \ partium uncia^ bast brevi 

 attenuata; petiolus linearis pluries brevior lamina. Uaceini ^cati^ '^gg*^- 



f' atiy subtrfni? frmlti/iorit floribus approximatis brevi pediceHatis, briict^if 

 Erbaceis lineari-mbulatis soabriiis vtUosis xiUis brevissmis atpkatis, unS ad 

 basin pediceUi^ 2 oppositis stiperioribus duplo breviaribus calyce* Cal. tub-' 

 staniia pubegue bractearum^ S'plo bremor corolla, i bate iurbrnata glanduhsA 

 cum peaicetto continvus, segmenlis linearibus acutis conniventibus. Cor- wA- 

 tcarioso-rigens^ dilviius punicanit tesg^iuncialist esiut laxi et brei^ viUota^ 

 ludda, tubidoso-infundibulifdrmity com^pressja^ ringent; tubua cylifrdraceuM 

 virens, sub^equalis cal^ci, faux sertsim dtlatata compresta paUidi purpttrascent, 

 intusjlavescens, duplo longiortubo; limbi rictm tuba^alis Javd^ taturaiiut 

 rubens flavo et viridi-pictus, labia a^ilonpiy aupenus anguttiut, linearis 

 oblongfim^ convolutO'Concavuntt dorto S^tulco-ttfiatum, apicebreyi aften^atum 

 kmarginalum viridi et Jiavo varieeatum lobulit obtutit r^xit^ inferius iriph 

 iaiius^ patent, S^dum laciniis oNongit carimtis iniHt taturati purpureit ttriS 

 media iongitudinali Javicante extus Jlavo^refdibut apice 2^dit replicatit, 

 medi^ sub&tiore tubovato-oblongSfsturS divaricatiore. TtUtubapialw limbo, 

 temifiltforfftia ©- linearia hinctereiia, indi plana, injrh intra faucem piUmug^ 

 cula, Amhk iineari-lanceolata^ viridet^ uni-v, bUoculares, brevittimi peakeUatm 

 Germ, oblongum tupr^ viUosiutcubim^ disco potitumglanduiotoglabro: stylua 

 coroS4, glab^.Jili/ormiti atig. apex iransverti ^Jidum wentglaber. 



After much doubt, we have decided in regard to the 

 ^ecies of this plant, by the indigenous specimens in the 

 Banksian Herbarium brought from the Island of St. Chris- 

 fopfaer by Mf. Masfion, and \i^cb baTe- been the authority 



