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JUSTICIA* picta. 
East Indian Caricature Plant. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ACANTHACER. 
BUSTICIA.— Supra, vol. 4. fol. 309. 
J. picta ; frutescens, erecta, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis variegatis, 
floribus axillaribus subternatis nudis, corollee pubescentis limbo reflexo 
contorto, labio ovato. 
J. picta. Vahl. symbole, 2. 14. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 88. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 
1. 37.. Römer et Schultes, 1. 149. Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. 118. Hort. 
Bengal. p. 3. 5 
Tsjude-Maram. Rheede hort. malab. 6. 111. t. 60. 
Folium bracteatum. Rumph. amboin. 4. 73. t. 30. 
This elegant shrub is not very frequent in English 
Collections, but is one of the commonest of those cultivated 
in India, in which country it is universally found in Gardens, 
from the Islands of the Archipelago to the capitals of the 
kingdoms of the continent. Its vernacular name is not 
mentioned by Dr. Roxburgh; and its native country is 
unknown. Dr. Wallich informs us, that during his very 
extensive journeys in India he has never seen it except in 
Gardens; and that the natives call it Chinabacca and 
Chirhirri. 
The variegation of the leaves may, like the red coals 
of a glowing fire, be easily fancied, by an ingenious 
observer, to resemble the features of a distorted human | 
countenance, on which account the Caricature plant has 
become its name. 
* Named in honour of Mr. James Justice, a meritorious Scotch Gar- 
dener, who lived in the middle of the last century. 
