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Beautiful Justicia. 



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. venusta; fruticosa, foliis ovatis acuminatis crenatis per petiolum lat^ 

 decurrentibus pubescentibus, panicula amplissima terminali longissim^ 



f)edunculat£i, floribus fasciculato-racemosis tubulosis, faucis bilabiatae 

 aciniis linearibus, antheris exsertis carnosis : loculis gracillimis parallelis, 



capsuia linear! polysperma. Wallich plant, asiat. rarior. vol. l.p. 53. 

 t, 66. *\ - 



Frutex 3'4-pedaUs, erecta, parcissimk ramosa. Caulis digitum ferh 

 crassuSj cortice cinerascente indutus. Rami breves, obsolete qtiadrangulares, 

 superni pubescentes. Folia opposita, approximata, decussatim patentissima, 

 ovata, attenuato-acuminatay obsolete crenulata, basis laterihus rotundatis, 

 medio attenuato, et per petiolum decurrente^ 5-7-pollicaria, membranacea , 

 utrinque marginibusque pilis brevibus hyalinis asperula^ suprd atro-viridia, 

 obliqui rugosa^ subtHs costd gracilis elevatd, nervis numerosiSj parallelis, 

 obliquis^interque hos vents capillar ibus, transversis. Petioli 2'Z-pollicares, 

 sulcati, s^rsilm propter basin folii decur^intes tUtiuscuU marginati. Panicula 

 terrninalisy lato-ovata^ ramosa, patentissiha, longissim^ pedunculata. Pedun- 

 <^^i^i graciles,elongati,pallidiy sulcis duobus oppositis levibus notati, pubescentid 

 copiosdy glandulosO'Capitellatd obsiti; universalis semipedalis, pedalis, usque 

 «rf bipedalem ; partiales semipedales ad pedales, feri Jiliformes. Bracteee 

 tnfra ramijicationes primarias oppositoSy foliacece, linear i-lanceolat<By polli^^ 

 cares ; reliqucB linear i-subulatce , breves. Flores pulcherrimij atro-purpurei, 

 ^^motc fasciculatijSubsessileSy dispositi in racemes elongatos, graciles. Calyx 

 glanduloso-pilosuSy parvus, 5'Jidus; lacinise lineares, acuminata. Corolla 

 tubulosa, tripollicaris, extus pubeTcens ; tubus gracilis, \\-pollicaris, basi 

 pallidus, apice subventricoso-dilatatus; limbus 2-labiatus, tubo quadruplb 

 breviory labio superiore recto, leviterve ddscendente, ^-Jido; inferiore patent e, 

 3-Jido ; laciniis omnibus linearibus, obtusiuscvlis. Stamina 2, 5«pra/auce/7i 

 perviam puberulam pariim elevafa, glabra; filamenta capillacea, brevissima; 

 antheree oblongce, carnosce, parhm divergentes, labio corollcB superiore dimidih 

 oreviores, antice 1-loculares ; loculis angustissimis, gracillimis, (Bqualibus. 

 Capsula gracilis, pallide ferruginea, Icevis, linearis, subtetragona, utrinque 

 profundi sulcata, polysperma. Sewlna par va, plana, ovata, minutim rugosa. 

 Wallich, 1. c. 



* See fol. 1227. 



