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JUSTÍCIA* carne 
Flesh-coloured Justicia. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat, ord. ACANTHACEX Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 
Botany, p. 233.) 
JUSTICIA.—Supra, vol. 4. fol. 309. 
J. carnea; antherarum loculis parallelis, spicis terminalibus imbricatis mul- 
tifloris foliis brevioribus, bracteis maximis, labio corolle superiore lineari 
emarginato : inferiore recurvo apice obtuso trilobo, foliis ovato-lanceolatis 
acuminatis subcrenatis longissimé petiolatis. 
Caulis quadrangularis, in caldario 4-pedalis, erectus, ramosus, fruti- 
cosus, atroviridis. Folia ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, glaberrima, subcre- 
nata, petiolo nunc lamine longitudine. Spica sessilis, terminalis, multiflora, 
densissime imbricata, foliis brevior, 6 uncias ad minimum longa.  Bractece 
exteriores maxime, obovate, ucuminate, pubescentes. Corolla carnea, 
2 uncias et dimidiam longa, subpubescens, tubo recto, labio superiore sub- 
lineari emarginato, inferiore oblongo, apice latiore obtuse trilobo recurvo. 
Stamina labio superiore paulo breviora ; filamenta glabra, apice recurva ; 
antheree oblonge, obtuse, distantes, loculis parallelis. 
A native of Rio Janeiro, whence a living plant was 
sent, in 1827, to the Horticultural Society, by the Right 
Honourable Robert Gordon. 
It requires a stove, where it flowers beautifully in 
August and September. It demands no particular treat- 
ment, and is readily increased by cuttings. 
This is one of the handsomest stove plants we are 
acquainted with, combining great beauty of foliage with 
very striking flowers, and a constant disposition to produce 
them. J. L. 
* See fol. 1227. 
