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J U S T I C I A coccinea. 



Scarlet-flowered Jujlicia. 



D ] A N D R I A Monogynia. Fbwn mfmor, mmofxtobus, im&lar. 

 Fruit capfular. 



0, s. CHAR- Coroftj ringciii. Capjule (wo^cUed, burftlng from ihe cbliiciiy 

 of iu bale. 



Scflion i. S*™«*. 



SkgGhaK Shrubby. Corolla iwo-lippcd ; ihc upper lip undivided. Leave* and 

 ih.- brafleae ol the Ipikci elliptical, ■cumin ted Antbcne parallel. Sotander. 



$.». Juftieia coccinea. .*»««*"* buiu, K i. ia (. j. At /frn. An* K 1. & 



And if Aifrf o» (4c idsii «/" nwi u He ijlmd ef Caymne. Jbuerng in Ofbfcr. AViMhr «ni 

 tkta&r. In lie MartAttttfi of Retkw&hm^fm, it fiemi inftawr. <* 



Stlu fix feci high, (hrubby, nearly cred. round, branchy , tart fmooth, brrrwn, cracking longi- 

 tudoully. Brmth/i creel, leafy, fwelled U die infrnion of ihc leaves ; the y*ngtr one* (lighily 

 quadrangular, fmnxh. 



Litvu about the toptof ihc branches, oppofitc. on foot-ftJIU, f|«raiiinx lnii a little dcllexed. 

 rtbuIKu- lanceolate, pointed, entire, waved, veiny, dull |>nru, fmooth; vein alternate. /b*t- 

 JUih Ihon. roundilh. StipU- none. 



Sum icrraina). molUy (binary. *«**• fuople, denfe. many, flowered, ai lenftlh appcarinir. lateral 

 from die growing out of young branches. Cmuhw Rmier-/UU rrfcmbling d* branch, loundilh. 

 Urger B-aOe, neaily alternate. Ihaped lite ihc leara. but much fnnllcr, nearly creel, fligluly 

 uWny. one to each (lower 1 fmittr cite, two togeibcr above each of ihc larger, minui.. linear. 

 •cute, fearcely perceptible in the upper pari of die fpike. 



fumaa WDc, one between each pair of ihc fmaHcr bra'lea-. erect. Urge, handfooic. fenkt, 

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&UI fin,)). fivcclcfl , fegmenls .cute, inllexed, Highly downy. 



0«U, an beb and half long. ■ubuu,. ringen.. incurved, angular , the angle, ibghtly down, , 

 fefatftWdeft, iu^rr Icpoeo. brosdcO. recurved at the up. iWcbrii rime Woncs 



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