456 ACANTHACEjE. 



cells separated by the dilated connective, one sir.aller ;" seeds tubercled. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. 

 t. 3. — Josticia, Jacq . Rhytiglossa, A T s. Siphouoglossa, Oerst.— 1-2' high ; leaves 1 J"-!", 

 rosy corolla 8'" long ; capsule elliptical-lanceolate : claw as long. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl.; 

 [Haiti to S. Eustache, among shrubs]. 



24. D. comata, L. Annual, rooting at the base, glabrescent, usually glandular at the 

 summit ; leaves ovate or lanceolate, cuneate or tapering at the subsessile or shortly petioled 

 base; fioicers distant in filiform, whorl ed-umbellale spikes; calyx -segments 5, linear- 

 acuminate, about half as long as the corolla ; corolla 2-lipped to one-third ; anther-cells 

 ovoid, contiguous: superior oblique, inferior vertical ; seeds mnricate. — SI. t. 103. y. 2. — 

 Justicia, Sw. J. humifusa, Sw. Leptostachya comata, Martiana, and parvifiora, Ns. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., in swamps and wet pastures ; Trinidad I, Sch., Lochh. ; [Cuba! 

 and Mexico ! to Peru ! and Brazil !]. 



12. JUSTICIA, L. 



(Adhatoda and Gendarussa, Ns.) 



Calyx 5-partite : segments equal (or the superior smaller). Corolla 2-lipped : inferior 

 lip spreading. Stamens 2: one anther-cell placed higher up than the other, inferior mucro- 

 nate or callous at the base. Capsule of Bianthera. — Shrubs or herbs ; flowers spicate or 

 axillary ; hractsf o/iaceotis. 



25. J. eustachian a, Jacq. Shrubby, glabrescent, constricted at the nodes ; leaves 

 lanceolate or oblong, acuminate with a bluntish point ; spikes few-flowered or interrupted 

 below, peduncled ; bracts spathulate-linear, exceeded by the calyx ; calyx-segments lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, one-fourth as long as the corolla ; corolla pale-purple : upper-lip emarginate, 

 lobes of the inferior oblong, blunt ; anther-cells oblong, parallel. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 5. — 

 Adhatoda, Ns..' — 3' high ; leaVes 6"-2", corolla H 7 long. — Hab. Antigua!, Nichols., 

 Wullschl., in arid soil, Montserrat ; [S. Barthelemy !, S, Eustache, Guadeloupe !]. 



26. J. carthagenensis, Jacq. Suffruticose, glabrescent, constricted at the nodes ; 

 leaves ovate, pointed or elliptical lanceolate ; spikes short, imbricate, sessile or shortly pe- 

 duncled ; bracts spathulale, exceeding the calyx ; calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate, 

 one-third to one-fourth as long as the corolla ; corolla violet : upper lip emarginate, lobes of 

 the inferior bluntly ovate; anther-cells oblong, parallel. — Jacq, Amer. Pict. t. 7 : a narrow- 

 leayed form, not occurring in our collections. — Adhatoda, Ns. ! Justicia retnsa, V. (Diclip- 

 tera, Juss. ; Amphiscopia, Ns.). — 3'-6' high; leaves 6"-l", corolla li" long. — Hab. S. 

 Kitts !, Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica!, lmr„ S.Vincent!, Guild.; [S.Croix; Mexico! 

 to Venezuela! and Peru!]. 



27. J. sphaerosperma, V. Suffruticose, glabrous, constricted at the nodes; leaves 

 oyate or ovate»oblong ; spikes terminal, imbricate, subsessile, often. 3-paitite ; bracts lanceo- 

 late-linear, acuminate, exceeding the calyx; calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate, one- 

 third as long as the corolla ; corolla red : upper lip 2-deutate, lobes of the inferior oblong- 

 lanceolate, bluutish ; anther-cells oblong-linear, alternate, the superior erect, the inferior 

 hanging, with a bluntish spur. — Adhatoda, Ns. ! — Leaves 6"-2", spikes 2", corolla li" long ; 

 seeds " compressed-globose." — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. 



J. Adhatoda, L. (J. caracasana, Sieb. Mart. 881) and /. Gendarussa, L., occur in the 

 Caribbean collections as cultivated plants. /. racemulosa, Wickstr. (Tetramerium, Ns), said 

 to grow in Jamaica, is perhaps a Dianthera, but unknown to me. 



13. BELOPERONE, Ns. 



Character of Justicia, but both anther-cells callous or mucronate at the base, and inferior 

 corolla-lip suberect. 



28. B. nemorosa, Ns. Herbaceous, snffrutescent, pubescent or glabrescent ; leaves 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, bluntish at the petiole ; spikes terminal, short, sub- 

 sessile : floral leaves gradually passing into the ovate-oblong bracts ; calyx-segments lanceo- 

 late, exceeded by the bracts, one-third as long as the corolla ; corolla purple, straightish- 

 tubular, 2-lipped to one-third : lips of equal length, the superior emarginate, the inferior 

 shortly 3-lobed : lobes oblong, blunt ; anther-cells oblong, bluntly comiculate at the base : 



