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fcmbkncc to. Cloves. This plant flowers in July 



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and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in October, 

 * The fccond fort grows naturally in Jamaica 



feeds of this Were fent me by the late Dr. tlouftoun •, 

 this rifes with a hairy branching ftalk two feet high, 

 and is garniflied with narrow fpear-fliaped leaves, 

 placed akcrnate. The flowers come out tov/ard tlie 

 end of the branches fingly from the wings of the 

 leaves, fitting clofe to the ftalk; they are compofed 



of five pretty large yellow petals, and ten ftamina -, 

 thefe fit upon a long germen, which afterward be- 

 comes the feed-veffel, crowned by the empalemcnt •, 

 thefe are filled with fmall feeds. It flowers and leeds 



■ about the fame time wirh the laft. 



I The third fort grov/s naturally in Jamaica, from 

 whence the feeds were fent me v/ith thofe of the former 

 fort ; this rifes with a fm.ooth ereft ftalk three_ feet 

 high, garnifhed with long, narrow, fniooth, fpear- 

 . fhaped" leaves. The flowers are large and yellow, 

 fitting clofe t6 the ftalk -, thefe are fucceeded by long 



* feed-veflels, fliapcd like thofe of the other forts. It 



■ flowers and feeds at the fame time with the 



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former. 



■ The fourth fort v/as fent me from Carthagena by the 

 late Dr. Houftoun -, this hath a branching fmooth 

 ftalk near three feet high, garnifhed v/ith fpear- 

 fliaped leaves, ftanding upon fliort foot-fta!ks. The 



- flowers are fmall, yellow, and are compofed of four 

 petals and eight ftamina ; thefe fit very clofe to the 

 ftalk, and are fucceeded by fced-veftels, Ihaped like 

 thofe of the former foi'ts. ... 



• The fifth fort was fent me from La Vera Cruz, by 



■ the hue Dr. Plouftoun ; this rifes with fingle upright 

 red ftalks three feet high, which are hairy and chan- 



' nelled. The leaves are fpear-fliaped, and placed al- 



• ternate on the ftalks, ftanding nearer together than 

 in any of the other forts. The flowers come out from 



" the wings of the leaves, .toward the top of tlie ftalk ; 

 they are compofed of five large yellow.petals,' and ten 



■ ftamina' rittino: clofe to the ftalks, and are fucceeded 

 by feed-veflfels which are one inch long, andfliaped 



* like thofe of the former forts." v'^ -'? "^=; * • ;^ ' - '^^ - 



-^ The firft, fecoiidi" and tourth forts are annual plants, 

 ^ratleaft they are fo in England; for if the plants are 

 ^■^ ' raifed '^early in the fpring, they will flower in July, 

 ''^'and ripen their feed the beginning of October; and 

 ..thofe plants which are raifed later in the fpring, cannot 

 '' be preferved through the winter, though they are 

 placed in a warm ftove; nor do their ftalks ever grow 



■ ligneous, or fhew any figns of their being perennial 

 in their native country. . 



The third and fifth forts have continued through the 



winter in the bark-ftove, but thofe have been fuch 



^ plants as did not flower and feed the firft year; for 



' after they had perfefted feeds, the following fummer 



the plants decayed. ; 



"^AU thefe forts are propagated by feeds, which fhould 



be fown early in the fpring, in pots filled with a foft 



• loamy foil, and plunged into a moderate hdt^bed ; but 



.' as thefe feeds often lie a whole year in the ground 



before ^they vegetate, the earth muft be kept moift, 



. . and the dafl^es of the hot-bed fhaded in the heat of 



• " the day, by this method the feeds may be brought 



■ r foon to vegetate ; when the plants come up, and are 



" fit'to'rehiove, they fhould be each planted into' a 



>* fmall feparate pot, filled with light loamy earth, and 



' V'-' plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, where they 



> fhould be fhaded from the fun till they have taken 



V new root; after which they 'fhould have free air ad- 



^ . mitted to them every day, in proportion to the warmth 



. / of the feafon; they muft alfo be frequently refrefned 



'_';.^ with water, but it muft not be given to them in too 



-? great plenty : when the roots of the plants have filled 



* thefe fmall pots, the plants fhould be rerhoved into 



■ others a fiz.e larger; and if the plants are too tall to 

 ■ ftana under the frames of the hot- bed, they fliould be 



■ removed into the bark-ftove, where they may remain 

 to flower and perfed their feeds; for when the plants 



' ■ rife etirly in the fpring, and are brought forward in 

 hot-beds, all the forts will flower ancl perfect their 





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feeds the fame year, which is better tlian to Ivwc ihcia 

 to keep thrQugh the winter. 

 JUSTICIA. Houft. Nov. Gen. Lin. Gen. Phm. 

 27. Adhatoda. Tourn. Inll. R. II. lyr tab. ^^v Tn\- 



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plant v/as fo named by tlie late Dr. Hr>;;lloKn, in l 

 nour of James Juftice, Kf]; a great lover apj c-,. 

 couraa*cr of mrdenin'^ and botany. 



The Charactkrs are, 

 Tipe ewprJement cf tie jlc-ivcr is fniaV. a:d divided hitc fsj 

 a. ute figments at the top. The J:c\ver hath one piii\ 

 vhich is divided into tvso lips ahncjl to the bottom^ v:hich 





ere entire. The tipper lip is raifid archv^r.ys^ and tit 

 under is reflexed, it hath t-ivo os^^l-frjaped fitrmnajitnatcd 

 under the upper Up, ter.ninated by ere^ jimrnits ivhich 

 are bifid at their bafi. It hath an oblong ^ern?cn, /;n- 

 porting a fiender fiyk v)hich is longer than the petc!^ 

 crozvned by a fingle fifgma. T'he ^ermeii afterward be- 



comes an oblong capfule with t^jjo lells, divided by a par- 

 ■ ////';;;/, zvhich is contrary to the t-ica valves^ which 'open 

 - with an elajiicity^ and caft cut the rotiKdiJlj feeds, 

 . This genus of plants is ranged ii) tiic firft fecrion cf 

 Linnrcus's fecond clafs, intitled Diandria Monoo-ynia 

 which includes thofe plants who:c fiov/ers have two 

 ftamina and one ftyle. To this genus of Dr. Houf- 

 toun's is joined the Adhatoda of Tournefort, but there 

 is a diftlnclion in their flowers : the two lips of Jufti- 

 cia are entire, but the upper lip of Adhatoda is in- 

 dented at the end, and the under is divided into three 

 parts ; and in the capfule of Jufticia there are leldoin 

 more dian two feeds, but in Adhatoda ieveral. 

 The Species are, 



i» JusTiciA {Sccrpicides) foliis oblongo-ovatis hirfuris, 

 feflilibus, floribus fpicatis alurihusp caule fruticof>. 

 Jufticia with .oblong., oval., hairy leaves fitting chfe to 

 the ftalks, andfiyovjers growing in fipiles proceeding frcm 

 the fide^ of the ftcdks^ which are ftorubly. Jufticia fru- 

 . tefcens, Aoribus fpicatis majoribus, uno verfu difpo- 

 •Titis. Houft. MSS. Shrubby Julticia with larger fiowers 



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; 'growing mfpihs, ^which'are ranged en onefde. \f\ 



2. JusTiciA (&x^;?^i/.W5) caule 'credo ramofo hexan- 



. ■ gulari, foliis ovatis oppofitis, bra£leis cuneiformibus 



- confertjs. Jufticia with an erefl branching ftalk, having 



fix angles, oval leaves placed ' oppofife, and wedge- ft^a^d 



* fmall leaves {orhraEle^) growing in chftcrs. Jufticia an- 



-nua hexancrulari caule, foliis CirCc^^?e conjuratis, flore 



miniato. Houft. MSS. Annual Jufticia zvith an hexangu- 

 lar ftalk. Enchanters Nightftjade leaves fet by pairs^ and 



a' carmine flower^ ' ' " 



3. JusTiciA [Fruticofa) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, pedicu- 

 ■ latis," hirfutis, brafteis cordatis acuniinatis, caule fru- 



ticofo. Jufticia with oval fpearfoapcd leaves growing on 

 foot-ftalks, heart fjapcd acute-pointed bralle.s, and a 

 Jhrubby ftalk. Jufticia frutefcens & hirfuta, foliis ob- 



longis pediculis longiffimis, fiore rubro. Houft. MSS. 



Shrubby and. hairy Jujlicia with oblong leaves growing en 



very long foot-ftalh, and a redflozver. - ■' - 



4. JusTiciA {Adhatoda) arborea, foliis lanceolato-ovatis, 

 'brafteis ovatis pcrfiftentibus, corollarum galea con- 

 'Cava. Flor. Zeyl. 1 6. free-Jufticia with ovaljpcarphapci 

 'leaves, oval permanent bra 5le^, and a concave helmet to 



the flower, Adhatoda Zeylanenfium." H. L., 642. Ai- 

 hatcda of Ceylon, comhionly called Malabar Nut'. 



5. J u ST \ci A {liyiftopifoli a) fruticofi, foliis lanceolatis in- 

 ^ ■;tegerrimjs,'"pedunculis trifioris ancipitibus, bracT:c!s 



yhe empalefnent.''^ Adhatoda. Indica,' folio faligno, fiore 



■ albo. Boerh. Ind. alt. i. 2^g._ Indian Adhatoda with 



a Willotv leaf and white flower, commonly called Snap- 



■ tree. 



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6. JusTiciA (Spinofa) fpinofa, foliis oblongo ovans em?r- 

 ginatis, caule, fruticofo ramofo. Prickly Jufticia pith 

 oblong oval leaves indented at their edges, andaftjruhty 

 branching ftalk. Adhd.toda Antegoana, Lycii fine, 

 fpinofa. Petiv* Prickly Adhatoda of Antigua, with the 

 appearance of Boxthorn. 



7, JusTiciA {Arborea) arborea, foliis lanceolato-ovatis 

 feflilibus, fubtus tomentofis, floribus fpicatis congeilis 

 terminalibus. Tree-Juftida with Jpear-ftjaped ovallcava 



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