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in the month of September. I also met with it towards the summit of the mountains called Toong Dong, distant 

 about twenty-five miles from Ava, in flower in November. 



It affords me very great pleasure to be able to dedicate so fine a plant to Dr. Boott, a zealous and excellent 

 botanist, whom I am proud to number among my best friends. I am confident also that the worthy Professoi^ 

 Bigelow, whose genus Boottia has been found to be too nearly allied to Potentilla to admit of being separated from it, 

 will participate in my feelings on this occasion. 



Plate LXV. Yig. 1. Male spathe and flower opened. 2. Stamens. 3. Two of these detached and enlarged. 4. Sterile styles 

 and central glands. 5. A small spathe divided horizontally. 6. Spathe containing the female flower. 7. The same opened. 

 8. Ovarium enlarged and cut transversely. 9. Style. 



JUSTICIA VENUSTA. Tab. m. 



Fruticosa, foliis ovatis, acuminatis, crenatis, per petiolum late decurrentibus, pubescentibus ; panicula amplis- 

 sima terminali, longissime pedunculata ; floribus fasciculato-racemosis, tubulosis, faucis bilabiatse laciniis linearibus ; 

 antheris exsertis, carnosis, loculis gracillimis parallelis ; capsula lineari, polysperma. 



Habitat in montibus Pundua dictis, Bengalae orientali confinibus, indeque anno 1825 in hortum Calcuttensem intro- 

 ducta. Tempus florendi Septembri et Octobri ; capsulae maturte versus finem anni. 



Frutex 3 — 4-pedalis, erecta, parcissim^ ramosa. Caulis digitum ferfe crassus, cortice cinerascente indutus. Rami breves, obsolete 

 quadrangulares, supern^ pubescentes. Folia opposita, approximata, decussatim patentissima, ovata, attenuato-acuminata, obsolete cre- 

 nulata, basis lateribus rotundatis, medio attenuato et per petiolum decurrente, 6 — 7-pollicaria, membranacea, utrinque marginibusque 

 pilis brevibuSj hyalinis asperula, siipr^ atro-viridia, obliqufe rugosa, subtiis costa gracili, elevata, nervis numerosis, parallelis, obliquis, 

 interque hos venis capillaribus, transversis. Petioli 2 — 3-pollicares, sulcati, sursilm propter basin folii decurrente latiusculfe marginati. 

 Panicula terminalis, lato-ovata, ramosa, patentissima, longissim^ pedunculata. Pedunculi graciles, elongati, pallidi, sulcis duobus 

 oppositis, levibus notati, pubescentia copiosa, glanduloso-capitellata obsiti ; tmiversalis semipedalis, pedalis, usque ad bipedalem ; partiales 

 semipedales ad pedales, fer^ filiformes. BRACTEiE infra ramificationes primarias oppositse, foliacese, lineari-lanceolatoe, poUicares ; reliqute 

 lineari-subulatsej breves. Flores pulcherrimi, atro-purpurei, remotfe fasciculati, subsessiles, dispositi in racemos elongatos, graciles. 

 Calyx glanduloso-pilosus, parvus, 5-fidus ; lacinice lineares, acuminatje. Corolla tubulosa, tripollicaris, extus pubescens ; tubus gracilis, 

 1 J-poUicaris, basi pallidus, apice subventricoso-dilatatus ; limbus 2-labiatus, tubo quadruple brevior, labio superiore recto, leviterve ad- 

 scendente, 2-fido ; inferiore patente, 3-fido : laciniis omnibus linearibus, obtusiusculis. Stamina 2, supra faucem perviam, puberulam pariW 

 elevata, glabra ; Jilamenta capillacea, brevissima ; antherce oblongae, carnosJ3e, pariim divergentes, labio coroUse superiore dimidi5 bre- 

 viores, anticfe 2-loculares, loculis angustissimis, gracillimis, oequalibus. Capsula gracilis, pallid^ ferruginea, Isevis, linearis, subtetragona, 

 utrinque profundi sulcata, polysperma. Semina parva, plana, ovata, minutim rugosa. 



This is one of the loveliest species of Justicia with which I am acquainted ; remarkable on account of its large and 

 spreading inflorescence, which is lifted above the uppermost leaves by means of a long and slender common peduncle. 

 The flowers are tubular, and of a deep purple colour, contrasting in a very striking manner with the dark-green and 

 large foliage. I had the satisfaction of bringing a growing plant to England in 1828, which was presented by the 

 Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company to the Horticultural Society of London, in whose rich 

 . garden at Chiswick it has lately blossomed. 



Plate LXVI. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamen. 5. Anther divided transversely. 



CIRRHOPETALUM Wallichii. Tab. 67. 



Fetalis sepaloque supremo oblongis, retusis, muticis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, obtusis. scapi longitudine. Lindl 



Orchid, p. 59. 



Cirrhopetalum Wallichii, Lindl loc. cit. ^ o u • 



Habitat super rupibus montis Sheopore aliarumque in Napalia, florens Septembri. 



Plantula gregaria, omnibus partibus l^vis. Caulis graciUimus, repens, ramosus, radlculas longas, divisas emittens Pseudobulbi 

 ovati,nudi,lJ;es,i-pollicares, 1-phylli, subapproximati. Folium erectum, oblongum, obtusum, levissim^ retusum, subsessile, basi acutum. 



