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This is a very remarkable, gigantic species of Pepper. The leaves are ovate-cordate and coriaceous, varying 

 exceedingly in size, even on one and the same branch ; the lowermost being from eight to twelve and even fourteen 

 inches long, while the uppermost scarcely measure three inches in length. The berries are large, of a beautiful 

 greenish-yellow colour, becoming deep orange when quite ripe, supported on long pedicels. They possess a very 

 pleasantly aromatic and pungent taste. 



Plate XCI. Fig. 1. Berry. 2. The same, divided transversely. 3.4. Seed. 5. One of the upper leaves. 



JUSTICIA PALATIFERA. Tab. 92. 



Fruticosa ; foliis oblongis, acuminatis, integerrimis, glabris, breve petiolatis, summis sublineari-oblongis ; racemis 

 simplicibus, terminalibus, paniculatis, secundis, subrecurvatls, nudis ; floribus fasciculatis, bracteis subulatis calycisque 

 laciniis linearibus, glanduloso-pubescentibus ; tubo corolla? elongate, gracillimo, limbo bilabiato, labii inferioris lacinia 

 intermedia deflexa, supra gibboso-sulcata ; loculis antherarum suba^qualibus. 



Habitat in montibus prope Sillet, ubi detexit Francis De Silva, plantarum collector, indeque in Hortum Botanicum 

 Calcuttse anno 1825 introduxit. Floret Martio et Aprili; fructus maturescunt Majo. 



Caulis fruticosus, erectus, gracilis, 2-pedalis, pubescens, simplex, vel parc^ ramulosus, purpurascens. Folia opposita, patentia, 

 interstitiis longiora, lanceolato-oblonga, acuminata, integerrima, vel obsolete crenulata, par^m undulata, basi acuta, 5-pollicaria, coriacea, 

 suprk saturate viridia, opaca, glaberrima, subtils costa elevate, pubescente, nervis suboppositis, arcuatis ; summa lineari-oblonga, 2—3- 

 pollicaria, vaklfe approximata. Petiolus ^-poUicaris, rufescens, supr^ planus, subtus convexus, pubescens. Racemi terminales et ex 

 axillis supremis oppositi, simplices, longiusculi, levitfer recurvati, breve pedunculati, secundi, 3— 5-pollicares. Pedunculi cylindrici, 

 pedicelli, bracteae calycesque obsiti pubescenti^ copiosa, glanduloso-capitellata. Flores magni, dilute rosei, erecti, subsessiles, 



3 5-dispositi in fascicules subapproxi mates, secundes, suflfultos bractcelis aliquot lineari-subulatis, subcamosis. Pedicelli brevissimi, 



carnosi, cylindrici, tumidi. Calyx oblongus, 3-linearis, profundi divisus in lacinias 5 lineares, obtusas, ciliatas, parallelas. Corolla 

 tubus gracillimus, subfiliformis, pubescens, 1^- vel 2-pollicaris, apice pariim dilatatus ; limbus patens, bilabiatus, tube fer^ tertio brevior: 

 labium superius 2-fidum, adscendens, lebis oblongis, obtusis, parallelis ; inferlus descendens, dupl6 ferfe latius, 3-fidum, lobi laterales istis 

 labii superioris similes, intermedins major, subdeflexus, ovatus, purpureo-marginatus, versus basin supra convexus et elevatus in 

 palatum sulcato-retusum, flavum, nigro-punctatum, subti\s concavus ; faux pervia. Filamenta brevia. Anthers exsertoe, levit^r 

 divergentes, loculis fer^ parallelis, subdistantibus. Stylus filiformis. Stigma obsolete 2-lobum. Capsula clavata, 2-sperma, ungui- 

 culata, pubescens, poUicaris, ungue calycem adpressum aequante. 



Plate XCII. Fig. 1. 2. Calyx and corolla opened. 3. A detached stamen. 



JUSTICIA VENTRICOSA. Tab. 93. 



Fruticosa; foliis oblongis, obtuse acuminatis, lucidis, breve petiolatis ; spicis axillaribus terminalibusque, solitariis, 

 erectis, subsessilibus, oblongo-cylindricis, bracteis foliaceis, quadrifarie imbricantibus, ventricosis, orbiculatis, coloratis; 

 limbo corollee ringentis labio superiore oblongo, cucuUato, inferiore ovato, 3-dentato, supra bullato-convexo ; stami- 

 nibus 2 ; antherae loculis subina^qualibus, ovatis, deorsum acutis et divergentibus. 



Justicia ventricosa. Wall, in Bot. Mag. vol. 54. n. 2760. 



Habitat in China. In Hortum Botanicum Calcuttae misit Dom. J. Reeves anno 1820. Floret mensibus Decembris — 

 Februarii ; fructus nondum producti sunt. In provincia Martabaniai ad ripas fluminis Saluen observavi florentem 

 Aprili 1827. 



Frutex magnus, Isevis, densfe paniculato-ramosus, 3 — 5-pedalis. Rami cylindrici, crassi, tumido-articulati, suberecti. Folia vald^ 

 copiosa, patentia, approximata, brevfe petiolata, oblenga, vel acuminata, deorsilm attcnuata in basin auctam, obsolete crenulata, 5 — 8-pol- 

 licaria, carnosa, subfragilia, suprk atroviridia, lucida, costa gracili nervisque suboppositis pariim elevatis, subtus pallida, subenervia, 

 ad lucem visa lineolis minutissimis, cuneiformibus, pellucidis, vagis densissimfe notata. Petiolus ^-pollicaris, supr^ planus. Spice ter- 

 minales axillaresque, solitaria?, oblongee, brev^ pcdunculata?, erecta;, obtusa?, digitum medium crassse, poUices 4 longse, foliis breviores, 

 obsoletissimfe quadrangulares, quadrifarife imbricatse bracteis magnis, oppositis, orbiculatis, cuspidato-acutis, ventricoso-concavis, dorso 

 convexis, poUicaribus, reticulato-vcnosis, e viridi fuscescentibus, pubescenti-ciliatis, 3 — 4-floris^ adjectis ssep^ rudimentis florum aliquot. 



