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Jusricia CoccINEA. SCARLET-FLOWERED 
JUSTICIA. : 
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Clafs and Order. 
_. DianpriA Monocynia, | 
Cor. ringens. Cap/. 2-locularis: feminum retinaculis 9-valvis : 
valvis longitudinalibus unciculatis. Stamina anthera folitaria. 
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= Specific Charaéer and ‘Synonyms ; 
JUSTICIA coccinea fruticofa, corollis bilabiatis, labio fuperiori 
— indivifo, foliis bra&teifque {picarum ellipticis acu- 
minatis, antheris parallelis, Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 26. 
JUSTICIA coccinea foliis ovatis glabris integerrimis, fpicis — 
_ terminalibus Ming: egtaah ee feffilibus. Linn. 
- Syft. Nat. ed. 13. Gmel. p. 35. : 
JUSTICIA . coccinea, ‘Anblet, Guian. 10. t 3s 
It is a native of South-America, and was+ 
royal garden at Kew in 1770. dit. Kew. 
Is propagated without difficulty by cuttings, 
