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 Justicia Nasuta. Dichotomous Justicia. 



C/ti/Jr tf/zd Order. 



DlANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. ringens. C7/>/! 2-locularis: feminum retinaculis 2-valvis : 

 valvis longitudinalibus unciculatis. Stamina anthera folitaria. 



Specific CharacJer and Synonyms. 

 JUSTICIA nafuta foliis lanceolato-ovatis integerrimis pedun- 



culis dichotomis. Linn. Sp. PL edk 3. p. 23. Syjl. 



Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 63. 

 PULCOLLI Rheed. Mai. 9. p. 135. /. 69. 



This fpecies of Jufticia, long fince figured in the Hortas 

 Malabaricus, and defcribed in the Species Plant arum of Lin- 

 Nius, has been introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew, fince 

 the publication of the Hortus Kewenjis, by Mr. Ai ton : it is 

 a ftove plant, producing, almoft the year through, abundance 

 of flowers, diftinguiftied not lefs for their Angularity than their 

 fnowy whitenefs ; the following defcription, taken from the living 

 plant, is fuller than that of Linn^us in the Sp. PL 



Descr. Stalk fhrubby, fomewhat angular, three feet or 

 more in height, green, very much branched, (lightly pubefcent; 

 Leaves oppofite, Handing on (hort footftalks, ovato-lanceolate, 

 running out to a (hort blunt point, entire, veiny, a little downy; 

 Peduncles from the alae of the leaves, alternate, dichotomous, 

 two fmall braftese are placed at each bifurcation ; Flowers pure, 

 white, inodorous ; Calyx compofed of five lanceolate, entire 

 leaves, continuing ; thefe, as well as the whole of the' plant, are 

 befet with minute tranfparent globules, vifible with a magnifier; 

 Corolla deciduous, tube linear, grooved, pale green, (lightly 

 villous, bending a little upward; upper lip very narrow, bent 

 back, bifid at the extremity, the edges toward the bafe rolled 

 back, fo as to make it appear in that part almoft tubular ; lower 

 lip depending, trifid, fegments equal, obtufe at the bafe, round, 

 the mouth of the tube marked with fine purple dots ; Filaments 

 two, ihort, projecting from the mouth of the tube, finally bend- 

 ing back ; Antheras at firft yellow, afrerwards livid ; Germen 

 oblong, fmooth ; Style capillary, (lightly hairv ; Stigma bifid. 



The plant is increafed by cuttings j in the' Hort. Malab. tn e 

 bruifed leaves are defcribed as in ufe for the cure of cutaneous 

 eruptions. 



