C 861 ] 



Justicia Adhatoda. Malabar Nut. 



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C/<3/} <7»^ Order. 



DlANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. l-petala, irregularis. Cal. fimplex. Cap/, ungue elaftico 

 diffiliens. Dijfepimentum contrarium adnatum. 



Specific Charatlcr and Synonyms. 



JUSTICIA Adhatoda; arborea, corollis ringentibus, foliis 



ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, braQeis ovato-ellip- 



ticis foliaceis, antheris parallelis. Hort. Kew. v. 1, 



p. 28. 

 JUSTICIA Adhatoda. Sp. PL 20. Reichard. 1. 40. Willi, t. 



p. 96. Flor. ley I. 16. Hort. Up/. 7. Mart. Mill. 



Did. n. 57. Vahl. Symb. 2. p. 16. Enum. 

 ADHATODA. bourne/. Inft. 125. /. 79. 

 ADHATODA Zeylonen/ium. Herm. Jjigd. 642. l.6±%. Pluk. 



Aim. 9. t, 173./. 3. 

 ECBOLIUM. Riv. Mont. t. 88. (non 129, «/ apud plurimos 



auftores.) 



The fpecimen from which our drawing was taken was fent 

 us by Dr. Prattinton, of Bewdley, in Worcefterfhire, 

 from the confervatory of Samuel Skey, Efq. of Spring- 

 Grove, in March laft. We are informed in the Hortus Kew- 

 enfis, that it was cultivated by the Duchefs of Marlborough, 

 in 1699, an d * s ^y no means uncommon in our curious col- 

 lections ; but is rather fhy of flowering. Mr. Skey's tree, 

 which is from twelve to fourteen feet in height, has been in 

 his pofTefhon upwards of fifteen years, and has occafionally 

 produced bloffoms before, but never in fuch profufion as this 

 year. 



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