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JUSTICIA BICOLOR. DOTTED-FLOWERED 

 JUSTICIA. 



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C/j/i and Order. 



DlANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal fimplex vel duplex. Cor. irregularis vel fubregularis. 

 Viipf. hivalvis, 2 locularis : difTepimentum valvis contrarium, 

 retinaculis feminum uncinulatis. Vahl. 



Specific Characler. 



JUSTICIA bicolar ; (calyx fimplex corolla, fubaqualis) ped- 

 unculis axillaribus trifloris petiolo brevioribus, 

 foliis ovalibus acuminatis glabris, limbo corollae 

 piano : tubo longiflimo. 



Descr. Stem fhrubby, branched : branches fquare with 

 rounded angles. Leaves oval, acuminate, undulate and nar- 

 rowed at the bafe, quite entire, fmooth on the upper ftirface 

 with fimple unbranched veins, villous and pale underneath, 

 with the veins more prominent and reticulate. Peduncles 

 axillary, fhorter than the petiole, three- flowered. Bratles 

 two, fubulate, not half the length of the calyx. Calyx fimple, 

 ere&, five-parted : leaflets fubulate. Corolla nearly regular : 

 tube three or four times the length of the calyx, flenderer on 

 the upper part, villous : limb patent, flat, divided into five 

 nearly equal fegments, the two uppermost being rather the 

 narrower* and ereft, the other three looking downwards, and 

 the middle one, fomewhat larger and broader pointed than the 

 reft, is gibbous at the bafe, and beautifully ftained and dotted 

 with carmine, the other fegments, except a few fcattered dots, 

 being quite white. This irregular arrangement of the laciniae 



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