JUSTICIA QUADRANGULARIS. : ‘Sevann-sraticep 
Justicra. 3 eins 
_., Dianpara Monoeynra. 
nf Nat. Ord: — AcantHacem. ) d gatiy 
Genlerte Character. 
Cal. ainda 5 raro 4-partitus. Sir, velibeti irregulari 
bilabiata vel ringens, labio inferiore diviso) Stamina duo, 
antherifera. Anthere biloculares; loculis insertion sepi 
inequalibus. Filamenta sterilia nulla v. obsoleta. Ovarii 
loculi dispermi. — adnatum. © -Semina-reti- 
naculis sa asaazoacse Br. 
Specific eo : 
Jusricra* quadrangularis ; (antheris loculis parallelis), foliis 
late ovato-lanceolatis petiolatis acutis subserratis, — 
terminali, bracteis minutis, corolla subinfundibu 
curvato limbo subequali, caule acute tetragono 
Descr. Plant, in our stove, a afoot high, every whthe 
glabrous, slightly branched, and somewhat shrubby ; stem 
and branches dak green, acutely quadrangular, the angles 
margined. Leaves large, opposite, remote, broadly ovato- 
lanceolate, dark green, somewhat coriaceous, paler beneath, 
acute, rather obscurely serrated, the base entire, petiolated. 
Spike terminal on a quadrangular peduncle, four-sided, _ 
Bractee small, three to each flower, ovato-acuminate.. 
* Named by Houston after Jamas ides, Esq. F.R.S., who published, 
in 1674, a volume called the British Gardener's Director. 
