Calyx five-partite, on a short, very thick pedicel, laciniz erect, 
linear-lanceolate. Corolla purplish red, somewhat infun- 
dibuliform :. ¢ube short, rather gibbous at the base, curved 
down suddenly at the upper part, limb nearly equal, of five 
suberect segments. Stamens two, much curved, as long as 
thecorolla. Filaments white, pubescent. Anthers oblong, 
acute, white, and pubescent at the back; cells two, parallel, 
brown. Germen ovate, upon a yellow fleshy disk or base. 
Style as long as the stamens, slender, filiform. Stigma 
slightly clavate. | 
his very distinctly marked species of Justicia, which I 
do not find described by any botanical author, exists in the 
stove of the Glasgow Botanical Garden, and is marked as 
having been sent eae Mr: Barczay’s collection at Bury Hill, 
pe the oe of «J. a eae epoming in 
e slightest ee rough about the plant; and it is to be 
feared there ae hacn some milaiaks in labelling it. Itis 
probably a native of the Mauritins or Madagascar, and one 
of M. Boszr’s discoveries. = 9 r ginical 
It flowers in the month of January. 
>See 
Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Calyx and Pistil, with 
the three Bracter.—M ore or less magnified, 
