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JUSTICIA NoDosA. SwWoOLN-JOINTED 
_ Jusvicia. 
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Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord. — AcanrHacez. ) oe 
Generic Character. 
: Cal. equalis, 5, raro 4-partitus. Cor. valde irregularis, 
bilabiata vel 'ringens, labio inferiore diviso. Stam. duo, 
antherifera. Anthere biloculares, loculis insertione sepius 
Inequalibus. Filamenta sterilia nulla vel obsoleta. a- 
ra loculi dispermi. Dissepimentum adnatum. Semina 
retinaculis subtensa. Br. 
Specific Character. 
Justicia nodosa; (anthere loculis distantibus) foliolis ovato- 
acuminatis obsolete serratis brevissime petiolatis gla- 
bris, floribus axillaribus tubulosis bilabiatis, labio supe- 
riore erecto, inferiori deftexo trifido, bracteis longis 
angusto-linearibus, caule ad nodos tumido. : 
‘ata: oe 
Descr. A low shrub, glabrous throughout the stems 
and leaves, much branched, the branches greenish-brown, 
Jointed, articulations terete, swollen at each extremity. 
aves opposite, ovate acuminated, obscurely serrated, 
dark-green above, pale beneath. Flowers in short axillary, 
few (two or three) flowered racemes, erect. Bractee four ° 
or five, at the base of each flower, linear-filiform, subpubes- 
cent. Calyx ovate, cut into five deep, erect, oblongo-ovate 
Segments. Corolla large, handsome, of a beautiful rich 
but rather pale crimson: Tube very long, thickened up- 
Wards and striated, a little pubescent below: Lips long, 
"pper one erect, linear acuminate, emarginate at the ool 
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