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JUSTICIA SECUNDA. SlDE-FLOWERING 

 JlJSTICIA. 



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Class and Order. 



DlANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. simplex vel duplex. Cor, irregularis vel subregularis. 

 Caps. 2-yalvis, 2-locuIaris : dissepimentum valvis contrarium : 

 rctinaculis seminum uncinulatis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Justicia secunda ; racemis terminalibus compositis ; race- 

 mulis secundis multifloris, bracteis setaceis, foliis ovato- 

 oblongis attenuatis. Vahl Enum. 1. p. 133. Hort. 

 Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 37. 



Justicia secunda ; racemis terminalibus compositis, race- 

 mulis secundis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis. Vahl 

 Symbol. 2. p. 7. JVilld. Sp. PI. 1. p. 91. Persoon 

 Syn. 1. p 21. ft. 43. 



This species is very nearly allied to Justicia lucida 

 (No. 1014) from which however it differs in the leaves being 

 thinner, more attenuated towards the point, less undulated 

 and not shining ; in the raceme of flowers being more com- 

 pounded, less compact, the partial peduncles much longer, 

 and the flowers on the branches, which are much paler, 

 looking one way ; in having the upper lip of the corolla not 

 quite entire, but slightly emarginate, and the lower lip only 

 obsoletely three-toothed. 



Native of the West-Indies. Requires to be kept in the 

 stove. Introduced in 1793, in His Majesty's Ship, Providence, 

 by the late Admiral, then Captain, William Bligh. Flowers 

 from October to February. Propagated readily by cuttings. 

 Communicated by Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, to 

 ^vhom it was given by Anthony Hart, Esq. who introduced 

 it from the island of St. Christopher, his native country. We 

 received it also from Mr. Vere's garden. 



»V c know of no previous representation of this species. 



