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JUSTICIA EUSTACHIANA. St. EuSTATIA 

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 Class and Order. 



DlANDRIA MoNOGYNlA. 



Generic Character. 



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

 Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis: dissepimentum valvis contrarium: 

 retinaculis seminum uncinulatis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 

 *** Calyce simplici, corollis bilabiatis, labiis divisis. 



Justicia eustachiana ; fruticosa, foliis ovatis acuminatis 

 subserratis, spicis brevibus subverticillatis, bracteis line- 

 ari-Ianceolatis, antheris parallelis unilocularibus ! 



Justicia eustachiana, fruticosa, corollis bilabiatis divisis, 

 foliis oblongis acuminatis, spicis axillaribus terminali- 

 busque, verticillis remotis subbifloris, bracteis lanceo- 

 latis. Bot. Reg. 309. ex schedis Solandri apud Banks. 



Justicia eustachiana ; dianthera ; foliis lanceolato-oblongis, 

 pedunculis multifloris, bracteis linearibus apice latius- 

 culis acuminatis. Jacq. Amer. p. 4. t. 4 ? 



Justicia eustachiana ; spicis axillaribus terminalibusque, 

 floribus inferne geminis, superne solitariis, bracteis 

 cuneatis. Vahl Symb. 2. p. 15? Ejusdem Enum. 1. 

 p,144? 



Dianthera eustachiana. Si/st. Veget. ed. 14. p. 64? 



In so very extensive a genus, amounting in the late Pro- 

 fessor Vahi/s Enumeration to one hundred and forty-seven 

 •pedes, and to which number many more have been since 

 added, it is not easy to find discriminating characters within 



the 



