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JUSTICIA PEDUNCULOSA. LONG-STALKED 
AMERICAN JUSTICIA. 
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‘Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. simplex vel duplex. Cor. irregularis vel subregu- 
laris. Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis: dissepimentum valvis 
contrarium : retinaculis seminum uncinulatis. — 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
oO Calyce simplict, corollis bilabiatis ; labiis divisis ; 
B. Dianthere. 
Justicia pedunculosa ; spicis axillaribus, floribus confertis, 
pedunculis elongatis alternis, foliis lanceolatis. Roem. 
et. Sch. Syst. Veg 1. p. 154. Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept. 
1. p. 13. Nuttall Gen. 1. p. 11. eee 
Justicia americana; cum charactere jam citato. Vahl. 
Symb. 2. p. 15.—Enum. 1. p. 140. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 
p. 92. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 38... 
Justicia pedunculosa ; herbacea, caulibus erectis simpli- 
cissimis ; foliis erectis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque an- 
gustato-acutis, spicis alternis longissime pedunculatis 
conferte paucifloris. Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 7. 
Justicia linearifolia. Lam. Encyel. n. 40.—Suppl.n. 45.— 
Mlustr. n. 52. et Ge oP 
IANTHERA americana ; spicis solitariis alternis. Lin. Syst. 
Veg. 63. 
Dianruera ensiformis. Walt. Fl. Carol. p. 63. 
RATIOL# affinis floridana, floribus et capsulis in spica brevi 
longis pedunculis e foliorum alis prodeuntibus innixis. 
Pluk. Amalth. p. WA. t. 423. f. 5. 
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Justicia belongs to the natural order of Acanthacee. 
several of the species, the two cells of the — are 
istinct, _ 
