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JUSTICIA SPECIOSA. PURPLE-FLOWERED 
East-Inpian Justicia. 
Class and Order, 
Dranpria be ade Wie 
( Nat. Ord —Acawtmaces. 4 
Generic Character. “i ; é 
Cal. xqualis, . 
laris, bilabiata vel 
2, antherifera. A 
sepius inequalibus. 
Ovarit loculi dispermi. 
- retinaculis subtensa. Br. 
raro é-parkbed Corolla’ valde ae 
ns, labio inferiore diviso. Stamina 
biloculares, loculis  insertione 
venta sterilia nulla vy. obsoleta. 
ch ed adnatum.- = gam 
Specific Character a an 
Justicia speciosa ; perennis, oubcin. foliis. 
datis petiolatis vix serratis glabris, ped 
ribus terminalibusque proliferis rpciioee 
involucratis duplicibus. imvolucro externo t 
3-floro, corolla. bilabiata | tubo curvato tort 
_ Superiore tridentato. aaa ’ 
Jusricra speciosa. Roxb. im Fl. Ind. vo. 1. p. 123. 
penernan eee 
— = eee 
Ei ae 
 _Drscr. “A. rather all 
es branches us loure 
3 dearbcly © biriated:  Lé us 
Gata ‘acuminated, the lower 
subcordate, and slightly crenate, dark green 
beneath ; bi nerves oblique, prominent be- 
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2 Paloma, axillary and Hemi, often proliferous;some~ 
— wanting ; when present, generally very long, leaf- 
ate 
Bractee, constituting a double _dsgtiesd es ciliated at 
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