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JUSTICIA VENTRICOSA. Hop-FLOWERED 
J USTICIA. 
Class and Order. 
Dranpria Monoeynia. 
5 * 
( Nat. Ord.—AcanTHacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. equalis, 5-raro 4-partitus. Corolla valde irregu- 
laris, bilabiata vel ringens, labio inferiore diviso. Stamina 
duo, antherifera. Anthere biloculares, loculis insertione: 
Sepius inequalibus. Filamenta sterilia nulla v.. obsoleta. 
Ovarit loculi dispermi. _ Dissepimentum adnatum. Semina 
ts retinaculis subtensa. Br. i 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Justicia ventricosa ; fruticosa, foliis oblongo-ovatis inte- 
gerrimis glabris, spicis oblongis, bracteis imbricatis 
rotundatis venosis, corollis bilabiatis, labiis venosis, 
labio superiore ovato subintegro, inferiore trilobo. 
Justicia ventricosa. Wallich MSS. 
Descr. A shrub, from three to four feet high, every 
where quite glabrous, with numerous opposite branches, 
the younger ones green, obtusely tetragonal. Leaves op- 
posite, large, five to six inches long, on short footstalks, 
subcoriaceous, between ovate and oblong, more or less 
acute at the extremity, the base attenuated ; the margins 
quite entire ; the nerves distinct ; dark green above, paler 
beneath. Spikes of flowers terminal upon the numerous 
branches, two or four inches long, formed of numerous 
imbricated, rounded, convex, entire, veined bractez, each 
mclosing about three flowers. Calyx very short, five-par- 
tite; the segments erect, subulato-lanceolate. Corolla 
Scarcely an inch long ; the tube greenish, a little swollen 
& upwards ; 
