Dicliptera — Justicia. 579 



15. J. comata (L.) Lara. Eric. I (1783) p. 632; Sw. Obs. p. 14; 

 Lindau 1. c. p. 239. — THanthera comata L. Syst. X ed. II (1759) 

 p. 850; Griseb. Flor. p. 456. — Leptostachya comata Nees in DC. Prodr. 

 XI (1847) p. 381. 



Prope Bay anion in fossis, prope Cabo rojo in paludosis, prope 

 Mayagiiez, prope Morovis ad ripam fluminis, fl. (interdum cleistog.) I, 

 fr. I, IV: Bertero, Heller n. 4446, Krug n.864, Sintenis n. 760, IX, 

 Stahl n. 866, 1016. — Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Tobago, Trinidad, 



Amer. cont. trop. 



16. J. Ycrticillaris (Nees) Urb. (non L. fil., cujus species nunc 

 est Hypoestes vcrticillaris Sol.). — Rhytiglossa verticillnris Nees! in 

 DC Prodr. XI (1847) p. 354. — Justicia pectoralis Lindau in Urb. 

 Symb. II (1900) p. 241 (p.p., non Jacq.) — Curia. 



Flores albi v. flavido-albi v. albi et roseo-afflati, in f undo rub ro- 

 punctati v. violaceo-maculati. Fl. et fr. Ill, IV, VI, VII, IX, XII. 



In Sierra de Luquillo in sylvis priraaevis ad cacumen montis 

 Yunque, ad Cerro de la Pandura in sylvis umbrosis, Sierra de Naguabo 

 in sylva montis Piedra pelada, prope Cayey locis graminosis in 

 sylva montis Llano, prope Adjuntas in sylva primaeva ad Guilarte, 

 prope Utuado in sylva primaeva ad Juanico, prope Maricao ad ripam 

 fluminis ad hacienda Victoria versus: Bertero, Eggers hb. pr. n. 673, 

 Piee n. 268 (hb. Nees, nunc in univers. Graz.), Sintenis n. 189, 373, 



1181, 1468, 2413, 4631. — * 



Obs. A sequente recedit foliis pluries majoribus, ramis inflorescentiae 

 oppositis v. saepe verticillatis , sepalis linearibus v. lanceolato-linearibus 

 acuminatis, colore corollae, an etiam fructibus?, qui in nostris J. pectoralis 

 exemplaribus numerosis miro modo omnino desunt. — Specimen Neesianum 

 foliis supra satis dense breviteique pubescentibus (nee scabris) gaudet, sed 

 eaeterum cum nostris omnino convenit (etiam bracteis bracteolisque lineari- 

 subulatis sicut sepalis plerumque subaequilongis). 



17. J. pectoralis Jacq. Enum. (1760) p. 11 et Sel. p. 3 t. 3; 

 Lindau 1. c. p. 241 (p. p.). — Dianthera pectoralis J. F. Gmel. Syst. II 

 (1791) p. 36; Griseb. Flor. p. 455; Bello! Ap. 1 p. 301 n. 607; Krug 

 Ic t. 192; Stahl! Est. VI p. 248. — Rhytiglossa pectoralis Nees in 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. IX (1847) p. 128 et in DC. Prodr. XI p. 352. — Curia. 



Prope Bayamon in hortis cult., prope Cabo rojo ad margines 

 viarum, prope Mayaguez, fl. II, IV: Bertero, Krug n.863, Schwanecke, 

 Sintenis n. 790, Stahl n. 1003. - Jamaica (ex Gr. et Lind.), Hispaniola, 

 St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Jan (ex Egg.), St. Barthelemy (ex Wikstr.), 

 A-ntigua (ex Gr.), Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia (ex Nees), St. Vin- 

 cent, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad, Amer. cont. trop. 



18. J. sessilis Jacq. Enum. (1760) p. 11 et Sel. p. 3 t. 2 f 2; 

 Lindau 1 c p 243 - RhyHylmsn sestifa ^* in DC. Prodr. XI (184 



