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152. JUSTICIA REPENS. 



Linn. spec, plant, edit. Willdenow, I. p. 96. (non Fl. zeyl.J 



Root perennial. 



Stems many, diffuse, round, jointed, smooth, sometimes rooting at 



the joints ; from one to two feet long. 

 Leaves opposite, short-petioled, broad-lanced, intire, sharp-pointed, 



smooth. 



Spikes axillary, peduncled, erect, somewhat compressed, one- 



ranked. 



Bractes, exterior in four rows, oval, with a broad white membranous 



margin ; the two rows on the back of the spike are neuter, 



the two on the fore-part embrace the flowers ; besides the 



calyx of each flower is embraced laterally by two smaller 

 lanced bractes. 



Flowers alternate, pale rose-colour. 



Is a native of pasture ground ; flowering time, the wet and cold 



seasons. 



153. 



JUSTICIA PECTINATA 



Linn. spec, plant. 22. 



Stems many, diffuse, filiform, round, smooth, jointed. 

 Branches alternate. 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, depending, lanced, intire, smooth ; 



the two opposite leaves are generally unequal in size. 

 Spikes axillary, or terminal, sessile, shorter by much than the leaves, 



one-rank'd ; there are generally three together, and the 



middle one largest. 

 Flowers very small, bright-blue. 

 Bractes to each flower five, of different sizes, oval, or lanced, with 



beautiful white membranous margins. 

 Corol : upper lip intire, acute. 

 Anthers : the lower one of each filament has a long obtuse horn from 



the under end. 

 Capsule four-seeded, two in each cell. 



This very beautiful, delicate, diffuse, herbaceous species, grows 

 in shady places ; flowering time, the cold season. 



154. 



GRATIOLA VERONICIFOLIA 



Linn. spec, plant, edit. Willdenow, I. p. 103. 



Stems several, creeping. 



Branches erect, four-sided, smooth, from six to eight inches long. 



Leaves opposite, sessile, decussated, oblong, glandulous, smooth, 



fleshy, finely, and most sharply saw'd ; serratures end in a 



minute bristle. 

 Raceme terminal. 

 Flowers opposite, decussated, violet-colour. 





Is a native of moist places ; flowering time the wet and cold 



seasons. 



155. 



GRATIOLA OPPOSITIFOLIA 



Linn. spec, plant, edit. Willdenow, 1. p. 105. 



Stems several, nearly erect, ramous, four-sided, smooth. 

 Leaves sessile, opposite to another leaf, or a flower, linear-lanced, 



saw'd, smooth. 



Peduncles leaf-opposed, or opposite to each other, short, horizontal, 



club'd. 



Bractes solitary, embrace the insertion of the peduncle. 

 Flowers small, blue. 



Anthers two pair, united. Sterile 

 Capsule lanced, twice the length ( 



fila 



A native of moist pasture ground; flowers during the wet season. 

 Is from three to six inches high. 



156. 



ROTTBOELLIA COMPRESSA 



Linn . suppl. 114. 



Shervoo (i. e. Lake) Panoocoo of the Telingas. 



Culms several, creeping, or climbing, ramous, compress'd, from 



five to twenty feet long, piped, smooth, about as thick as a 



common quill, and very hard. 

 Leaves numerous, two-faced, small for the size of the plant, smooth 



and soft ; sheaths short, compress'd and smooth. 

 Spikes peduncled, terminal, and from the exterior axills, generally 



from two to five together, compress'd a little, smooth ; from 



two to four inches long. 

 Peduncles jointed at the middle, and there bracted ; lanced, chaffy; 



bractes also surround their insertions. 



decussated, lodeed 



vations of the jointed rachis. 



Calyx one-flower'd, two-valved: the 



qual 



ted 



the rachis ; those of the other two sides have them obtuse, 

 and the exterior one only cartilaginous. 

 Corol three-valved : all the valves are membranous. 



Nectary : two triangular bodies embrace the base of the stamens and 



germ. 

 Stamens three. 

 Styles two. 

 Stigmas feathery. 



Is found on the borders of lakes, amongst other sorts of long grass 

 and brush wood. 



157. 



ROTTBOELLIA EXALTATA 



Linn, suppl. 114. 



Conda Panoocoo of the Telingas. 



Root consists of strong woody fibres. 



Culms erect, ramous, a little compress'd, inwardly of a spongy 



nature, from six to ten feet high, and as thick as the little 

 finger near the base, where they are armed with strong, 

 short, white hairs. 



vol. n. 



