Justicia, — DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 127 
17. J. bicalyculata. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. 1. 81. 
Annual, erect, six-sided, scabrous. Leaves short-petioled, ovate- 
cordate, oblong, pointed, calyx double; tube of the corol twisted; 
border bilabiate, seeds solitary. 
Dianthera malabarica, Suppl. 85. 
J. malabarica. Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. 97, : 
J. ligulata. Lam. illustr. 1. 40. t. 12. f. % Cavan. icon. 1. 52. 
i71. ird | : 
Beng. Nasa-bhaga. 
Teling- Chebiera. . 
A poor looking plant, a ‘native of rubbish, oad sides, a and Lhedges 
Flowering time the wet, and cold s seasons.  — 
Stem . erect, annual, ramous, six-angled, jointed, scabrous, and . 
hairy, from three to five feet high.— Leaves: opposite, petioled, ovate- 
cordate, hairy, somewhat scabrous, size very various.— Flowers ter- | 
‘minal, and axillary, numerous, red, generally three-fold, orratber sub- 
panicled, and divided by threes.— Bractes small.—Calyx* double, or 
rather some bractes embracing the proper perianth.— —Tube of the 
corol. with a half twist about the middle ; upper lip narrowest, line- 
ar, three-toothed ; lower lip broad, oblik, emarginate. — Filaments 
shorter than the corol, projecting along the under lip. Anthers red, 
two ae each filament — Capsules four-seeded, two in each cell. 
sefi . Sect. 3. Corols ringent. Anthers double, « o mie 
d J. Adhatoda. Willd. 1. e ue ine = 
b-arboreous. Leaves broad-lanceolar. Spikes short, Káng pida. 
cled; ; exterior bractes ovate, permanent. A rae: ringent, das ne HD íi 
vaulted, and Ae 5 
Sans. Iaa Vidyumatri, fidt Singhee, sig ar + Vas, gus 
Mes Boa: ‘Uturoosha, fex Singhasbya, s arga» pr : 
a, ka, aif sraeqq., Vajiduntuka. ee T me 
Hind. and Beng. Bakus, Vasooka. - : ra is: p Eur 
dif 21 
* The "iir calyx may be called common, for tdm are ed mime s 
* more than: one e flower i in. it, which often B ipande kage ows F 
