155 DIANDRIA WONOGYNIA. Justicia. 
green veins. Corol ringent. Anthers two-lobéd, the lower calca- 
raté. Seeds turbercled, two in each cell. 
Bem-Curini. Rheed, mal. 2. p. 33. t. 21. 
A perennial species ; a native of Coromandel. Flowering time the 
dry season chiefly, though it is more or less in blossom all the yu 
particularly when in a cultivated state. « 
Stems several, while young, erect by age, leaning i in various direc- 
tions, round, smooth, swelled above the joints, the height of the 
whole plant from two to four feet.— Leaves opposite, petioled, nearly 
ovate, entire, or slightly waved, smooth on both sides ; length 1 from. 
one to six inches.— Spikes terminal, secund, sub-cylindric, erect.— 
Bractes of the rachis opposite, ovate-oblong, villous, white with green 
veins, the posterior one always abortive ; those of the flowers oppo- 
site, and resembling those of the rachis, but narrower.— Flowers pret- 
ty large, whitish, with rose-coloured veins. —Calyz single, five-cleft ; 
divisions ensiform.— Corol ringent ; upper lip vaulted, and two-tooth- 
ed; lower three-parted.— Anthers twin , the lower one with a spur 
from the lower end. — Capsule longer than the calyx, villous —Seeds 
two in each cell, tending to be round, rough with numerous sharp 
punte 
22. J. ramosissima, R. 4 
Shrubby, creeping, very ramous. Leaves sub-ovate. Spikes termi» 
nal, secund. Bractes lanceolate, Lower lobe of the anthers calcâs 
fate: € 
A native of Coromandel. Pcr time, in the Botanic Gar- 
den, the cold season. E 
Stem none, branches numerous, rising in every direction, as well | 
as spreading on the ground, and striking root at the swelled joints ; E 
the tender parts striated, and slightly villous.— Leaves opposite, pe 
tioled, sub-ovate, rather obtuse, tapering down the petioles nearly to. 
their base.— Spikes termimal, secund, erect, many times longer that 
the leaves.— Bractes in opposite pairs, lanceolate, coloured green 
and white ; the posterior one of the rachis always abortive, the othet 
