^ 3329 EET DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA- Justicia. — 
94. J. T Kon. MSS. . EN ae 
_ Herbaceous, erect, branchy, round, uei Leaves petioled, | 
ovate, pointed. Peduncles trichotomous. . Upper lip of the corol 
vaulted, Lower anthers calcarate. Capsules four-seeded. 
A native of similar places with the last described. Flowering time 
the same. 
Root perennial ein several, erect, branchy ; annual; round, 
smooth, jointed.— Leaves opposite, oblohg-cordaté; pointed, eiitire, 
smooth.— Panicles axillary, small, threé-forked.— Flowers rose-co- 
loured, yellow, and whitish green mixed.—Bractes small, pointéd ; 
generally two below every division of the panicle, and two or three 
pressing upon the calyx.— Culyr single.—Corol ; tube short, widen- 
ing; upper lip erect, vaulted ; under lip broad, and three-parted.— — 
‘Filaments concealed under the upper lip. Anthers double, the lower 
ones igalearia.- Signa ded bifid dcc four-sided, two ue. 
in each cell. 
25. 3.1 tomentosa. R. ci 
^ Herbaceous, sub-erect, hairy. Leaves lanceolar, tomentose. Spikes 
terminal, strobiliform. Anthers distinct. Capsules conic, four-seeded. 
A native of wet, rich, niei. ground. Flowering time the wet 
and cold seasons. 7 
Root nearly spindle-formed, perennial.— Stems several, sub-etect, — 
round, hairy, from one to two feet high. — Leaves opposite, petioled, 2e 
broad-lanceolar, entire, very downy ; the lower many times larger 
than the upper ones, the former being often twelve inches long, — 
and the latter (or floral leaves) not more than one.— Spikes termi- 
nal, oval, strobiliform, sessile on little terminal branchlets.— Flow- - 
ers small, bright, bluish purple.— Bractes numerous, imbricated, 
oval, pointed, concave, hairy, one-flowered — Calyx four-cleft ; the 
lower leaflet two-cleft .—Corol; tube gibbous on the under side, con* 
tracted at the mouth ; upper lip ovate, half two-cleft, divisions point- 
ed; under lip very broad, three-parted.—Anthers twin, equal, oval. 
