Justicia. DIANDRIA:.MONOGYNIA. > 133 
—Stigma two-cleft; segments broad.—Capsules pointed; eight- 
seeded, 
26. J. orixensis. Kön. MSS: 
Herbaceous. Branches straggling; foursided. Leaves cordate, te- 
pind. Spikes terminal. Bractes orbicular, ciliate. Capsules length of 
the bractes; containing about four echinate seeds. 
Obs. Itis a native of high, dry, gravelly ground, in the vicinity of 
Samulcota. Is *üy like Y ier aet A 3 
27. J. repens. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 96. Corom. PL. 2. No. 152, 
Herbaceous, diffuse. Leaves sub-sessile, lanceolate. Spikes axilla- 
ry and terminal, compressed. Bractes ovate, white, membrane-b jor- 
dered, posterior rows neuter. Lower anthers crescent-shaped. ' 
— Adhadota. spicata flosculos ex foliolis membranaceis producens. 
Burm. Zeyl. 7. t. 3. f. 2 ; 
A native of pasture ground. Flowering time the wet and cold- 
Season. 
Root perennial.—Stems many, diffuse, round, jointed, smooth, 
sometimes rooting at the joints ; one to two feet long.— Leaves op- 
posite, short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, entire, sharp-pointed, 
smooth.— Spikes axillary peduncled, erect, somewhat compressed, 
secund »—Bractės; exterior, four rows, oval, with a broad, white, 
membranaceous margin ; the two rows on the back of the spike neu- 
ter; the two on the fore part embracing the flowers; the calyx of 
each flower is also embraced laterally by two inier lanceolate 
bractes.— Flowers alternate, pale rose-coloured.— Corol, stamens, 
pistil and capsule as sin J: P which it much resembles. : A^ 
28. J. procumbens. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. 1. 87. 
Root perennial; branches diffuse, herbaceous. Leaves sessile, 
from orbicular to linear-lanceolate. Spikes terminal, Pe s 
; Bractes lanceolate, rigid. Lower anthers calearate. © 
Euphrasia, Alsines angustiore folio, &c. Pluk. Alm. 142. t. 56. f. 9. 
