116 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Justicia, 
cicled, about tle middle tern, and above single ; sub-ringent, 
with ample-campanulate throat, Capsule linear, few-seeded, 
A native of the hilly parts of Ceenere. where it blos- 
soms in February and March, 
_ Stems scarcely any, but several, erect, stiff, short branches, 
with their ultimate tender divisions four-sided, the angles 
sharp, and rather rough; whole height of full grown plants 
about three feet. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, reflex- 
ed, from oblong. to lanceolar, entire and. pretty smooth ; 
from two to four inches long, by from one to two broad. 
Racemes_ terminal, solitary, rigidly erect, cylindric; from 
three to six incheslong, Rachis four-angled. Flowers ra- 
ther small, colour yellowish pink, on the lower part of the 
raceme in opposite fascicles; about its middle in threes on 
common very short peduncles and pedicels; above single. 
Bractes to the single flowers, solitary; to the lower, three, 
Calyz single, five-parted; divisions broad-subulate. _ Corol 
with the tabe shorter than the calyx, and an ample-campa- 
nulate throat ; border sub-bilabiate ; upper lip projecting: al- 
most horizontally, bifid; Jower lip broad, and three-parted. 
Filaments much curved, hairy near the base, | Anthers 
single, linear, lodged under the upper lip of the corol. Germ 
two-celled, about four ovula in each, paon —— obtuse. 
Capsule linear,smooth, . — , 
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y eekey, erect, smooth, See saiaiea alk. 
late. Spikes terminal, and axillary, Flowers remote, Co- 
rol with filiform tube, and bilabiate border, 
This very preity plant, a native of the Great ‘Andomnn, 
was brought from thence to the Botanic garden, by Cent 
Stokoe, Flowering time the beginning of the hot season. - 
Stem erect, round, smooth, while young swelled above: he 
insertions of the leaves, Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ob- 
long, waved, smooth, and shining on both sides. Spikes 
numerous, terminal, and onan renee consider- 
