Justicia, DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. n9 
and in general shorter than them ; in luxuriant plants com- 
pound. » Bractes opposite, small, lanceolate, hairy. Flowers 
alternate, sessile, erect ; upper lip purple, the rest» white, 
Calyx of five, long, hairy, ensiform ‘divisions, Corol bilabi- 
ate. Tube sub-cylindric ; upper: lip erect, broad, and trifid; 
under lip narrower, recurved, and ‘bidentate. Filaments pro- 
jecting, straight, and about as long as the lips of the corol, 
Anthers simple, united and bearded at the. base. Capsule ob- 
long, erect, hairy, length of the calyx. \ Seeds generally two 
in each cell, oblong, rough, Ks 
8. J. polysperma. R. saiktiak 
Annual, creeping, round, jointed. Leaves sessile, lanceo- 
late, downy. Spikes imbricated. Bractes three-fold, one- 
flowered, woolly. Capsule with from twenty to — seeds, 
te Chhota-micheta. 
It is a native of Bengal, and appears during the cold season 
amongst grass, &e. in uncultivated places, = 
i Sonia diffuse, or creeping, very. Tamous, six to. sahil in- 
ches long, round, jointed, a little downy. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, lanceolate, entire, - downy. — Spikes” terminal, and 
axillary, imbricated with opposite, decussated, flowers, and 
bractes. Flowers small, pale blue. Bractes three-fold, one- 
flowered, the lower one a little broader than the two lateral, 
all are woolly. Calyx woolly. Capsules linear, e 
inne er to — small roundish seeds, 
9. J. acaulis. pete ~~ ph ed, Willd. 1. 84, R, Conoms on 
2. N. 127. 
~ Root perennial, stemless. Siem radical, cian inate: 
oblong, crenate. Spikes ascending, snheicete Corel xin-— 
penis HBS mianseenedens #29 Hoag 
n ground, generall under the edn of 
trees, ete gorsne ca 
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