Justicia, DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 129 
‘Bem-Curini. Rheed. Mal. 2. p. 33. 1.21. 9 
pert perennial species 5 a native of Consiiataitel frites 
som all the year, particularly Nitich i in a cultivated state. 
Stems several, while young, erect by age, leaning in vari- 
ous directions, 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; from oné to six inches long. Spikes 
terminal, secund, oiilepTEdeT TS, erect. Bractes of the rachis 
opposite, ovate-oblong, villous, white with green veins, the 
posterior one always abortive ; those of the flowers opposite 
and resembling those of the Pacha but narrower. Flowers 
pretty large, whitish, with rose-coloured veins, Calyx single, 
five-cleft ; divisions ensiform, Corol ringent ; upper lip vault- 
ed and LW dst lower three sari Anthers twin, the 
lower one with a pur from the lower end, Capsule longer 
than the calyx, villous. Seeds two in each cell, teniing to 
be round, rough with numerous ped Looe cok ee 
BRET IST AE Mi 
22. J. ramosissima, Ri 
| Shrubby, ‘creeping, very ramous. Leaves sub-ovate, 
Spikes terminal, secund. Bractes lanceolate, pe tai 18s 
of thé atithers calcarate, © 
A native of Coromandel. Flowering time, in the Botanic 
garden, the cold season. lillie 
~ Stem none, branches numerous, rising in every direction, 
as well as spreading on the ground, and striking root at the 
swelled joints; the tender parts striated, and slightly villous. 
Leaves opposite, petioled, sub-ovate, rather obtuse, tatesing 
down the petioles nearly to their base. Spikes terminal, — 
secund, erect, many times Aa than the Teaves, ‘Bractes 
Flo — eae oa the bractes, dull 
white, sonia ko ay veins on the centre of the lower mae gets 
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