Justicia, DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 131 
ed, 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, — 
ing time the same. 
Root perennial. Stems several, erect, fein annual, 
round, smooth, jointed, Leaves opposite, oblong-cordate, 
pointed, entire, smooth. Panicles axillary, small, three-fork- 
ed. Flowers rose-coloured, yellow, and whitish green mixed, 
Bractés small, pointed ; generally two below every division 
of the panicle, and two or three pressing upon the calyx. 
Calyx single.. Corol ; tube short, widening ; upper Lp erect, 
vaulted ; under lip broad, and three-parted. Filaments 
concealed under the upper lip. thers double, the lower 
ones calcarate. Stigma slightly bifid. Capsule four-sided, 
two seeds in each cell, 
25. J. tomentosa. R. 
Herbaceous, sub-erect, hairy, Leaves lanceolar, tomentose, 
Spikes terminal, strobiliform. Anthers distinct. Capsules co- 
nic, four-seeded. hs 
A native of wet, rich, pastes ground. Flowering time si 
wet and cold seasons. 
~ Root nearly spindle-formed, perennial. Stems several, sub- 
érect, round, hairy, from one to two feet high, _ Leaves oppo- 
site) petioled, broad-lanceolar, entire, very downy ; the low- 
ér 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 terminal, oval, strobiliform, sessile on 
little terminal branchlets, Flowers small, bright, bluish 
purple. Bractes numerous, imbricated, oval, pointed, concave, 
hairy, one-flowered. Calyx four-cleft ; the lower leaflet two- 
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