132 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Justicia, 
oval. iia two-cleft.; segments broad. Capsules 96 
eight-seeded. t ' 
26. J orixensis, Kon. MSS, 
Herbaceous. Branches straggling, four-sided. Stig 
cordate, repand. Spikes terminal. Bractes orbicular, cili- 
. ate. Capsules length of the bractes, ate about four 
echinate seeds.» . 
Obs, It is'a native of high, dry, gthailie eae in sie 
vicinity of Samulcota. » Is a like J. tranguebariensis... 
; of 269°! Hse {4 ito 
27. J. —— Lisi Sp. gil ed. Willd. 96. Gansa ph2. 
No, 152. 
Herbaceous, diffuse. Bosca vahibinaiiag lanceolate. Spikes 
axillary and terminal, compressed... Bractes ovate, white, 
membrane-bordered, posterior rows neuter. . Lower anthers 
crescent-shaped. ; 
Adhadota, spicata flosculos ex foliolis membranaceis me 
ducens. Burm, zeyl. 7, t.3. f. 2. 
A native of pasture ground. Flowering time the wet aid. 
cold seasons, | 
Root perennial, Siems many, diffuse, ical ‘jointel 
smooth, sometimes rooting at the joints; one to two feet long. 
Leaves opposite, short-petioled, _ ‘broad Janceelate, entire, 
sharp-pointed, smooth,” Spikes axillary, peduncled, erect, 
somewhat compressed, seeund, Bractes ; exterior, four rows, 
oval, with a broad, white, membranaceous margin ; the two. 
rows on the back of the spike neuter ; the two on the fore-part. cs : 
embracing the flowers; the calyx of. each flower is also em- : 
braced laterally by two smaller lanceolate bractes. Flowers 
alternate, pale rose-coloured. | Corol, stamens, pistil. and se 
ates as in J. procumbens, which it much peveat lege 
ss) procumbens. Linn, sp. pl. ed, Willd, kL 8%... 
