Justicias. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA,’ 3 133. 
four-sided, Bractes lanceolate;, nigids a 
rate, ipeahwi9 ges: 
Euphrasia, Alsines angustiore ai, &e, Pluk, Al 142. 
t. 56. f. 3. 
- Very common on pasture sient over tho coast, of: Dido 
mandel ; flowering most part of the year. ©) 9) ym) & 
~ Root often perennial. Siems many, : sitetiliogy jointed, 
five-striated, often rooting at the joints, extremities sub-erect = 
_ size very various, but generally from six to twelve inches 
long. Leaves opposite, sub-sessile, from round to linear-lan-’ 
ceolate, entire, a little downy ; size various. Spikes terminal, 
erect, four-sided. Flowers opposite, decussate, small, rose 
colour, Braetes three-fold, lanceolate. Calyx; upper di- 
visions very minute. Corol; tube short; upper lip erect, 
two-cleft; under lip broad, three-parted. Nectary a yellow 
ring surrounding the base of the germ. Anthers double; 
the lower calcarate or sharp-pointed. — Stigma ns bifid, 
Capsules four-seeded, two in each cell. riot 200 hee 
Obs. When this plant grows in wet places, ialeitihedago 
ther another species, being many times larger, nearly erect, 
with linear-lanceolate leaves. I believe Dr. Konig described 
this:variety as a distinct species, under the name of J. juncea, 
1845 pels 
Ei Fs MA sys + 
(29. J. quinqueangularis. Kin, MSS. 0 
Perennial in a dry soil; branches five-sided. Leaves ses-: 
sile, lanceolate. Spikes sengiiniel: Bractes linear. ——— 
rather larger than the bractes, four-seeded.. pitty 
-vA native of the borders of penpesenernates Seitndeonsiy it 
is but little removed from neprtncitios beamline oe , 
a 
. Bractes five-fold, broad, whit mene. 
brane-bordered ; lower anthers calcarate, 
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