Monogynia. 37 



nemo- JVSTICIA, caule herbaceo tetra- 

 rofa. gono erecliufculo , foliis ovato - lan- 



ceolatis , fpicis oblongis. Prodr. 



p. 14. 

 Dianthera foliis oblongo - ovatis cum 



acumine, fpicis florum geminatis. 



— b r o wn. jam. 1 1 8. 



Habitat in umbrofis paludofis fylvis 

 Americes calidioris. 



JL lanta herbacea, pedalis et ultra. 



Radix fubdivifa, defcendens. 



Caulis fuberectus inferne geniculatus , fere fim- 



plex , bafi teretiufculus, fupra inedium 4-go- 



nus, pubefcens. 

 Caulis interdum fuperne fubdivifus. 

 Folia petiolata, oppofita patentia, ovato - lanceo- 



Jata, longe acuminata, obtufe ferrata , pube- 



fcentia 1. glabra. 



Petioli longi. 

 Spkae terminales plerumque folitariac, interdum 



geminatae, ereclae, oblongac,fub - 4 - gonae, 



bracleatae. 



Bracteae imbricatae, ovatae, acuminatae, fef- 

 illes, nervolae, coloratae, viridi - purpurcae, 

 hirtae. 



C 3 



