drawing was made in September 1833, in the Nursery of 

 Mr. Knight, who obtained it from France in 1832. 



It is cultivated, like all the tribe, without any difficulty, 

 and is easily multiplied by cuttings. 



The name we have adopted is that proposed by Professor 

 Nees von Esenbeck, in his admirable revision of the Natural 

 Order to which this plant belongs. To some it may appear 

 that the principle of division has been pushed by our learned 

 friend too far, and that genera have been unnecessarily 

 multiplied. But we confess we entertain a very different 

 opinion; for surely nothing can possibly be more at variance 

 with the modern principles of Botany than such a genus 

 as Justicia, as left even in the new edition ofWilldenow, 

 published in 1831. It is quite a relief to turn from such 

 confused and unintelligible masses of species to the definite 

 and lucid arrangements of men like Nees von Esenbeck. 



