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JUSTiCIA* ciunca 

 Flesli-coloured Ju.sticift. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Acan riiACEX Ju<is. {Introdacdon to the jiafiircd xij.<:le))i of 

 Botany, p. '2'^'^.) 



J U STIC I A. —Supra, vol. 4. fol. 309. 



J. carnea; antherarum loculis parallelis, spicis terminalibus inibricatis niul- 

 tiHoris foliis brevioribus, bracteis niaximis, labio corolliii superiore lineari 

 emarginato : inferioie recurvo apioe obtuso trilobo, foHis ovato-laiiccolatis 

 acuminatis subcreiiatis longlssimo petiolatis. 



Caubs quadrangular is, in caldario A-pedalia, erectus, ramosus, fruti- 

 cosus, atroviridis. FoHa ovato-lanccolata, acuminata, glahcrrima, suhcre- 

 nata, petiole nunc laynvKP longitudinc. Spica sessilis, tcrminalis, midtijiora, 

 densissimc inibricata, foliis brevior, 6 uiicias ad minimum longa. Bracteai 

 exteriores maximce, ohovatce, acuviinatce, pubescentcs. Corolla carnea, 

 2 imcias et dimidium longa, subpubescens, tubo recto, labio superiore sub- 

 lineari emarginato, infcriore oblongo, apice latiore obtuse trilobo recurvo. 

 Stamina labio superiore patdb breviora ; filamenta glabra, apice recurva ; 

 antherec oblongce, obtusfe, distantes, locidis parallelis. 



A native of Rio Janeiro, whence a living: plant was 

 sent, in 1827, to the Horticultural Society, by the Right 

 Honourable Robert Gordon. 



It requires a stove, where it flowers beautifully in 

 August and Scjitcmber. It demands no particular treat- 

 ment, and is readily increased by cuttings. 



This is one of the handsomest stove plants we arc 

 acquainted with, combining great beauty of foliage with 

 very striking flowers, and a constant disposition to produce 

 them. .J. L. 



• See fol. 1227. 



