Eranthenwm. diandria monogynia. Ill 



2. E. pulchellum. Andretv's Repos. vol. ii. 88. 

 Shrubby, erect. Leaves ventricose-oblong. Spikes termi- 

 nal, imbricated. Bractes ovate-oblong. 



Justicia pidchella. Roxb. Corom. pi. 2. No. 177. 



Justicia nervosa. Vdhl. En. pi. 1. 164. 



Beng. Kalla -Jat/. 



Hind. Gool-sham. 



A most beautiful, stout, flowering shrub ; a native of dry, 

 uncultivated, shady places, over various parts of India, flow- 

 ering time the cold season. It is generally in its full beauty 

 in February. 



Stents many, erect, and ascending or nearly so ; two or 

 three feet high. Branches many ; young shoots four-sided, 

 smooth. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong, waved, pret- 

 ty smooth ; from six to nine inches long, and from three to four 

 broad ; they are of a much deeper and brighter green than in 

 E. montana, which this resembles most. Spikes terminal, 

 B ractes disposed as in the former, but larger, broader, ciliate, 

 and much nearer to each other. Flowers disposed as in the 

 fonner but large, and of a deep bright blue purple colour. 

 Capsule and seeds as in E. montana. 



3. E. suffruticosum. R. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves ovate-oblong, smooth. Spikes 

 terminal ; bractes wedge-shaped, naked. Stamens within the 

 tube. 



A native of the Andaman Islands, whence several plants 

 were brought to the Botanic garden, by Colonel Kyd ; and 

 are now (March 1797) in blossom. It is a small shrub, and 

 of slow growth. 



Stem and branches sub-erect, jointed ; the younger some- 

 what four-sided and a little hairy. Leaves opposite, short- 

 petioled, oblong, and ovate-oblong, somewhat repand, smooth 

 on both sides. Spikes terminal, flowers opposite. Bractes 

 three-fold, one-flowered, the exterior large, wedge-shaped, 

 and naked; the interior daggered. Corol; tube length of 



