126 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Justicia. 



17. J. bicalyculata. Lbm. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 81. 



Amur I, erect, six-sided, scabrous. Leaves short-petioled, 

 ovate-cordate, oblong', pointed, calyx double; tube of the co- 

 rol twisted, border bilabiate, seeds solitary. 



Dianthera malabarica. Snppl. 85. 



J. malabarica. Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. 27. 



J. ligulata, Lam. illustr. 1. 40. /. 12. f. 2. Cation, icon. 1. 

 52. t. 71. 



Beng. Nasa-bhaga. 



Telincj. Chebiera. 



A poor looking plant, a native of rubbisb,road sides, and 

 hedges. Flowering time the wet and cold seasons. 



Stem erect, annual, ramous, six-angled, jointed, scabrous, 

 and hairy, from three to five feet high. Leaves opposite, 

 petioled, ovate-cordate, hairy, somewhat scabrous, size very 

 various. Flowers terminal, and axillary, numerous, red, ge- 

 nerally three-fold, or rather sub-pa nicled, and divided by 

 threes. Bractes small. Calyx* double, or rather some bractes 

 embracing the proper perianth. Tube of the corol with a 

 half twist about the middle ; upper Up narrowest, linear, 

 three-toothed ; lower lip broad, oblong, emarginate. Fila- 

 ments shorter than the corol, projecting along the under lip. 

 Anthers red, two on each filament. Capsules four-seeded, 

 two in each cell. 



SECT. III. Coroh ringent. Anthers double. 



18. J. Adhaloda. Willd. 1. 98. 



Sub arboreous. Leaves broad-lanceolar. Spikes short, 

 long-ped uncled ; exterior bractes ovate, permament. Corol 

 ringent, upper lip vaulted, and emarginate. 



Sans. Vidywmatri, Smghee, Vasika, Vn'shw, Uturoosha, 

 Singhashya, Vasookfl, VaJHlwntwka. 



Hind, and Beng. Bakus, Vasooka. 



* The outer calyx may be called common, for there are always 

 rudiments or buds of more than one flower in it, which often 

 expand in succession. 



