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Bem-Curini. Rheed, Mai. 2. p. 33. t.'2\. 



A perennial species ; a native of Coroinandel. Flowering 

 time the dry season chiefly, though it is more or less in blos- 

 som all the year, particularly when in a cultivated state. 



Stems several, while young, erect by age, leaning in vari- 

 ous directions, round, smooth, swelled above the joints, the 

 height of the whole plant from two to four feet. Leaves 

 opposite, petioled, nearly ovate, entire, or slightly waved, 

 smooth on both sides ; from one to six inches long. Spikes 

 terminal, secund, sub-cylindrie, erect. Bractes of the rachis 

 opposite, ovate-oblong, villous, white with green veins, the 

 posterior one always abortive; those of the flowers opposite 

 and resembling those of the rachis, but narrower. Flowers 

 pretty large, whitish, with rose-coloured veins. C'<t/i/.v single, 

 five-cleft; divisions ensiform. Carol ringent ; upper lip vault- 

 ed and two-toothed ; lower three-parted. Anthers twin, the 

 lower one with a spur from the lower end. Capsule longer 

 than the calyx, villous. Seeds two in each cell, tending to 

 be round, rough with numerous sharp points. 



22. J. ramosiss'uiia. R. 



Shrubby, creeping, very ramous. Leaves sub-ovate. 

 Spikes terminal, secund. Bractes lanceolate. Lower lobe 

 of the anthers calcarate. 



A native of Coroinandel. Flowering time, in the Botanic 

 garden, the cold season. 



Stem none, branches numerous, rising in every direction, 

 as well as spreading on the ground, and striking root at the 

 swelled joints; the tender parts striated, and slightly villous. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled, sub-ovate, rather obtuse, tapering 

 down the petioles nearly to their base. Spikes terminal, 

 secund, erect, many times longer than the leaves. Bractes 

 in opposite pairs, lanceolate, coloured green and white ; the 

 posterior one of the rachis always abortive, the other two are 

 calycine. Flowers scarcely longer than the bractes, dull 

 white, with a i'ew rosy veins on the centre of the lower lip. 



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