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JUSTICIAR pi^ta. 

 East Indian Caricature Plant. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. AcanthacEjE. 

 JUSTICIA. — Supn}, vol. 4. fol. 309. 



J.picta; frutescens, erecta, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis variegatis, 



floribus axillaribus subternatis nudis, corollse pubescentis limbo reflexo 



contorto, labio ovato. 

 J. picta. Vahl. symbolce, 2. 14. Willd. sp. pi. 1. 88. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 



1. 37. Rumer et Schulies, 1. 149. Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. 118. Hort. 



Bengal, p. 3. 

 Tsjude-Maram. Rheede hort. malab. 6. HI. t. 60. 

 Folium bracteatum. Rumph. amboin. 4. 73. t. 30. 



This elegant shrub is not very frequent in English 

 Collections, but is one of the commonest of those cultivated 

 in India, in which country it is universally found in Gardens, 

 from the Islands of the Archipelago to the capitals of the 

 kingdoms of the continent. Its vernacular name is not 

 mentioned by Dr. Roxburgh ; and its native country is 

 unknown. Dr. Wallich informs us, that during his very 

 extensive journeys in India he has never seen it except in 

 Gardens; and that the natives call it Chinabacca and 

 Chirhirri. 



The variegation of the leaves may, like the red coals 

 of a glowing fire, be easily fancied, by an ingenious 

 observer, to resemble the features of a distorted human 

 countenance, on which account the Caricature plant has 

 become its name. 



* Named in honour of Mr. James Justice, a meritorious Scotch Gar- 

 dener, who lived in the middle of the last century. 



