130 DiANunrA MONosYNiA. Justicia. 



green veins. Corol ringent. Anthers two-lobed, the lower calca- 

 rate. Seeds turbercled, two in each cell- 



Bem-Curiai. Rheed. mal. 2. p. 33. t. ^l. 



A perennial species ; a native of Coromandel. Flowering time the 

 dry season chiefly, though it is more or less in blossom all the year, 

 particularly when in a cultivated state. 



Stems several, while young, erect by age, leaning in various direc- 

 tions, 'round, smooth, swelled above the joints, the height of the 

 M'hole plant from two to four feet. — Leaves opposite, petioled, nearly 

 ovate, entire, or slightly waved, smooth on both sides ; length from 

 one to SIX inches. — Spikes terminal, secund, sub-cylindiic, erect. — 

 lirades of the rachis opposite, ovate-oblong, villous, white with green 

 veins, the posterior one always abortive ; those of the flowers oppo- 

 site, and resembhng those ^f the rachis, but narrower. — Fiozeers pret- 

 ty large, whitish, with rose-coloured veins. — Calj/x single, five-cleft ; 

 divisions ensiform. — Coro/ ringent; upper lip vaulted, and two-tooth- 

 ed ; 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- 



23. J. ramosissima. R. 



Shrubby, creeping, very ramows. Leaves sub-ovate. Spikes terml" 

 nal, secund. Bractes lanceolate. Lower lobe of the anthers calca- 

 rate. 



A native of Coromandel. Flowering time, in the Botanic Gar- 

 den, 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 s^lighlly villous.— Leai'es opposite, pe- 

 tioled, 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 



