ISi pUndria MONOGTNIA. 



Justicia. 



24. J. glabra. K6n. MSS. ■ 



Herbaceous, erect, branchy, round, sniooth. Leaves petioled, 

 ovate, pointed. Peduncles trichotomous. Upper lip of the corol 

 vaulted. Longer anthers calcarate. Capsules four-seeded. 



A native of similar places with the last described. Flowering tinae 

 the same. 



Root perennial, — Stem"; several, erect, branchy ; annual, round, 

 smooth, jointed. — Leaves opposite, oblong-cordate, pointed, entire, 

 smooth. — Panicles axillary, small, three-forked. — Flowers rose-co- 

 loured, yellow, and whitish green mixed. — Bracf.es small, pointed ; 

 generally two below every division of the panicle, and two or three 

 pressing upon the calyx. — Cali/v single. — Corol; iw^e short, v^'iden- 

 ing; upner lip erect, vaulted ; under lip broad, and three-parted. — 

 Filaments concealed under the upper lip. Anthers double, the lower 

 ones calcarate.— S^/o-ma slightly bifid.— Cojosu/e four-sided, two seeds 

 in each cell. 



25. J. tomentosa. R. 



Herbaceous sub-erect, hairy. Leaves lanceolar, tomentose. Spikes 

 terminal, strobiliform. Anthers distinct. Capsules conic, four-seeded. 



A native of wet, rich, pasture ground. Flowering time the wet 

 and cold seasons. 



Root nearly spindle-formed, perennial. — iS^ems several, sub-erect, 

 round, hairy, from one to two feet high. — Leaves opposite, petioled, 

 broad-lanceolar, entire, very downy •, the lower many times larger 

 than the upper ones, the former being often twelve inches long, 

 and the latter (or floral leaves) not more than one. — Spikes termi- 

 nal, oval, strobiliform, sessile on little terminal branchlets. — Flow- 

 ers small, bright, bluish purple. — Bractes numerous, imbricated, 

 oval, pointed, concave, hairy, one-flowered. — Calyx four.cleft ; the 

 lower leaflet two-tleft.— Corol; tube gibbous on the under side, con- 

 tracted at the mouth ; upper lip ovate, half two-cleft, divisions point- 

 ed ; under lip very broad, ihree-partQd.—Arithers t^in, equal, oval. 



