Justicia, DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA- 135 



alternate. — Leaves opposite, shovt-petioled, depending, lanceolate, 

 entire, smooth ; the pair are generally unequal in s'ne.—Spikes axil- 

 lary or terminal, sessile, much shorter than the leaves, secund, ge- 

 nerally three together, the middle one largest. — Flowers very small, 

 bright blue. — Bractes, to each flower five, of different sizes, oval or 

 lanceolate, with beautiful white, membranaceous margins. — Corol; 

 upper lip entire, acute. — Anthers, the lower one of each filament 

 has along obtuse horn from the under end. — Capsules four-seeded, 

 two in each cell. 



31. J. lamifoUa. Ron. MSS. 



Whole plant very downy, procumbent, annual. Leaves oval. Spikes 

 terminal, imbricated. Calyx four-leaved. 



Found in the vicinity of Calcutta, in uncultivated shady places. 



Root fibrous. — Stems and branches very numerous, round, 

 spreading close on the earth, clothed with long soft hair, and down, 

 somewhat glutinous, length from one to three feet. — Leaves oppo- 

 site, sub-sessile, oval, entire, clothed and glutinous lik« the branch- 

 es ; about an inch long. — Spikes terminal, oblong, closely imbricat- 

 ed with the bractes, and flowers.— Flowers numerous, small, varie- 

 gated with deep and light purple. — Bractes ovate, one-flowered, 

 hairy, clammy. — Calyx four-leaved, the under leaflet with its ape.\ 

 bifid. — Corol ringent. Tube gibbous ; throat compressed ; upper lip 

 two-parted, and streaked with deep purple ; tinder lip broad, and 

 three-pai ted. — Filaments short, inserted into the mouth of the tube. 

 Anthers twin, singly oval, and all equal. — Stigma of two, broadish, 

 Ejpreading Jobes. — Capsule conical. — Seeds eight or ten, roundish.^ 



Obs. It has the calyx of a Barleria, and th'B stamina of a DiaU' 

 thera. Mr. R. Brown informs me that he thought it would belong 

 to a new genus, which he calls Nelsonia. 



32. J. verticiUata> R. 



Erect, hairy, spines verticelled with their apices bifid, or trifid. 



