Justicia. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 127 



17. J. bkali/culata. Liim. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 1.81. 



Annual, erect, six-sided, scabrous. T^eaves short- petioled, ovate- 

 cordate, oblong, pointed, calyx double; tube of the corol twisted, 

 border bilabiate, seeds solitary. 



D'lanthera malabarica. Suppl. 85. 



J. malabarica- Ait. Ho/t. Kew. 1. 27. 



J. liguluta. Lam. illn&tr. 1. 40. t. 1'2. /. 2. Cavan. icon. 1.52. 



t. 71. 



Be}ig. Nasa-bhaga. 



Teling- Chebiera. 



A poor looking plant, a native of rubbish, roadsides, and hedges. 

 Flowering time the wet, and cold seasons. 



Stem erect, annual, ramous, six-angled, jointed, scabrous, and 

 hairy, from three to five feet high. — Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate- 

 cordate, hairy, somewhat scabrous, size very various. — Flozvers ter- 

 minal, and axillary, numerous, red, generally three-fold, or rather sub- 

 panicled,and divided by threes. — Bractes smajj. — Cali/x* double, or 

 rather some bractes embracing the proper perianth. — Tube of the 

 Corel with a half twist about the middle ; upper lip narrowest, line- 

 ar, three-toothed ; lower Up broad, oblong, emarginate. — Filaments 

 shorter than the corol, projecting along the under lip. Anthers red,, 

 two on each filament. — Capsules four-seeded, two in each cell. 



Sect. 3. Carols ringent. Anthers double- 



18. J. Adhatoda. Willd. 1. 96. 



Sub-arboreous. Leaves broad-lanceolar. Spikes short, long-peduu- 

 cled; exterior bractes ovate, permanent. Carol ringent, upper lip 

 vaulted, and emarginate. 



5fl//s."^^j7 f^:, Vidywmatrz, fj^^, Smghee, ^jf^i^x, Vasika, J■^., 

 yiiahu, ^'S^-^-q;, tluroosha, f^^T^:? Snighashvfl, ^X'H«R2> Vasoo- 

 ^^>> ^ifsi^'tiqiv y^^idimtuka. 



Hind, and Beng. Bak^^s, Vasookfl. 



* The outer calyx may be called common, for there are always rndiments or buds 

 of more than one flower in it, -svliich often expand in succes$ion. 



