lis DIANBRIA MONOGYNIA. Justtcia. 



upper Up linear, reflexed, becoming revolute, apex bifid.; under lip 

 very broad, three-parted. — Anthers simple, linear, erecU— Stigma 

 perforated, ciliate. — Capsule two-seeded. 



2. J. thrysifiora. R, 



Shrubby, erect, smooth. Leaves lanceolar, drooping. Racemes 

 (erminal, flowers verticiiled. Corol sub-bilabiate, clavate, ten or 

 tweive-seeded. 



This beautiful stately species is a native of the interior part of 

 Bengal, and from thence was introduced by Dr. William Carey, 

 into the Botanic Garden, where it flowers in January and February ; 

 and the seeds are ripe in March and April. 



Root ramous.— Stem .straight, woody. Branches nearly straight, ge- 

 neral height from four to eight feet; woody parts round and cover- 

 ed with smooth ash-coloured bark ; young shoots smooth, swelled 

 x\t the insertion of the leaves, somewhat four-sided, and tinged with 

 dull purple. — Leaves opposite, short-petioled, drooping, lanceolar, 

 entire, smooth on both sides, of a firm texture, the upper side deep 

 green, the under side pale ; length from four to eight inches, and 

 from one to two broad. — Racemes terminal, often solitary, though 

 sometimes two, or even three-fold, thyrsiform, shape of the flame 

 of a candle, crowded with large orange-coloured flowers. — Pedicels 

 four-fold, verticiiled, approximate, one-flowered, shorter than the 

 divisions of ihe calyx. — Bractes three-fold, subulate ; the inner two 

 permanent, and inserted on the base of the pedicels ; the exterior 

 single one larger and caducous. — Calyx simple, five-cleft, to the base 

 divisions equal, straight, subulate, half the length of the tube of the 

 corol. — Coro/ about an inch long. Tube m curved, compressed, later- 

 ally somewhat villous. Border bilabiate ; upper lip broad, projecting 

 straight forward, deeply emarginate; under Up of three, equal, 

 deeply-divided, ovate, acute divisions. — Anthers even with the upper 

 lip of the corol, dark brown, oval, with an opening on the under 

 side for the discharge of the white pollen, and studded on the back. 



