Eranthemum. biandria monogynia. Ill 



petioled, oval and oblong, pointed, running down tl;e petioles, from 

 three to four inches long, and about two broad. — Spikes many, ter- 

 minal, erect, slender. Feduncles four- sided. — Bractes exterior op- 

 posite, decussate, linear acute, hairy, one-flowered. B/ acleules X\s'o 

 to each ilowci, presshig laterally the calyx, aud like the exterior, 

 but much smaller. — Flowers opposite, solitary, decussate, very pale 

 blue. — Calyx five-parted ; segments subulate. — Corol wuh a very 

 long, and very slender tube, border of five equal obovate truncate, 

 pale '.)U\i: segments. — Filaments short. Anthers single, oblonj, with- 

 in u.e I'.ibe uf the corol. — Stj/le length of the tube of the corol. Stig-^ 

 fna uiitvjUally bitid, appearing just without the tube. — Capsule li- 

 1 -ubiong, compressed, pointed, two-celled, tuo-valved, opening 

 a- i\.ss the partition, with an elastic jeik. — ^eeds two in each, com- 

 piessed. 



2. E. pulcheUum. Andrews. Repos. vol. ii. 88. 



Shrubby, eicct Leaves ventricose-oblong. Spikes termina], im- 

 bricated. Bractes ovate-oblong. 



Just!cia pulchella. Roxb. Coram. PL 1. No. 177- 



Justicia nervosa. I ahl. En. PI. 1. lC4. 



Beny. Kaila-Jat/. 



Hind. Gool-sham. 



A most beautiful, stout, flowering shiub ; a native of dry, uncul- 

 tivated, shady places, over various parts of India, flowering time the 

 cold season. It is generally in its full beauty in Feb* liary. 



Stems many, erect, and ascending, or nearly so ; two or three feet 

 high. Branches many ; young shoots four-sided, smooth. — Leaves 

 opposite, short-petioled, oblong, waved, pretty smooth ; from six to 

 nine inches long, and from three to four broad ; they are of a much 

 dteper and brighter green than in E. monlana, which thi-i resembles 

 most. — Spikes terminal. — Bractes disposed as in the former, bui 

 larger, broader, ciliate, and much nearer to each other. — Flozi'ers dis^ 



