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hypocraterif. tubo tereto. limbus 5lobo, bilabia- 

 te, lab. sup. bilobo piano. Type Opl. spinosa 

 R. Justicia do L. auct. Prickly sbrub, and pro- 

 bably all the prickly American sp. J, microphy- 

 la, armata, acicularis t^'C. 



988. Cros^sandra Sal. Harrackia Jaq. diff. 

 Justica, cor. infundib. tubo filif. linjbo amplo, 

 lobis 5, infiiuo major. Stam. 4. — Type Cr. 

 undulata Sal. b, vg^. 69. fine plant shuffled mto 

 4 Genera, Just, intbndib. L. &c. Ruellia do 

 Andr. rep. 542. Harrackia speciosa Jaq. eel. 

 33. — J. sinuata is probably a 2nd sp. Not even 

 of Justicides group, but akin to Ruellia in Acan- 



TIIIDES, 



989. Amathea Raf. Roslinia Neck, not 

 Mench (see 495) cal. 5part. cor. rinc^ens, tubo, 

 compr. faux ampliata, galea erecta bifida, lab. 

 3fid. media major lane, deflexa. Stam. 4 suhcq. 



frutic. fl. spic. bract, — Type Am. pulchra 

 Raf. Justicia do Jaq. pict. 259. Lin. &c, fol. 

 ovat. pet. acum. subt. torn, spicis 4gonis, bract, 

 cordatis. South Amer. fl. rod lar^e. Quite a 

 distinct G. akin to my Dlnianlsa 310, that dif- 

 fers by double calix and unequal stamens, be- 

 sides habit. These 2 G. belong to the Acan- 

 thides^ 



990. Rukllia L. auct. This G. chiefly dif- 

 ferent from Justica by 4 stanjens subequal, but 

 had fewer anomalies, the corolla was commonly 

 subequal camp. 51obed. Pcrsoon had GO sp. 

 Smith refers here the Justicia gangetica L. 

 which I suspect to be a Crossandra, or a pecu- 

 liar subg. Canirama Raf. — ^IIc says that R. 

 depressa is not even of same family: while R. 

 hlechum and anisophyla with equal calix form 

 the G. Blexum Br. Jus. j^. harhata has beard- 



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