DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA^ 



ii 



1. HuMiLis. Mich. 



J. 



spicis 



axi]laiihii^\ 



folii 



oblongo- 



Spikes axillary, alter- 

 nate, long; flowers in 



pairs J bracteas lanceolate; 



leaves oblong-lanceolate. 



cilternis, elongatis; flori- 

 bus geininis; bracteislan- 

 ceolatis ^ 

 lanceolatis. E. 



Mich, 1. p. 8. Pursh, 1. p. 13» 

 Dianthera ovata, Walt. p. 1. 63. 



Boot creeping, pereririTal. Stpm herbaceous, assurgent, 12 — T8 in- 

 ches high, nearly furrowedj smooth below, rou^h near the suinmit, 

 jointecL Leaves opposite, decussate, nearly sessile, generally lanceo- 

 late, slightly acuminate, serrulate, the upper surface and veins be- 

 neath scabrous. Bracteas nnnute. Calyx 1 leaved^ 5 parted, per* 



sistentj tube ventricose; segments of the bolder linear, lanceolate, 



Corolla bilabiate, violet coloured; upper lip shorter, reflected, 

 sUghtly notched ; the lower three cleft, segments acute, the middle 



Filamenta 2, filiform, shorter than the 



equal. 



w2>z- 



one longer; spotted at base. 



corolla, inse; ted into the tube of the corolla near its summit. 



thers 2 on each filament, one terminal, the other lateral, both one lob- 



ed. Germ superior, somewhat conical. Style slender, longer than the 



stamens, sliglitly two cleft. Stigmas 2, obtuse. Capsule stipitate, 



compressed. 



Grows in humid soils 



not rare. 



Flowers May — June. 



Ovate leaved Justiciar 



4 



u 



S. Ensiformis. 



Walt 



J. spicis sub-capitatis; 



pedunculo 

 rio : foliis 



? 



longo, solita- 

 ensiformibus. 



Spikes nearly in heads; 

 peduncle long, solitary; 

 leaves ensiform. 



Walt. 



Dianthera ensiformis, Walt. p. 63. 



Justicia pedunculosa VahL? rursli, 1. p. IS. 



Stem erect, 1 — 2 feet high, obtusely 4 angled. Leaves opposi 

 cussate, linear lanceolate, very acute, a little oblique, glabrous 

 I have only seen specimens without flowers. 

 Grows in St. John's, Dr. Macbrido, 

 Fiowers May, 



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ELYTRARIA. Mich. 



Calyx 4 partitus, laci- 



Calyx 4 parted with 



nia antica fissa. Corolla the front segment di\iJ- 



5.fida, laciniis suba; quail- 



ed. 



Corolla 5 cl^jft, seg 



