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This carious little plant is very rare in Jamaica ; I have feen one or two fpeci- 

 mens of it in the woods about Mangeneel, where it feems to be moft common : it 

 feldom rifes above eighteen or twenty inches, and bears its flowers at the ala? of thofe 

 leffer leaves that constitute the greater part of the fpikes ; but as it differs very much 

 in the general characters from what has been already defcribed under this name, I 

 (hall give thofe of this plant here at length. 



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Periantium. 



Duplex, exterius byphyllum, foliolis anguftis lanceolatis ; interius mo- 



nophyllum, ad bafem fere fecJum in quinque lacinias lanceo^ 



latas 



minores. 



Corolla. Recta tubulata ringens, labio fuperiori rec7o oblongo ; inferiori oblongo 



trifdo. 

 Stamina. Filamenta duo longitudinis fert corolla, anther is gemellis oblongis fin- 



gulo inci dent i bus : rudiment a vero duorum Jlaminum in /undo 



foris pullulant. 

 Pi ftillu m . Germen oblongum, ftylus fmplex hngitudine jlaminum j Jligma Jimplex* 

 Pericarpium. Nullum* Calix connivens in finu Jemina Jovet. 

 Semina. Duo oblonga, compreffa, ereBa, fere adnata, ad Prunellam accedif. 



DIANTHERA 2 . Foliis lanceolato-ovatis, racemo fpatiofo a f urgent i, fpi- 



cillis verticillatis. 

 Antirrhinum Minus angujlifolium fiore dilute purpureo. Slo. Cat. 59. 6c 



H. t. 103. 



The large Dianthera with a loofe fpreading flower-top. 



This plant grows commonly in the low lands, and is frequently met with about the 

 Angels beyond Spanifhtown ; it rifes generally to the height of two or three feet, 

 and is plentifully furnifhed with {lender fubdivided branches near the top : it differs 

 widely in characters from that already mentioned, for which reafon I fhall put down 

 the moft eflential marks of it at large. 



Periantium. Monophyllum in quinque lacinias ereBas angujlas ad bafem fer} 



feBum, 

 tubulata ringens, tubus turgidus ; labium fuperius re Burn ova turn ; in- 

 ferius refleBens tridentatum, fauce variegatd. 

 Stamina. Filamenta duo longitudinis feri* corolla?, anther a fmgulo gemella, dif- 



tinBa, altera paulo majori. 

 Pericarpium. Capfula oblonga obverse -ore at a bilocularis bivalvis, vafois dijfe 



pimento oppoftis. 

 Semina. In fngulo loculamento bina, compreffa diffepimento affixa. 



DIANTHERA 3. Foliis lanceolatis, fori bus fpicatis, calicibus duplicatis. 



oroua. 



Garden Balfom. 





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This plant is cultivated in fome of the gardens of Jamaica, and feldom rifes more 

 than ten or twelve inches in height : the anther a are not fo diflin&ly feparated in this 

 " ecies, though the other characters agree. 



JUSTICIA 1. Herbacea ajfurgens, ad alas alternas nodos & fummitatcs 



fiorida j foliis paucioribus ovatis petiolis longis inci den- 

 tibus. Tab. 2. fig. 1. 



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The branched Jufticia with oval leaves. 



This beautiful plant is very common about the Ferry, and flowers generally about 



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