PLATE 2792. 
JUSTICIA PATENTIFLORA, ems. 
ACANTHACEH. ‘Tribe JUSTICIER. 
Justicia patentiflora, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; ex affinitate J. vasculosa, 
Wall., et illi simillima, differt imprimis floribus patentibus corollz labio 
superiore breviore rotundato. 
rba perennis, erecta, preter flores glabra. Caules subsimplices, 
teretes, usque ad 6 ped. alti. Folia petiolata, tenuia, fere membranacea 
lanceolata, usque ad 9 poll. longa, acuminata, vix acuta, deorsum 
longe attenuata. lores rubri, spicati, spicis ‘axillaribus terminali- 
subito recurvus ; labiu perius fere orbiculare, quam inferius fere 
imidio brevius, margine recurvum ; labium inferius intus es reine 
zequaliter trilobatum, lobis rotundatis patentibus. Stamina 2, inclusa 
vel brevissime exserta, supra medium tubi affixa ; filamenta filiformia, 
glabra ; anther oblique biloculares, approximate. Ovarium glabrum, 
stylo parcissime puberulo. Capsula ignot 
Cura : forests south-east of Szemao, Yunnan, at 5,000 ft., 4. Henry, 
412773. 
In general appearance the plant figured so strongly resembles the 
species with which it is compared that it was at first named J. vasculosa, 
Wall.—W. Bortine Hems.ey 
Hig- ia aH of ate aa oi corolla removed from ~~ = them ; 2, vomige a 
disk, and p stil; 3, a corolla laid open, showing the a achment of t mens ; 
4, back a fink views of a an anther ; 6, longitu: linal nies of ovary ad disk, All 
enlarged, 
