GENDARUSSA. 



rhomboidal-lanceolate, oblique ; cells of the anthers placed ob- 

 liquely one above the other ; the valves half-ovate, the lower 

 calcarate. Capsule sterile below, and little narrowed ; 4-seeded 

 at the upper end. Nees. 



1044. G. vulgaris Nees von E. in Wall. pi. as. rar. iii. 104. 

 col. 1. Justicia Gendarussa Linn, suppl. 85. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 28. 

 Jacq. eel. t. 11. (Rumph. iv. t. 28 and 29. Rheede ix. t. 42.) 

 Common in gardens on the continent of India ; Amboyna and 

 other islands in the Malay Archipelago. 



A shrub, with dark purple, or green, smooth, shoots. Leaves short- 

 stalked, lanceolate, obtuse, smooth, with the rib and veins dark purple. 

 Spikes terminal, somewhat whorled, leafy at the base. Flowers reddish 

 purple. The leaves and tender stalks, when rubbed, have a strong 

 and not unpleasant smell, and are after being roasted, prescribed in 

 India in cases of chronic rheumatism attended with swelling at the 

 joints. Ainslie. The plant is said to have emetic powers. 



1045. Adhatoda Vasica Nees (Justicia Adhatoda Linn.) Both 

 the flowers, leaves, and roots, are supposed to possess antispas- 

 modic qualities, they are bitterish and subaromatic. Ainslie. 



ANDROGRAPHIS. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, equal, with narrow segments. Co- 

 rolla bilabiate ; the upper lip entire or bifid ; when resupinate 

 appearing to be divided in the contrary way. Stamens 2 ; an- 

 thers 2-celled : cells parallel, bearded at the base. Capsule oval 

 or lanceolate, depressed, 2-celled down to the base, 4-seeded or 

 many-seeded. Dissepiment adnate. Seeds oval, obtuse, ta- 

 pering, obliquely truncate at the base, pitted, with a deep hilum. 

 Hooks stalked, dilated, scaly, deciduous. Nees. 



1046. A. paniculata Wall. cat. No. 2454. Nees in Wall.pl. 

 as. rar. iii. 116. col. 1. Justicia paniculata Burm.fl. ind. 9. 

 Void. symb. ii. 5. Sr.prodr.33l. Roxb.fl. ind. i. 118. (Rheede 

 ix. t. 56.) Dry places in the East Indies, beneath the shade 

 of trees ; China. 



Stem erect, generally annual, at least down to the root, branched, 

 slender, 4-sided, jointed, smooth, 1 to 2 feet high. Branches opposite, 

 decussate, 4-sided, spreading. Leaves opposite, short-stalked, lanceolate, 

 entire, smooth ; 2 or 3 inches long. Racemes terminal, and from the 

 exterior axils horizontal, long, 1-sided. Flowers remote, rose-coloured, 

 on long stalks, alternate, erect, downy. Bracts 2, large, opposite; bract- 

 lets 2, smaller, embracing the base of the pedicels. Corolla bilabiate. 

 Tube recurved; lips linear, and reflected; the uppermost broadest, 

 3-toothed; the inferior 2-toothed. Filaments as long as the lips of the 

 corolla, projecting, hairy ; anthers very flat, obovate, firmly united at 

 the base, and there bearded. Capsule erect, somewhat cylindrical. 

 Seeds 3 or 4 in each cell, cylindrical. This has been much celebrated 

 as a stomachic, and used as a remedy for cholera and dysentery, and in in- 

 termittent fevers : it is' the basis of a French mixture called Drogue- 

 amere. It is also said to be alexipharmic. 

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