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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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44. Justicia Punctata. Herbaceous : leaves lanceolate- 

 crate ; spikes terminating; flowers remote, in a sort of whorl; 

 bractes lanceolate, acuminate. See Dianthera Punctata. 



45. Justicia Eustachiana. Shrubby : leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nate ; spikes axillary and terminating; flowers in remote 

 whorls, two or three together, solitary at top; bractes wedge- 

 shaped. Flowers purple, inodorous. Native of the West 

 Indies, common on the open ariil hills of St. Eustatin. 



46. Justicia Pectoralis. Herbaceous: leaves lanceolate, 

 petioled ; spikes panicled ; bractes minute ; upper lip undi- 

 vided ; antherce binate. An upright plant, two or three feet 

 hii;h ; flowers numerous, red, sessile. The whole plant has 

 the smell of new hay, mixed with a refreshing aromatic scent. 

 Native of St. Domingo and Martinico. The inhabitants 

 make a syrup of it, which they use in disorders of the breast. 

 The bruised leaves are also good in wounds and cuts ; and 

 hence the French call this plant herbe d tharpentiere. 



47. Justicia Comata. Herbaceous : leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, subsessile ; spikes subumbelled, whorled ; bractes mi- 

 nute ; antherae binate. See Dianthera Comata. 



48. Justicia Undulata. Herbaceous : leaves lanceolate, 

 waved; peduncles terminating, umbelled, simple, and trifid ; 

 antherae binate. Capsules villose. Observed by Koenig in 

 Malabar. 



49. Justicia Frondosa. Herbaceous : umbels axillary, 

 peduncled, compound; peduncles elongated; bractes ovate, 

 rhombed, smooth, blunt; antherse binate. Stem round, smooth. 

 ^Native of Otaheite. 



60. Justicia Pubescens. Shrubby : peduncles axillary, 

 opposite, four-flowered, pedicelled; bractes ovate-roundish, 

 mucronate, pubescent; antherse binate. Stem branched, 

 pubescent, round. Native of Botany Island. 



61. Justicia Leevigata. Shrubby: peduncles axillary, 

 opposite, three-flowered, pedicelled ; bractes oblong, mucro- 

 nate, pubescent; antherae binate. Stem covered with an 

 ash-coloured brk, except at top, where it is green. Native 

 of Java. 



62. Justicia Cuspidata. Peduncles axillary, in whorls, 

 subtriflorous, pedicelled; bractes wedge-form, awned; an- 

 there binate. 



53. Justicia Biflora. Suflfruticose : peduncles axillary, 

 two-flowered, pedicelled, equalling the leaves ; bractes awl- 

 shaped ; antheree binate. Branches obscurely quadrangular, 

 smooth; pedicels unequal. Native of the East Indies. 



64, Justicia Sessilis. Shrubby : leaves ovate-acute, sub- 

 serrate ; flowers solitary, sessile ; upper lip quite entire. 

 Flowers inodorous, purple. Native of the West Indies, in 

 the coppices and hedges of the island of St. Eustatia, where 

 it is found flowering in August. 



55. Justicia Nigricans. Shrubby: leaves lanceolate-linear, 

 blunt, blackish ; spikes distich, terminating. Stem upright, 

 six feet high ; corolla white, variegated with red. Native of 

 Cochin-china. 



66. Justicia Tinctoria. Herbaceous : leaves lanceolate, 

 subcrenate, pubescent ; flowers axillary, heaped. Corolla 

 rose-coloured. The leaves dye cloth of a fine green colour. 

 Native of Cochin-china. 



*** Corollas ringent. 



57. Justicia Adhatoda; Malabar Nut. Arboreous: leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; spikes axillary, opposite ; 

 bractes ovate-elliptic, leafy ; antheree parallel. It rises with 

 a strong woody stem to the height of twelve or fourteen feet, 

 sending out many spreading branches ; flowers on short 

 spikes at the end of the branches ; corolla white, with some 

 dark spots. It flowers in July, but does not bear seeds in 

 England. Native of Ceylon. It may be propagated by 

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cuttings, which, if planted in pots during June, or July, and 

 plunged into a very moderate hot-bed, will take root. They 

 must be screened from the sun, and will succeed the better 

 for the exclusion of the external air. It may also be pro- 

 pagated by laying down tho young branches, which will take 

 root in the tubs or pots in one year; then the young plants 

 should be put each into a separate pot, filled with soft loamy 

 earth, and placed in the shade till they have taken new root, 

 when they may be placed in a sheltered situation during the 

 summer ; but in winter they must be housed, and treated in 

 the same way as Orange-tree-s, with only this difference, that 

 they require more water. 



58. Justicia Betonica. Shrubby : leaves elliptic ; spikes 

 terminating, elongated ; bractes ovate-acuminate, .membra- 

 naceous, netted, coloured ; antheraa binate, appendicled. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



59. Justicia Repens. Herbaceous : leaves elliptic, sub- 

 sessile ; spikes axillary and terminating, pointing one way, 

 smooth ; bractes ovate, membranaceous at the edge ; anther* 

 binate, appendicled. Native of Ceylon. 



60. Justicia Pectinata. Herbaceous: leaves oblong; 

 spikes axillary, pointing one way, tomentose ; bractes half 

 lanceolate, distich. Corolla minute, white, with a green upper 

 lip. .Native of the East Indies. 



61. Jwsticia Sanguinolenta. Herbaceous: stem creeping; 

 leaves oblong; peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. 

 The whole plant is of a blood-red coloiw, whence it derives 

 its trivial name. Native of Ceylon. 



62. Justicia Japonica. Herbaceous: leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate; peduncles axillary, alternate, four or five flowered ; 

 pedicelled ; bractes lanceolate-ciliate. See Dianthera Japo- 

 nica. 



63. Justicia Trisulca. Shrubby: leaves oblong, blunt; 

 peduncles axillary, subtriflorous, opposite ; flowers sessile ; 

 antherse binate. This is a stiff shrub, with opposite, dis- 

 torted, warted, round branches ; corolla an inch and a half 

 in diameter. Native of Arabia Felix. 



64. Justicia Hyssopifolia; Snap Tree. Shrubby: leaves 

 lanceolate, blunt ; peduncles axillary, one or two flowered : 

 bractes shorter than the calix; calicine segments oblong; 

 antherae binate, appendicled. Stem from three to four feet 

 high, sending out branches on every side from the bottom, 

 so as to form a pyramid ; flowers white, with long calices ; 

 capsules oblong, when ripe throwing out their seeds, whence 

 its name of Snap-tree. Native of the Canary islands. It is pro- 

 pagated by cuttings during any of the summer months; they 

 should be planted in pots filled with light loamy earth, plunged 

 into a moderate hot-bed shaded from the sun, and now and 

 then gently refreshed with water; they must not have much 

 air admitted to them. In about two months the cuttings will 

 have taken root, then they must be gradually inured to the 

 open air, by placing them in a sheltered situation, where they 

 may remain till autumn. If they take root early in the sum- 

 mer, separate them each into a small pot, placed in the shade ; 

 but if it be late in the season before they have taken root, 

 let them remain in the same pots till the following spring, 

 In winter these plants must be placed in a warm green-house, 

 or moderately warm stove, for they are impatient of cold and 

 damp, nor will they thrive in too much warmth ; they often 

 require watering in winter, but H must be sparingly given. In 

 summer they must be removed into the open air in a warm 

 sheltered situation, and in warm weather have plenty of 

 water. 



65. Justicia Orchioides. Shrubby : leaves lanceolate, 

 sessile ; peduncle* axillary, solitary, one-flowered ; bractea 

 shorter than the calix; antheroe binate, appendicled. Thi 



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