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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



I X I 



is a very stiff smooth shrub, with small crowded harsh leaves : 

 the flowers are white, with a reddish tinge about the palate, 

 and grow solitary or in pairs, on axillary stalks, longer than 

 the leaves. It flowers in August and September. Native of 

 the Cape. 



66. JusticiaMadurensis. Shrubby : leaves oblong, tooth- 

 ed; peduncles axillary, one-flowered. Stem solid, round, 

 smooth, whitish; bractes in pairs, deciduous; flowers few. 

 Native of Madura. 



67. Justicia Cuneata. Shrubby : leaves obovate, emar- 

 ginate ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile ; antheree binate. 

 Corolla like that of the Snap-tree. Native of the Cape. 



68. Justicia Tranquebarensis. Suffruticose: leaves obo- 

 vate, on hoary branches ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile ; 

 bractes remote, obcordate ; antheree binate, appendicled. 

 Stem round, red, covered with slender white soft hairs. 

 Found by Koenig in Tranquebar. 



69. Justicia Odora. Shrubby : branches smooth ; leaves 

 roundish ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, opposite. Stem 

 ash-coloured. Native of Arabia Felix, where they make 

 wreaths of it to wear about their heads on festivals. It has 

 little scent while green, but, when dried, smells like Anthox- 

 anthum, or Vernal Grass. 



***** Corollas almost equal. 



70. Justicia Infundibuliformis. Shrubby : leaves lanceo- 

 late-ovate, in fours ; spikes terminating. Branches round ; 

 corolla handsome, white, with a filiform tube. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



71. Justicia Sinuata. Shrubby; leaves linear, oblong, 

 sinuate-pinnatifid ; peduncles axillary, trifid ; corolla salver- 

 shaped ; antherse parallel. Native of the Isle of Tanna in 

 the South Seas. 



72. Justicia Spinosa. Shrubby : leaves ovate or obovate ; 

 spines axillary; lateral peduncles simple; corollas salver- 

 shaped ; antherse parallel. Stem five feet high, dividing into 

 few, round, weak, pliant, leafy, very long branches ; flowers 

 inodorous, less thjm an inch long, purple. It is armed with 

 strong, opposite, very spreading, awl-shaped, acuminate 

 spines, half the length of the leaves; between the leaves and 

 spines come out the peduncles, three or four together. 

 Native of St. Domingo and Jamaica. See the twelfth species. 

 It, as well as the 80th,mustconstantlyremain in the bark-stove. 



73. Justicia Repanda. Shrubby: leaves elliptic, repand ; 

 peduncles axillary, trifid ; corollas salver-shaped ; anthers: 

 parallel. Native of the isle of Tanna. 



74. Justicia Armata. Shrubby, prickly ; leaves oblong, 

 emarginate, coriaceous, shining. Native of Jamaica. 



75. Justicia Acicularis. Shrubby, diffused, spiny: spines 

 bristle-shaped ; flowers peduncled, axillary, solitary. Native 

 of Jamaica. 



******New Species. 



76. Justicia Reptans. Stem herbaceous, creeping; leaves 

 blunt; spikes terminating, undivided. Annual. Native of 

 St. Domingo. 



77. Justicia Humifusa. Stem herbaceous, decumbent ; 

 leaves ovate and cordate ; spikes umbelled. Annual. Na- 

 tive of Jamaica. 



78. Justicia Nemorosa. Stem herbaceous, four-corncrcfl, 

 somewhat upright ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; spikes ovate. 

 Perennial. Native of St. Domingo and Jamaica. 



79. Justiria Fruticosa. Shrubby: leaves ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, hirsute, petioled ; bractes cordate acuminate. It 

 rises with a hairy stem four or five feet high ; flowers in 

 loose clusters, from the axils towards the end of the branches, 

 of a pale red colour. Discovered by Dr. Houstoun, at 

 Campeachy. See the twelfth species. 



80. Justicia Arborea. Arboreous: leaves lanceolate-ovate, 

 sessile, tomentose underneath ; flowers in clustered terminat- 

 ing spikes. It rises with a strong woody stem twenty feet 

 high, dividing into many crooked irregular branches : the 

 flowers are small and white. Sent from Campeachy. See 

 the twelfth species. 



Ivy. See Hedera. 



Ivy, Ground. See Glechoma. 



Ixia ; a genus of the class Triandria, order Monogynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : spathe bivalve, inferior, 

 shorter than the corolla ; valves oblong, permanent, the 

 exterior wider, sheathing the interior. Corolla : one-petalled, 

 regular, superior; tube filiform, gradually enlarged, straight; 

 border regular, bell-shaped, six-parted ; divisions oblong, 

 obtuse, equal, spreading. Stamina: filamenta three; thread- 

 subulate, inserted into the tube near the orifice, shorter than 

 the corolla; antheree oblong, furrowed. Pistil: germen 

 inferior, triangular ; style simple, filiform, upright ; stigmas 

 three, filiform. Pericarp : capsule ovate, three-sided, obtuse, 

 three celled, three valved. Seeds : several, roundish, smooth. 

 ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Corolla : one-petalled, tubular ; 

 tube straight, filiform ; border six-parted, bell-shaped, regu- 

 lar, or nearly so ; stigmas three or six, simple. Several of 

 the plants of this genus will ripen their seeds in our climate, 

 and may be propagated by sowing the seeds in pots, and 

 plunging them into a moderate hot-bed, which will bring up 

 the plants much sooner than when they are sown in the full 

 ground. When fit to remove, they- should each be set in a 

 small pot filled with light earth, and, if they are placed under 

 a frame till they have taken good root, it will greatly forward 

 their growth ; afterwards they may be placed in the open air, 

 in a sheltered situation, and may remain there till autumn, 

 when they must be placed under a frame to screen them from 

 the frost. In the spring the plants may be turned out of the 

 pots and planted in a^warm border, where they will endure 

 the cold of common winters very well ; but in severe frosts 

 they are often killed, unless protected by tan, or some other 

 covering. They multiply very fast by offsets, so that when 

 they are once obtained, there will be no occasion to raise 

 them from seeds : most of them will flower in the ensuing 

 season ; whereas those from seeds are three or four years 

 before they flower. The stalks and leaves of these plants 

 decaying to the root in autumn, the roots in borders should 

 then be covered two or three inches thick with tan, to keep 

 them from frost, and also from mice, which are very fond of 

 them. The spring before the roots shoot, is the best time 

 to remove and part them ; but this should not be done 

 oftener than every third year, for if oftener parted, they will 

 not flower well. The species are, 



1 . Ixia Fruticosa ; Shrubby Ixia. Stem branched, covered 

 with imbricate leaves. Flowers terminating, blue ; tube of 

 the corolla yellow, half an inch long. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and of /Terra del Fuego. 



2. Ixia Miniita; Minute Ixia. Scapes one-flowered, 

 shorter ; leaves^even. Bulb globular, covered with a net, the 

 size of a pea : tube of the corolla white, with purple streaks; 

 antherue upright, yellow. Native of the Cape. 



3. Ixia Bulbocodium ; Crocus-leaved Ixia. Stem one-flow- 

 ered ; leaves linear, closely complicated ; stigmas six. Flower 

 lateral, inodorous ; corolla pale violet, .yellow on both sides 

 at the base. It flowers about the middle of April ; but the 

 blossoms do not fully expand unless exposed to the sun, nor 

 are they of long duration. It affects dry hilly situations. 

 Native of Italy. This is not the Bulbocodium of Miller. 



4. Ixia Rosea ; Rose-coloured I.ria. Scapes one-flowered; 

 leaves linear, nerved, incrassated at the edge; stigmas six. 



