440 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
VI. JUSTICIEÆ. 
51. Justicia L. — Flores irregulares; calycis foliolis 5, sublibe- 
ris v. plus minus connatis ; anticis ? lateralibusque 2 plerumque vix 
v. parum inæqualibus, sæpius ante anthesin nequidem demum con- 
tiguis, rarius imbricatis postico nunc minore v. 0. Corollæ tubus limbo 
æqualis v. brevior, nune paulo longior, rectus v. arcuatus, plus 
minus longe ampliatus, nunc sub fauce constrictus; limbo 9-labiato; 
labio postico interiore concavo, integro v. 2-fido; antico autem 8-fido; 
lobo medio extimo. Stamina 2, fauci affixa; filamentis basi varie 
incrassatis v. pilosulis; antherarum loculis 2, discretis : altero altius 
affixo, inferne mutico ; altero autem basi calcare plus minus elongato 
appendiculato ; v. rarissime (Sérobilostachys) antherarum  loculo 
utroque inferne mucronato ; alterius mucrone apice in sphærulam 
dilatato. Diseus varius plus minus crassus v. carnosus, integer, 
sinuatus, lateraliter 2-lobus, v. æqui-v. in æqui-5-lobus. Germen 
2-loculare; ovulis in loculo 2, adscendentibus; micropyle infera. 
Stylus gracilis, apice integer v. breviter 2-dentatus. Capsula varia, 
basi in stipitem solidum contracta. Semina 1-4, plerumque com- 
pressa, lævia, rugosa v. foveolata, nune muricata, retinaculis arcuatis 
acutis v. truncatis fulta ; embryone exalbuminoso carnoso. — Herbæ 
v. frutices; habitu vario; foliis oppositis integris ; floribus in spicas 
simplices v. ramosas, terminales v. axillares, dispositis, bracteatis et 
bracteolatis. (Orbis utriusq. reg. calid.) — Vid. p. M4. 
52? Somalia OLIV. ! — Flores Justiciæ; sepalis #, basi connais, 
elongatis, inæqualibus; postico majore. Corolla 2-labiata; tubo 
subrecto, apice leviter amplato ; limbi 2-labiati labio postico conca- 
viusculo intimo, integro v. plus minus profunde 2-fido ; antici 3-fidi 
lobo medio fateralibus subæquali v. angustiore intimo. Stamina fer- 
tilia ; antheris ellipsoideis ; loculis æqualibus muticis. Germinis loculi 
L-ovulati. Capsula crasse stipitata cæteraque Justicit. — Herbæ 
v. suffrutices diffusi ; foliis oppositis lineari-oblongis ; floribus® axilla- 
ribus paucis cymosis v. solitariis subsessilibus, 2-bracteolatis. (Africa 
trop. or.) 
1. In Hook. Icon., t. 1528. 9. Genus Justiciæ quam maxime 
9 
; ; 3. Spec. 1, Fe 
2. € Albis », parvis. affine; germine 2-ovulato. An potius sectio : 
