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PLATE DLXX. 



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Shining-leaved Justicia 



CLASS II. ORDER I. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx, simplex seu duplex. Corolla I-petala, 



irregularis. Capsula ungue elastico dissi- 

 liens : dissepimentum contrarium j adna- 

 tum. 



Empalement simple or double. Blossom one- 

 petalled, irregular. Capsule splitting with 

 an elastic claw: partition contrary to the 

 valve ; affixed. 



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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Justicia fruticosa: foliis ellipticis, acuminatis : 

 racemis spieaeformibus, verticillatis : brae- 

 teis minutis : pedicellis calycibusque gla- 

 bris. 



Swariz. Flora Indice occidentalism 



Habitat in insulis Jamaicae, S. Christophori, 

 Martinique, S. Cruris, et Guadalupae. 



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Justicia with a shrubby stem: leaves elliptic 

 and pointed : raceme in the form of a spike, 

 whorled : floral leaves small : footstalks and 

 calyx smooth. 



Native of Jamaica, St. Christopher, Martinique, 

 St. Croix, and Guadaloupe* 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



1. A flower spread open. 



2. Seed-bud and pointal. 



3. The capsule. 



4. The same split open. 





Of this species of Justicia the only figure extant that we know of is a very indifferent representation of 



, evidently from a dried specimen. The fine glossy character of the foliage 

 fimiished it with a specific title. The flowers are abundant in succession, but, like most of this genus, 

 of a deciduous or short-lived character. It was introduced to the British gardens, according to Donns 

 Catalogue, in 1793. Our drawing was made from a plant brought from the West Indies by Lord Sea- 

 forth, which tlowered in August 1808 in the hot-stove of A. B. Lambert, esq. 





