ZAx 
JUSTICIA catyrricna. 
Fellow-flowered Justicia. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nat. Orv. ACAN THACES. 
Gen. Cuar.—Cal. 5-partitus, raro. 4-partitus. Cor. valde irregularis, bila- 
biata, v. ringens, labio inferiore diviso. Stam. 2, antherifera. Anth. bi- 
loculares, loculis insertione sepe inequalibus. Filamenta sterilia, nulla 
v. obsoleta. Ovarii loculi dispermi. Dissepimentum adnatum. Semina 
retinaculis subtensa.—Br. 
Justicia calytricha; panicula terminali compacta, corollis breviter bila- 
biatis, labio inferiore recurvato trifido, calyce 5-partito segmentis 
longissimis setaceis, foliis cordato-ovatis undulatis. 
Justicia calytricha, Orro, in litt. 3 
Stem 2 to 4 feet high, branched, branches rounded, glabrous, swelling at the | 
joints. Leaves opposite, glabrous, large, 3-5 inches long, flaccid, waved, 
cordato-ovate, upon rather long and stout petioles, which are plane or 
Bi slightly grooved above, jointed as it were upon the stem. 
Panicle small, compact, its branches opposite, with a pair of small leaves at 
ther short lips, of which the upper one is straight, acuminato-entire, the _ 
Si fe Pi 
|. Pistil: Germen ong, 
marked on each side with a longitudinal furrow, tapering upwards into 
the long, filiform style. Stigma small, bifid. 
This curious plant flowered in the month of January of — 
the present year (1826) in the stove of the Botanic Garden of : 
from Mr Oro of Berlin, a few months before. No’ hing, how- : i 
VOL. III. S : ae le eS Ce es 
