L. 
JUSTICIA VIRGULARIS. 
eS: Twigged Justicia. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Acanthi. Juss. Gen. b. 102, 
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Sect. IJ. Filamenta duo, nec ulla sterilia. 
Calyx 5-phyllus: foliolis post lapsum corolle convergentibus. Corolle Tubus basi inflatus, inde 
plus minus compressus: Limbus 2-labiatus ; labio superiore emarginato, inferiore varie 3-fido. 
Filamenta ore tubi ad latus inferius inserta. Anthere lobis plus minus obliquis. Stigma emar- 
pericarpii forsan limites certos et naturales suppeditet. 
# Flores axillares, aut folitsin bracteas t tibus demum spicat. 
bi 
J. foliorum laminis lanceolato-cuneatis margine recurvo, subtus punctatis: floribus in axillis 
alternis, secundis: corolle labio inferiore profunde 3-fido: antherarum lobis parum obliquis. 
J. quadrifida. Vahl. Sp. Pl. v, 1.p.124. J, Coccinea, Cav. Ic. 2. 2. p. 77+ t. 199, 
Sponte nascitur in Novd Hispania. 3 
Floret apud nos a Junio in Septembrem. 
A low shrub, flowering abundantly now in the stove of Isaac Swainson, Esq*. at Twickenham. 
Stem slender, more or less tinged with purple, compressed between the joints plore pte! 
stripes from the insertion of the petioles. Leaves yellowish green: Petiole very short, its isi¢ 
pubescent: Lamina from 14 to 2 inches long and 4 to 5 lines broad, lance-wedge-shaped, very 
entire with the margin recurved, acute, covered with an exceeding short pubescence scarcely 
rceptible to the naked eye, punctated on the under surface, where it is also while young 
abundantl bedewed any Daisies, from the oil of which a fcetid smell resembling that of 
Asclepias ‘cosa, L. and some Cleomes, is di ; rs only in the alternate axills of 
the upper leav aduaily decrease in size so that the inflorescence changes to a slender 
thin spike one way. Bractes small, wedge-shaped. Peduncl of each flower very 
short and thickly covered with vesicles. Corolla bright scarlet with ‘_ base 
orange? . ted part smooth, above it hairy, and within-thickly bearded : eng 
os o ip deeply divided in ts, Filaments orange-scarlet, 
hannelied. « Awthe : i iv icer-shaped, 
nelled. Anthers sagitt: their lobes somewhat oblique, Nectarium large, saucer 
ae comprest and shining, Style scarlet and filiform. Stigma emar 
ated. Seeds ash-coloured, tuberculated. : ae 
Tshould certainly have retained the late Professor Vahl’s name of sages if it had been 
correct; that of Coseteté has Jong since been given to another species by Au 
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REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
1. The Corolla spread open shewing the insertion of the Filaments. 
2. Calyx and Pistillum. 
3. Germen magnified. 
4. Front and back view of a Stamen magnified. 
b. Stigma ma i 
4 a 
- The same open, the § ‘own out. 
ror open, the Seed thro 
