( 71 ) 



2. T Alata. — Plant said to be a native of Zanzibar ; leaves 

 cordate sagittate ; petiole a little winged ; lacinise of corol yellow, 

 with a deep purple spot in base of the tube. 



CROSSANDRA, Salisbury, Parud. 12. 

 ' 3. C CocciNEA, C Flava, Nees in Wall. PI. As. rar. 3, 98.— 

 Herbaceous, with whorled, entire leaves, and a quadrangular flower ; 

 spike of red or yellowish flowers. Native of Eastern Bengal (?). 

 In gardens, common. 



JUSTICIA. Named in honour of Mr. Justice, a Scotch 

 Gardener and Botanist. 



4. J PiCTA, Graptophyllum pictum, Nees. — Native of East 

 Indies, Nepal (?) ; an erect shrub, often seen in pots and tubs at 

 bungalows, conspicuous by its beautifully varied leaves and dark 

 purple flowers. It bears no seed with us. 



5. J Gendarussa, Roxb. Fl. 1, p 126; G vulgaris, Wall. PI. 

 As. rar. 3, p 104. — ts now very common in gardens, being a 

 favourite plant for the edging of flower-beds. The plant is 

 strong-scented, and of a purple hue. 



6. GoLDFUssiA, Nees in Wall. PI. rar. 3, 87 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 3404; Ruel. sp. Roxb. Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 191.— A demi-shrubby 

 plant, with opposite, deeply-veined leaves, and inflorescence in long 

 axillary panicles, and often also in terminal spikes ; flowers droop- 

 ing, of a rich purple. Native of north-east of Bengal ; gardens 

 Dapoorie and Sewrie. 



7. Aphelandra, R. Br. Proc^. 475. — Native of tropical Ame- 

 rica; erect, demi-shrubby plants, with opposite leaves and axillary 

 and terminal peduncles finally ending in a long quadrangular, 

 tapering, and finally cernuous spike of showy red flowers. In 

 {jardens Sewree and Dapoorie ; not common. There may be two 

 species of this elejjant plant in our gardens, but we are not sure on 

 this head. Information is solicited. 



8. RuELLiA Formosa, — A small perennial, native of South 

 America ; leaves entire, downy, nearly sessile ; flower large, bright- 

 red ; upper lacinise of corol erect revolute ; lower much smaller ; 

 lateral laciniae large revolute. 



LXXII.— PLUMBAGINE^, Sweet. Hort. Brit, p 332. 



PLUMBAGO, Pentandria Monogynia. 



1 . P CocciNEA. — Native of Southern India and Eastern Islands. 

 " Lai Chitra," Hindoostanee, Thunb. Roxb. Fl. I , p 463 ; Rheede 

 Mai. 12 to 9; Rumph. Amb. 5, t. 168; Bot. Mag. t. 230; As. 

 Res. 11, p 175; Ainslie Mat. Ind. 2, p 379. — Herbaceous, erect, 

 with vivid red flowers blooming throughout the year. 



