456 ACANTHACE^. 



cells separated bv the dilated connective, one smaller;" seeds tMherclei-^Jacg.- Jmer. Piet. 

 <. 3.— Jnsticia, /ac?. Rhytiglossa, Ns. Siphonoglossa, Oer«<.— 1'-2' high ; leaves IJ"-!", 

 rosy corolla 8'" long ! capsule"Blliptical-lanceolale : claw as long, — Hab. Antigua!, WuHscU.; 

 [Haiti to S. Eustache, among shrubs]. 



24. D. comata, L: Annual, rooting at the base, glahrescent, u^ally glandular at the 

 summit; leaves ovate or lanceolate, cuneate or taperins at the sabsessile or shortly pctioled 



jbase; flowers distant in filiform, whorled-umbellate spikes s calyx -segments 5, linear- 

 acuminate, about half as long as the corolla ; corolla 2-lipped to one-third ; anther-cells 

 ovoid, contiguous ; superior oblique, inferior vertical s seeds miiricate. — SI. t. lO.S./. 2. — 

 Jnsticia, Sw, J. humifusa, Sm, Leptoatachya coinata, Martiana, and parviflora, Ns. — 

 Had. Jamaica 1, all coll., in swamps and wet pastures ; Trinidad !, iSfcA., ZocM. ; [Cuba! 

 and Mexico ! to Peru | and Brazil !]. 



12, JUSTICIA, L. 



(Adhatoda and Gendarussa, 2Vi.) 



Calyx 5-partite 1 segments equal (or the superior smaller). Cfero/& 2-lipped : inferior 

 lip spreading. Stamens 2 ; one antherrcell placed higher up than the other, inferior mncro- 

 nate or callous at the base. Capsule of Dianthera. — Shrubs or herbs ; flowers spicate or 

 axillary ; ^irAiAifoliaceous. 



25. J. euatacbiana, Jacq. Shrubby, glahrescent, constricted at the nodes ; leaves 

 lanceolate or oblong, acnminate with » bluntish point ; sjiikes few-fiowered or interrupted 

 below, peduncled ; bracts spathulate-linear, exceeded by the. calyx i calyx-segments lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, one-fourth as long as the corolla ; corolla pale-purple : upper-lip emargiuate, 

 lobes of the inferior oblong, blunt ; anther-cells oblong, parallel. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 5. — 

 Adhatoda, Ns. !—i' high ; leaves 6"-2", corolla li" long.— Hab. Antigua !, Nichols., 

 Wutlschl,, in arid soil, Montserrat ; [S. Barthelemy !, S, Eustache, Guadeloupe !]. 



26. J. carthagenensis, Jacq, SufFruticose, glahrescent, constricted at the nodes ; 

 leaves ovate, pointed or elliptical-lanceolate; spikes short, imbricate, sessile or shortly pe- 

 duncled; bracts spathulate, exceeding the calyx; calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate, 

 one- third to one-fourth as long as the corolla; corolla violet: upper lip emarginate, lobes of 

 the inferior bluntly ovate; anther-cells oblong, parallel. — Jacq. 4«>er.Pict. t.l : & narrow- 

 leaved form, not occurring in our collections. — Adhatoda, Ns. I Jnsticia retusa, T. (Didip- 

 tera, /ws. ; Amphiscopia, Ns^. — 3'-6' high; leaves 6"-l", corolla IJ" long. — Hah. S. 

 Kitts !, Antigua 1, Wullschl,, Dominica !, Irar,, S, Vincent !, Guild. ; [S. Croix ; Mexico ! 

 tp Venezuela ! and Peru !]. 



27. J. sphaerosperma, V. Suffruticose, glabrous, constricted at the nodes; leaves 

 ovate or ovate»obl6ng ; spikes terminal, imbricate, subsessile, often 3-partite; bracts lanceo- 

 late-linear, acuminate, exceeding the calgx ; calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate, one- 

 t^ird as lopg as the corolla ; corolla red ; upper lip 2^deutate, lobes of the inferior oblong- 

 lanceolate, bluntish ; antherrcells oblong-linear, alternate, the superior erect, the inferior 

 banging, with a bluntish spur. — Adhatoda, Ns. t — Leaves 6"— 2", spikes 2", corolla li" long ; 

 seeds " compressed-globose," — Hab. -S, Vincent I, Guild. 



J. Adhatoda, L. (/. caracasana, Sieb. Mart. 381) and /. Gendarussa, L., occur in the 

 Caribbean collections as cnltivated plants, J, raoemulosa, Wickstr. {Tetramerium, Ns), said 

 to grow in Jamaica, is perhaps a Dianthera, but unknown to me. 



13. BELOPERONE, Ns. 



Character of Jnsticia, but both aotherrcells callous or mucronate at the base, and inferior 

 corolla-lip suberect., 



28. B, nemorosa, Ns, Herbaceous, suffrutescent, pubescent or glahrescent ; leaves 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, bluntish at the petiole ; spikes terminal, short, sub- 

 sessile : floral leaves gi!adually passing into the ovate-oblong bracts ; calyx-segments lanceo- 

 late, exceeded by the bracts, one-third as long as the corolla; corolla purple, straightish- 

 tuiular, 2-lipped to one-third: lips, of equal length, the superior emarginate. the inferior 

 shortly S.lobed : lobes oblong, blunt ; anther.oells oblong, bluntly oorniculate at the base : 



