PLATE DCLXIII. 



JUSTICIA BICOLOR 



TwO'Coloured-Jlowered Justicia. 



CLASS IL ORDER L 

 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL OENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx simplex seu duplex. Corolla 1-petala, 

 irregularis. Capsula ungue elastico dissi- 

 liens : dissepimentum contrarium adnatum. 



Empalement simple or double. Blossom one- 

 petalled, irregular. Capsule splitting with 

 an elastic claw : partition contrary to the 

 valve affixed. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



JusTieiA fruticosa : foliis ellipticis : floribusple- 

 rumque ternis : pedicellis calycibusque hir- 

 sutis : caule terragono. 



Habitat in Insula Jamaicx. 



JusTiciA with a shrubby stem : leaves elliptic: 

 flowers mostly by threes : footstalks and 

 calyx hairy : stem four-sided. 



Native of Jamaica. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.. 



1. The empalement. 



2. A blossom spread open. 



3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 



This ornamental stove plant was raised from West India seed, by Mr, J. Milne, nurseryman at Font- 

 hill, about the year I8O7 j and from a fine specimen communicated by him in June 1811 our figure 

 was delineated. 

 It is a perfectly new species, and has not hitherto, we believe, been either figured or described. 



