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JUSTICIA CALYTRICHA. 
Yellow-flowered Justicia. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._Nat. Ohd. ACANTHACEM 
Gen.^ Char— Ca/. 5-partitus, raro 4-partitus. Car. valde irregularis, bila- 
biata, v. ringens, labio inferiore diviso. Stam. 2, antherifera. AfilL bi- 
loculares, loculis insertione saepe inaequalibus. Filamenta sterilia, nulla 
V. obsoleta. Ovarii loculi dispermi. Dissepimentum adnatum. Semina 
retinaculis subtensa. — Br. 
Justicia calytricha ; panicula terminali compacta, coroUis breviter bila- 
biatis, labio inferiore recurvato trifido, calyce 5-partito segmentis 
longissimis setaceis, foliis cordato-ovatis undulatis. 
Justicia calytricha, Otto, in litt. 
Stent 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 
slightly grooved above, jointed as it were upon the stem. 
Panicle small, compact, its branches opposite, with a pair of small leaves at 
the base. Calyx deeply 5-partite : the segments setaceous, glabrous, 
twisted, as long as the tube of the corolla. Corolla glabrous, yellow, 
above an inch long. Tube thickened upwards, terminating in two ra- 
ther short lips, of which the upper one is straight, acuminato-entire, the 
lower one broader, recurved, trifid, or almost tripartite. Stamens 2. 
Filaments as long as the tube of the corolla, inserted near its base, slight- 
ly pubescent at its very base. Anthers ovato-oblong, the cells equal, 
parallel. Pistil : Germen inserted upon a large circular gland, oblong, 
marked on each side with a longitudinal furrow, tapering upwards into 
the long, filiform style. Stig7na small, bifid. 
This curious plant flowered in the month of January of 
the present year (1826) in the stove of the Botanic Garden of 
Liverpool, having been received under the name here adopted 
from Mr Otto of Berlin, a few months before. Nothing, how- 
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