NAT. ORDER. 
Acanthacece. 
JUSTICIA CAENEA. FLESH-COLOKED JUSTICIA- 
Class II. DiANDRiA. Order I. Monogynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx., four or five divided. Corolla, monopetalous. 
lAmb, ring-ent, two-lipped. Stamens, two, both bearing- anthers. 
Ovarium,, two-celled, seated in the disk. Style, one. Stigma, 
two-lobed, rarely divided. Capsule, two-celled. Cells, two, 
many seeded. 
Spe. Char. Leaves, opposite, rarely in fours. Flowers, usually op- 
posite, in spikes, sometimes alternate, with three bracteas. 
The stem of this plant is from four to five feet hig-h, branched, the 
branches four-sided ; leaves opposite, ample, on long* petioles, ovate, 
attenuated at the base, sharply acuminated at the extremity, g-labrous, 
entire, reticulated, g-radually smaller upwards, where they pass into 
bracteas, which are very numerous, the outer ones ovate-lanceolate, 
inner ones small and linear ; corolla very long* and of a beautiful rose 
color, two-lipped, upper lip erect, entire, lower one revolute, three- 
toothed ; anthers deep purple. Native of Florida. 
Medical Properties and. Uses. This plant has, when rubbed, a 
strong- and not unpleasant smell, and is, after being- roasted, prescribed 
in India in cases of chronic rheumatism attended with swelling- in the 
joints. Jiisticia hijlora is used in Eg-ypt for poultices. Justicia Ec- 
bolium is said to be diuretic. The flowers, leaves, and root of Justicia 
Adhatoda are supposed to possess antispasmodic qualities. They are 
bitterish and subaromatic. Justicia pectoralis, bojled ir^ sug-ar, yields 
a sweet-scented syrup which is considered in Jamaica a stomachic. 
Vol. IV.— 169. 
