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femblance to Cloves. This plant flowers in July 
and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in Oftober. 
The fecond fort 'grows naturally in Jamaica. The 
feeds of this were fent me by the late Dr. Houftoun ; 
this rifes with a hairy branching ftalk two feet high, 
and is garniihed with narrow fpear-fhaped leaves, 
placed alternate. The flowers come out toward the 
end of the branches fingly from the wings of the 
leaves, fitting clofe to the ftalk ; they are cdmpofed 
of five pretty large yellow petals, and ten ftamina ; 
thefe fit upon a long germen, which afterward be- 
comes the feed-veffel, crowned by the empalement ; 
thefe are. filled with final! feeds. It flowers and feeds 
about the fame time with the laft. 
The third fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 
whence the feeds were fent me with thofe of the former 
fort •, this rifes with a fmooth erect ftalk three feet 
high, garnifhed with long, narrow, fmooth, fpear- 
fhaped leaves. The flowers are large and yellow, 
fitting clofe to the ftalk •, thefe are fucceeded "by long 
feed-veffels, fhaped like thofe of the other forts. It 
flowers and feeds at the fame time with the 
former. 
The fourth fort was fent me from Carthagena by the 
late Dr. Houftoun ; this hath a branching fmooth 
ftalk near three feet high, garnifhed with fpear- 
fhaped leaves, {landing upon fhort foot-ftalks. The 
flowers are fmall, yellow, and are compofed of four 
petals and eight ftamina *, thefe fit very clofe to the 
ftalk, and are fucceeded by feed-veffels, fhaped like 
thofe of the former forts. 
The fifth fort was fent me from La Vera Cruz, by 
the late Dr. Houftoun •, this rifes with fingle upright 
red ftalks three feet high, which are hairy and chan- 
nelled. The leaves are fpear-fhaped, and placed al- 
ternate on the ftalks. Handing nearer .together than 
in any of the other forts. The flowers come out from 
the wings of the leaves, toward the top of the ftalk •, 
they are compofed of five large yellow petals, and ten 
ftamina fitting clofe to the ftalks, and are fucceeded 
by feed-veffels which are one inch long, and fhaped 
like thofe of the former forts. 
The firft, fecond, and fourth forts are annual plants, 
at leaft they are fo in England ; for if the plants are 
raifed early in the fpring, they will flower in July, 
and ripen their feed the beginning of Oftoher and 
thofe plants which are raifed later in the fpring, cannot 
be preferved through the winter, though they are 
placed in a warm ftove; nor do their ftalks ever grow 
ligneous, or fhew any figns of their being perennial 
in their native country. 
The third and fifth forts have continued through the 
winter in the bark-ftove, but thofe have been fuch 
plants as did not flower and feed the firft year ; for 
after they had perfe&ed feeds, the following fummer 
the plants decayed. 
All thefe forts are propagated by feeds, which fhould 
be fown early in the fpring, in pots filled with a foft 
loamy foil, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed ; but 
as thefe feeds often lie a whole year in the ground 
before they vegetate, the earth muft be kept moift, 
and the glades of the hot-bed fhaded in the heat of 
the day, by this method the feeds may be brought 
foon to vegetate ; when the plants come up, and are 
fir to remove, they fhould be each planted into a 
fmall feparate pot, filled with light loamy earth, and 
plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, where they 
fhould be fhaded from the fun till they have taken 
new root ; after which they fhould have free air ad- 
mitted to them every day, in proportion to the warmth 
of the feafon ; they muft alfo be frequently refrefhed 
with water, but it muft not be given to them in too 
great plenty : when the roots of the plants have filled 
thefe fmall pots, the plants fhould be removed into 
others a fize larger and if the plants are too tall to 
ftand under the frames of the hot-bed, they fhould be 
removed into the bark-ftove, where they may remain 
to flower and perfe<5t their feeds ^ for when the plants 
rife early in the fpring, and are brought forward in 
hot- beds, all the forts will flower and perfedt their 
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feeds the fame year, which is better than to have them 
to keep through the winter. 
JU STIC I A. Houft. Nov. Gen. Lin. Gen. Plant. 
27. Adhatoda. Tourn. Lift. K:*H. 175. tab. 79, This 
plant was fo named by the late Dr. Houftoun, in ho- 
nour of James juftice, Efqj a great lover ajkh en- 
courager of gardening and botany. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the flower is fmall , and divided into five 
acute fegments at the top. The flower hath one petal , 
which is divided into two lips almoft to. the bottom , which 
are entire. 1 'he upper lip is raifed archways , and the 
under is reft.exed. It hath two awl-jhaped ftamina fit u at ed 
under the upper Up , terminated by erect fummils which 
are bifid at their bafle. It hath an oblong germen , flap- 
porting a fender ftyle which is longer . than the petal , 
crowned by a fingle ftigma. The germen afterward be- 
comes an oblong capfule with two cells , divided by a par- 
tition . , which is contrary to the two valves , which open 
with an elafticity , and. cafl oat the rounMjh feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedlion of 
Linnaeus’s fecond clafs, intitled Diandria Monogynia, 
which includes thofe plants whole flowers have two 
ftamina and one ftyle. To this genus of Dr. Houf- 
toun’ s is joined the Adhatoda of Tournefort, but there 
is a diftinction in their flowers •, the two lips of Jutti- 
cia are entire, but the upper lip of Adhatoda is in- 
dented at the end, and the under is divided into three 
parts •, and in the capfule of Jufticia there are feldom 
more than two feeds, but in Adhatoda feveral. 
The Species are, 
1. Justicia {Scorpioides) foliis oblongo-ovatis birfutis, 
fefiilibus, floribus fpicatis alaribus, caule fruticofo. 
Jufticia with oblong , oval, hairy leaves fitting clofe to 
the ftalks , and flowers growing in Jpikes proceeding from 
the fide of the ftalks , which are fhrubby. Jufticia fru- 
tefeens, floribus fpicatis majoribus, uno verfu difpo- 
fitis. Houft. MSS. Shrubby Jufticia with larger flowers 
growing in j pikes , which are ranged on one fide. 
2. Justicia (. Sgxangularis ) caule erecto ramofo hexan- 
gulari, foliis ovatis oppofkis, bracteis cuneiformibus 
confertis. Jufticia with an erect branching ftalk , having 
fix angles , oval leaves placed oppojite , and wedge-Jhapcd 
fmall leaves ( or bradlea) groining in clufters. Jufticia an- 
nua hexangulari caule, foliis Circteae conjugates, Acre 
miniato. Houft. MSS. Annual Jufticia with an hex angu- 
lar ftalk , Enchanters Night/hade leaves fet by pairs , and 
a carmine flower . 
3. Justicia [Fruticofo) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, pedicu- 
latis, hirfutis, braefteis cordatis acuminatis, caule fru- 
ticofo. Jufticia with oval fpear-ftoaped leaves growing on 
foot-ftalks , heart-Jhaped acute-pointed braHem, 'and a 
fhrubby ftalk. Jufticia frutefeens & hirfuta, foliis ob- 
longis pediculis longiflimis, flore rubro. Houft. MSS. 
Shrubby and hairy Jufticia with oblong leaves growing on 
very long foot-ftalks , and a red flower. 
4. Justicia ( Adhatoda ) arborea, foliis lanceolato-ovatis, 
bradteis ovatis perfiftentibus, corollarum galea con- 
cava. Flor. Zeyl. 1 6. Tree-Jufticia with oval fp ear -Jh aped 
leaves , oval permanent bradtea, and a concave helmet to 
the flower. Adhatoda Zeylanenfium. H. L. 6.4.2. Ad- 
hatoda of Ceylon , commonly called Malabar Nut. 
5. Justicia ( Hyjfopifolia ) fruticofa, foliis lanceolatis in- 
tegerrimis, pedunculis trifloris ancipitibus, br adders 
calyce brevioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1 5. Shrubby Jufticia 
with entire fpear-fhaped leaves , foot-ftalks having three 
flowers placed different ways , and a bradiea floor ter than 
the empalement. Adhatoda Indies, folio faligno, flore 
albo. Boerh. Ind. alt. 1. 239. Indian Adhatoda with 
a Willow leaf and white flower , commonly called Snap- 
tree. 
6. Justicia ( Spinofa ) fpinofa, foliis oblongo-ovatis emar- 
ginatis, caule fruticofo ramofo. Prickly Jufticia with 
oblong oval leaves indented at their edges , and a fhrubby 
branching ftalk. Adhatoda Antegoana, Lycii facie, 
fpinofa. Petiv. Prickly Adhatoda of Antigua , with the 
appearance of Boxthorn. 
7. Justicia {Arborea) arborea, foliis lanceolato-ovatis 
fefiilibus, fubtus tomentofis, fiorii}Us fpicatis congeftis 
terminalibus. Tree-Jufticia with'- fpear-fhaped oval leaves, 
woolly 
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