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by the one-sided spikes with two rows of abortive, and two of flower-bearing 
bracts, &c. A second is that the ovary is really composed of 4 carpels in- 
stead of two, as is commonly understood, &c. &c. 
I am indebted to Professor Nees Von Esenbeck for the following list of the 
genera of Aranthaceee, corrected up to Dec.* 2, 1835. The words enclosed in 
brackets [ ] are additions of my own. 
Geography. Common in all tropical countries, and only found beyond 
them in very hot ones. In North America a few species extend to the north- 
ward as far as Pennsylvania ; and in Europe two are found in the basin of the 
Mediterranean. 
Properties. Scarcely known. Acanthus mollis is considered emollient; 
Justicia biflora is used in Egypt for poultices ; J. Ecbolium is said to be diu- 
retic. DC. The flowers, leaves, and roots of Justicia Adhatoda are sup- 
posed to possess antispasmodic qualities. They are bitterish and subaromatic. 
Ainslie, 2.3. Justicia pectoralis, boiled in sugar, yields a sweet-scented syrup, 
which is considered in Jamaica a stomachic. Swartz, 1. 32. The leaves and 
tender stalks of Justicia Gendarussa have, when rubbed, a strong and not un- 
pleasant smell, and are, after being roasted, prescribed in India in cases of 
chronic rheumatism attended with swelling in the joints. Ainslie, 2. 68. The 
basis of a famous French bitter tincture, called Drogue Amere, highly valued 
for its stomachic and tonic properties, is the Justicia paniculata, called Creyat 
in India. Ibid. I. 96. The leaves of Ruellia strepens are subacrid. Ibid. 2. 
153. Another species is reckoned a diuretic in Java. Ibid. 
GENERA. 
§ 1. TnUNBERGIEiE, 
N. ab E. 
Thunbergia, L. (42) 
[Diplocalymna ? 
Spr.] 
Meyenia, N. ab E. 
Hexacentris, N. ab E. 
[Mendozia, R. et P. 
Clistax, Mart.] 
§ 2. NELSONIEiE, 
N. ab E. 
Elytraria, Vahl. 
Nelsonia, R. Br. 
Adenosma, R. Br. 
Ebermayera, N. ab E. 
Erythracanthus, 
N. ab E. 
Gymnacanthus, 
N. ab E. (43) 
§ 3. Echmatacanthi, 
N. ab E. 
^ 1. Hygrophileae, 
N. ab E. 
Hemiadelphis, N.abE. 
Hygrophila, R. Br. 
[Geissomeria, Lindl.] 
1 2. Ruellieae, N. ab E. 
Dyschoriste, N. ab E. 
Chaetacanthus, 
N. ab E, (44) 
Dipteracanthus, Aphelandra, R. Br. 
N. ab E. Neuracanthus, N.abE 
Aphragmia, Corythacantbus, 
N. ab E. (4.5) N. ab E. (47) 
Petalidium, N. ab E. ^ 4. Acantheae, N.abE 
[Stephanophysum, Blepharis, Juss. 
Pohl. Blepharacanthus, 
Haberlea, Friwaldk. N. ab E. (48) 
Calophanes, Don.] Acanthus, L. 
Ruellia, L. (ex parte). Acanthodium, DC. 
Phlebophyllum, N.abE. Dilivaria, Juss. 
Buteraea, N. ab E. ^5. Justicieae, N. ab E 
Adenacanthus, N.abE. *Ruellioidea 0 , N. ab E 
Stenosiphonium, 
N. ab E. 
Strobilanthes, Bl. 
Stenandrium, 
N. ab E. (46). 
Crossandra, Salisb. 
Harrachia, Jacq. 
Endopogon, N. ab E. 
Loxanthus, N. ab E. 
Phlogacanthus, N.abE 
iEchmanthera, N. abE. Cryptophragniium, 
Goldfussia, N. ab E. N. ab E. 
Asystasia, N. ab E. § **Gendarusseae, N.abE. 
Echinacanthus, N.abE. Rostellaria, N. ab E. 
LeptacanthuSjN.ab E. Hemichoriste,N. ab E. 
^ 3. Barlerieae, N.ab E. Graptophyllum, 
Asteracantha, N. ab E. N ab E. 
Barleria, L. Beloperone, N. ab E. 
Lophostachys, Pohl. Adhatoda, N. ab E. 
Nomaphila, Bl. 
iEtheliema, R. Br. 
Lepidagathis, W. 
Gendarussa, N. ab E. 
Rhytiglossa, N. ab E. 
(49) 
Leptostachya, N.abE. 
. Gymnostachyum, 
N. ab E. 
**#Erantheraa, N.ab E. 
. Eranthemum, R, Br. 
Chameranthemum, 
N. ab E. (50) 
Justicia, L. (ex parte) 
Rhinacanthus, N. ab E. 
^ 6. Dicliptereae, 
N. ab E. 
. Blechum, Juss. 
. Rungia, N. ab E. 
Dicliptera,J.(ex parte) 
Amphiscopia, N. ab E. 
Peristrophe, N. ab E. 
[Sautiera, Decaisne.] 
Hypoestes, Sol. 
Micranthus, Wendl. 
? Phaylopsis, W. 
Rhaphidospora, 
N. ab E. 
^ 7. Andrographideae, 
N. ab E. 
Erianthera, N. ab E. 
Haplanthus, N. ab E. 
Andrographis, Wall. 
Genus incertum. 
Brillantaisia, P. de 
Beauv. 
