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bottom into long branches, refembling fo many Hems; 
thefe are round at bottom, but obfcurely quadrangular at 
top, upright, weak, hairy, a foot and a half high, a little 
branched at top. Leaves oppoiite, hirfute, on a ciliate 
petiole, quite entire, dark green on the upper furface, 
fpreading, the lower ones remote, the upper clofely and 
imbricateiy heaped, and hence having the appearance of a 
quadrangular fpikes The whole plant is rugged. It 
flowers the whole fummer; but the flowers have no fmell. 
Its native place of growth is unknown. Introduced in 
1780 by Monf. Thouin. 
36. Jufticia fecunda, or inferior jufticia : herbaceous; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; racemes terminating, 
compound; racemelets pointing one way; anther® binate. 
Stem upright, very fmooth, as is the whole plant, hexan- 
gular with the fldes grooved. Leaves petioled, two inches 
long, attenuated, quite entire. Raceme a hand in length, 
upright, compofed almol'l to the top of upright raceme- 
lets, an inch long, oppofite; towards the top Ample, with 
oppofite .flowers. Native of the ifland of Trinidad; dil- 
covered by von Rohr. 
37. jufticia debilis, or weak jufticia: Ihrubby; fpikes 
axillary, and terminating ; bradles ovate, imbricate, cili¬ 
ate ; anther® binate. 38. Jufticia violacea, or blue juf¬ 
ticia : fhrubby; leaves lanceolate; fpikes terminating; 
bradles lanceolate, imbricate; ciliate; antherse binate. 
See Dianthera. 
39. Jufticia Rohrii, or Rohr’s jufticia: herbaceous; 
leaves elliptic, quite entire 5 fpikes terminating, com¬ 
pound, imbricate, pubefcent; bradles ovate; antheras bi¬ 
nate. Stem upright, branched, quadrangular, very finely 
pubefcent at top, fomewhat hoary. Leaves fix or eight 
inches long, and two or three broad, attenuated, fharp at 
both ends, nerved, fmooth, on petioles two inches long. 
Native of Cayenne. 
40. Jufticia polyftachya, or many-fpiked jufticia : her¬ 
baceous ; leaves lanceolate-ovate; fpikes axillary oppofite, 
pointing one way; bradles ovate, hirfute; antherse binate. 
Stem upright, lliff, obfcurely quadrangular, hairy back¬ 
wards at the angles. Leaves three inches long, attenu¬ 
ated, fharp, quite entire, fmooth above, fhining, hairy 
underneath, fpreading very much, on very fhort petioles. 
Native of Cayenne. 
41. jufticia retufa, or retufe jufticia : herbaceous; leaves 
ovate, acuminate ; fpikes terminating ; bradles obovate, 
fubretufe, imbricate; antherse binate. Stem round, fmooth, 
as is the whole plant. Leaves on lhort petioles, two 
inches and more in length, with raifed nerves on both 
fldes, quite entire, bluntifh, paler underneath. Native of 
the ifland of Santa Cruz in America. 
42. Jufticia flava, or yellow jufticia: fhrubby ; leaves 
kncpolate-oblong ; fpikes terminating ; flowers in pairs ; 
bra dies lanceolate, blunt. 43. Jufticia Americana, or 
American jufticia: herbaceous; leaves linear-lanceolate; 
fpikes axillary, folitary, like corymbs ; peduncles fili¬ 
form, alternate, the length of the leaves; antherse binate. 
44. jufticia pundfata, or prickly jufticia : herbaceous; 
leaves lanceolate-ovate ; fpikes terminating ; flowers re¬ 
mote, in a fort of whorl ; bradles lanceolate, acuminate. 
See the fame trivial names under the genus Dianthera, 
vol. v. p. 791. 
45. Jufticia euftachiana, or euftachian jufticia: fhrubby ; 
leaves oblong, acuminate; fpikes axillary and terminat¬ 
ing; flowers in remote whorls, two or three together; fo- 
litary at top ; bradles wedge-fhaped. . This is an upright 
fhrub, three feet high, with round brittle ftems. Leaves 
quite entire, lmootb, on fhort petioles, oppofite, three 
inches long. Flowers inodorous, purple. According to 
Vahl, there are frequently two or three flowers within a 
fix-leaved involucre; the two outer leaflets larger, widen¬ 
ing outwards, mucronate, one a little fhorter than the 
other, the remaining four equal and awl-fliaped. Native 
of the Weft Indies; common on the arid open hills of 
St. Euftatkts, 
46. Jufticia pedloralls, or pedloral jufticia: herbaceous; 
leaves lanceolate, petioled ; fpikes panicled, bradtes mi¬ 
nute ; upper lip undivided ; antherse binate. This is an 
upriglit plant, two or three feet in height; Browne fays, 
it feldom rifes more than ten or twelve inches. Leaves 
acuminate, two inches long. Flowers numerous, red, 
fefiile. The whole plant has the fmell of new liay mixed 
with a refrefhing aromatic fcent. Native of the Weft In¬ 
dies ; as Domingo and Martinico; wjiere the inhabitants 
make a fyrup of it, which they ufe againft diforders of 
the breaft. The bruifed leaves are alio good in wounds 
and cuts; whence the French there call it herbe a char - 
pentiere. 
47. Jufticia comata,or hairy jufticia : herbaceous; leaves 
linear-lanceolate, fubfefiile ; fpikes fubumbelled-whorled ; 
bradtes minute; antherse binate. See Dianthera comata. 
48. Jufticia undulata, or waved jufticia: herbaceous; 
leaves lanceolate, waved ; peduncles terminating, urn- 
belled, Ample, and trifid ; antherse binate. Branches a 
foot long and more, quite Ample, oppofite, from upright 
fpreading, obfcurely angular, with internodes from three - 
to four inches in length ; there are frequehtly two other 
fhorter branches from the axils. Leaves two inches long, 
very remote, acuminate, fomewhat rugged, paler under¬ 
neath, on Aliform petioles two or three lines in length. 
Oblerved in Malabar by Koenig. 
49. Jufticia frondofa, or frondofe jufticia : herbaceous ; 
umbels axillary, peduncled, compound ; peduncles elon¬ 
gated ; bradles obovate, rliombed, lmootb, blunt; antherse 
binate. Stem round, fmooth. Leaves two inches long, 
ovate, acute, fmooth, quite entire, on lhort’petioles. Na¬ 
tive of Otaheite. 
50. Jufticia pubefcens, or pubefcent jufticia : fhrubby ; 
peduncles axillary, oppofite, four-flowered, pedicelled ; 
bradles ovate-roundifh, mucronate, pubefcent; anther®bi¬ 
nate. Stem branched, pubefcent, round. Leaves petioled, 
two inches long, ovate-lanceolate, bluntilh, quite entire ; 
the younger ones pubefcent. Native of Botany Ifland. 
51. Juflicia laevigata, or fmooth jufticia : fhrubby; pe¬ 
duncles axillary, oppofite, three-flowered, pedicelled ; 
bradles oblong, mucronate, pubefcent; antheras binate. 
Stem covered with an alh-coloured bark, except at top, 
where it is green. Branchlets quadrangular, oppofite, 
fhort, fpreading very much. Leaves petioled, an inch 
long, ovate, attenuated, quite entire, bluntifh, fmooth on 
both fides. This is very nearly allied to the two fpecies 
immediately preceding. Native of Java. 
52. Jufticia cufpidata, or pointed jufticia: pedunclesax¬ 
illary, in whorls, fubtriflorous, pedicelled; bradles wedge- 
form, awned ; antheras binate. This refembles J. Cbi- 
nenfis fo much, that it may be confidered as a mere va- 
riety. It differs only in the form of the bradles, and the 
number of the antheras. 
53. Jufticia biflora, or two-flowered jufticia : fuflruti- 
cofe ; peduncles axillary, two-flowered, pedicelled, equal¬ 
ling the leaves; bradles awl-lhaped; antheras binate. 
Braiiches obfcurely quadrangular, fmooth ; with inter- 
nodes three inches long, fomewhat gibbofe on one fide at 
the bafe. Leaves an inch long, ovate, a little attenuated, 
fharp at the bafe, very fmooth; on loofe petioles, the lower 
ones the length of the leaves. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
54. Jufticia feflilis, or feflile-flowered jufticia: fhrubby; 
leaves ovate-acute, fubferrate; flowers axillary, folitary, 
feftile ; upper lip quite entire. This is an upright plant, 
with flender round branches. Flowers inodorous, purple. 
Native of the Weft Indies ; frequent in the ifland of St. 
Euftatius in hedges and coppices; flowering in July and 
Auguft. 
55. Jufticia nigricans, or blackifh-leaved jufticia: fhrub¬ 
by; leaves lanceolate-linear, blunt, blackifh ; fpikes dii- 
tich, terminating. Stem upright, Ax feet high. Native 
of Cochin-china. 
56. Jufticia tindloria, or dying jufticia: herbaceous; 
leaves lanceolate, fubcrenate, pubefcent; flowers axillary, 
heaped. 
