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JUSTICIA carthaginensis. 
Carthagena Justicia. 
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DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AcANTHI. Jussieu gen. 102. Div. If. 
ACATHACE®. Brown prod. 1. 472. 
JUSTICIA. Supra vol. 4. fol. 309. 
Div. Dianthere. 
J. carthaginensis, spicis axillaribus terminalibusque, bracteis oblongis imbri- 
catis ciliatis obtusis. Vahl enumer. 1. 136. 
Justicia carthaginensis. Linn. sp. pl. ed. 2. 2.1663. Jacq. amer. 5. tab. 5. 
Vahl symbol. 2.14. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 86. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 1. 38. 
Justicia mirabiloides. Lamarck illusir. 1. 39. 
Caulis herbaceus: Rami oppositi, inferne teretes, glabri, superné obscure 
tetragoni, villosiusculi. Folia petiolata, bi- v. tripollicaria, ovata, bast 
acuminata vel attenuata, acuta, tenera, nervosa, subavenia, pilis raris ad- 
spersa frequentioribus in costa et nervis. Spice terminales ramorum, plerum- 
que solitarie, interdum gemine bipollicares. Bractew exteriores viz ungut- 
culares, interiores ad basin calycis, cuneate, obtuse, breviores. Stigma ob- 
tusum. é 
Variat Foliis ovato-oblongis et elliptico-ovatis: Bracteis exteriortbus 
subrotundo-oblongis vel magis oblongis. Authera inferior basi membranaceo- 
aristata. Vahl en. 1. c. : 
Native of the Caribbee Islands; and introduced by Sir 
Joseph Banks in 1792. 
According to Vahl, the species has an herbaceous stem: 
opposite branches, round at the lower part and smooth at 
the upper, obtusely four-cornered, and slightly villous. 
Leaves petioled, from two to three inches long, ovate, ta- 
pered to a point at the base, pointed, tender, nerved, nearly 
Without apparent veins, with a few scattered hairs which 
are thicker on the midrib and nerves. Spikes terminating 
the branches, generally single, sometimes double, two 
inches long. Outer bractes scarcely a nail long ; inner ones 
shorter, placed at the bottom of the calyx, cuneate, obtuse. 
Stigma obtuse. It is said to vary with ovately oblong and 
elliptically ovate; with the outer bractes roundish oblong 
-or more truly oblong. ‘The lower anther is membranously 
awned at the base. 
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