309. 
JUSTICIA eustachiana. 
St, Eustatia Justicia. 
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DIANDRIA MONOGYNI. 
Nat. ord. Acantul. Jussieu gen. 102. Div. IT. 
. AcantHAcen. Brown prod. 472. 
JUSTICIA. Cal. equalis, 5-partitus. Cor. valdé irregularis, Dila- 
biata, v. ringens, labio inferiore diviso. Anth. 2-loc., loculis insertione 
sxpits inequalibus. J. sterilia nulla v. obsoleta. Germinis loculi 2-spermi. 
Dissepimentum adnatum, Sem. retinaculis subtensa. Herbe v. JSrutices 
caulescentes, inflorescentid varia. Brown 1. c. 475. 
pe ad ea al 
Div. Calyce simplici, corollis bilabiatis: labiis divisis. 
J. eustachiana, fruticosa, corollis bilabiatis divisis, foliis oblongis acuminatis, 
spicis axillaribus terminalibusque, bracteis verticillis remotis lanceolatis, 
antheris..... Solander in Sched. Banks. ad exemplarium spontaneum in 
Herb. Banks. descript. 
Justicia eustachiana. Vahl. symb. 2.15.  Ejusd. enum. 1. 144. Jacq. amer. 
/ 4.4.4, Willd. sp. pl. 1.93. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 139. 
Frutex ramosus 2-3-pedalis, subtilitér subvillosus saturate virescens; rami 
teretes striatt, virtdissimi juniores subtetragoni. Fol. opposita, distantia, 
ovato-elongata, lanceolata, acuminata, nervosa, inferne repando-subdentata, 
sepeque undulata, subtriuncialia, latitudine feré + partium uncie, basi brevd 
attenuata ; petiolus linearis pluriés brevior lamind. Racemi spicati, aggre- 
att, subtrini? multifiori, floribus approximatis breve pedicelbatis, bracteis 
herbaceis lineari-subulatis scabrins villosis villis brevissimis capitatis, und ad 
basin pedicelli, 2 oppositis superioribus duplo brevioribus calyce. Cal. sub- 
stantia pubeque bractearum, 3-plo brevior corolla, & base turbinata glandulosé 
cum pedicello continuus, segmentis lineartbus acutis conniventibus. Cor. sub- 
scartoso-rigens, dilutiis punicans, sesquiuncialis, extiis laxé et breve villosa, 
lucida, tubuloso-infuundibuliformts, compressa, ringens; tubus cylindraceus 
virens, subeequalis calyci, faux sensim dilatata compressa pallidé purpurascens, 
intits flavescens, duplo longior tubo; limbi rictus subequalis fauci, saturatins 
rubens flavo et viridi-pictus, labia equilonga, superius angustius, lineari- 
oblongum, convoluto-concavum, dorso 8-sulco-striatum, apice brevé attenuatum 
emarginatum viridi et flavo variegatum lobulis obtusis reflexis, inferius triplo 
latius, patens, 3-fidum laciniis oblongis carinatis intis saturate purpureis strid 
media longitudinali flavicante extits flavo-virentibus apice 2-fidis replicatis, 
media sublatiore subovato-oblonga fissura divaricatiore. Fil. subaequalia limbo; 
semifiliformia v. linearia hinc teretia, inde plana, infra intra Jaucem pilosius- 
cula. Anth. lineari-lanceolate, virides, uni-v. biloculares, brevissime pedicellate, 
Germ. oblongum supra villosiusculum, disco positum glanduloso glabro: stylus 
brevior corolla, glaber, filiformis: stig. apex transverse 2fidum virens glaber, 
After much doubt, we have decided in regard to the 
species of this plant, by the indigenous specimens in the 
Banksian Herbarium brought from the Island of St. Chris- 
topher by Mr. Masson, and which have been the authority 
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