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PLATE DCLXIII.
J U S T I C I A BICOLOR.
Two-coloured-Jïowered Justicia.
CLASS IL ORDER L
DIANDRIA MONOGYNU. Two Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L UENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX simplex seu duplex. Corolla 1-petala,
irregularis. Capsula ungue elastico dissiliens
: dissepimentum contrariumadnatum.
EMPALEMENT simple or double. Blossom onepetalled,
irregular. Capsule splitting with
an elastic claw : partition contrary to the
valve affixed.
JusTiciA fruticosa : foliis ellipticis : floribus pierumque
ternis : pedicellis calycibusque hirsutis
: caule terragono.
Habitat in Insula Jamaicie.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
JusTiciA With a shrubby stem : leaves elliptic :
flowers mostly by threes: footstalks and
calyx hairy : stem four-sided.
Native of Jamaica..
R E F E R E N C E TP THE PLATE^
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
TH» ornamental stove plant was raised from West India seed, by Mr. J. Milne, nurseryman at Fonthill,
about the year l807i and from a fine specimen communicated by him in June 1811 our figure
was delineated.
I t is a perfectly new species, and has not hitherto, we believe, been either figured or described.
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