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PLATE DLXX.
J U S T I C I A NITIDA.
Shining-leaved justicia.
CLASS IL ORDER L
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX simplex seu duplex. CoroUa L-petala, EMPALEMENT simple or double. Blossom oneirregularis.
Capsula ungue elastico dissiliens
: dissepimentum contrarium j adnatum.
petalledj irregular. Capsule splitting with
an elastic claw: partition contrary to the
valve} affixed.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
JUSTICIA fruticosa : foliis ellipticis, acuminatis :
racemis spicseformibus, verticillatis : bracteis
minutis: pedicellis calycibusque glabris.
Swartz, Flora Indies occidentalis,
Habitat in insulis Jamaicae, S. Christophorij
Marliniquae, S, Crucis, et Guadalupae.
JusTiciA with a shrubby stem: leaves elliptic
and pointed : raceme in the form of a spike,
whorled : floral leaves small : footstalks and
calyx smooth.
Native of Jamaica, St. Christopher, Martinique,
St. Croix, and Guadaloupe,
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower spread open.
2. Seed-bud and pointal,
3. The capsule,
4. The same split open.
Of this species of Justicia the only figure extant that we know of is a very indifferent representation of
it in Sloane's Jamaica, evidendy from a dried specimen. The fine glossy character of the foliage has
furnished it ivith a specific title. The flowers are abundant in succession, but, like moat of this genus,
of a deciduous or short-lived cliaracter. It was introduced to the Eritisii gardens, according to Donn's
Catalogue, in 1/93, Our drawing was made from a plant brought from the West Indies by Lord Seaforth,
which flowered in August 1808 in the hot-stove of A. B. Lambert, esq.
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