Volume 10 — PLATE DCXLIII. JUSTICIA BICOLOR. Two-coloured-flowered Justicia.

CLASS II. ORDER I.

DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx simplex seu duplex. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Capsula ungue elastico dissiliens: dissepimentum contrarium adnatum.

Empalement simple or double. Blossom one-petalled, irregular. Capsule splitting with an elastic claw: partition contrary to the valve affixed.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Justicia fruticosa: foliis ellipticis: floribus plerumque ternis: pedicellis calycibusque hirsutis: caule terragono.

Habitat in Insula Jamaicæ.

Justicia with a shrubby stem: leaves elliptic: flowers mostly by threes: footstalks and calyx hairy: stem four-sided.

Native of Jamaica.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

This ornamental stove plant was raised from West India seed, by Mr. J. Milne, nurseryman at Fonthill, about the year 1807; and from a fine specimen communicated by him in June 1811 our figure was delineated.

It is a perfectly new species, and has not hitherto, we believe, been either figured or described.