Flora indica, or, Descriptions of Indian plants : reprinted literatim from Carey's edition of 1832 / by the late William Roxborough.
- William Roxburgh
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Flora indica, or, Descriptions of Indian plants : reprinted literatim from Carey's edition of 1832 / by the late William Roxborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![/l> 33 end, smooth, (I little waved. Spike* terminal, four-sided. imbricated with four rows of large, Fage oval, sharp!vj minutni. waved, otic-flowered bractes. Flowers u pale blue or azure colour. Carol; lube very Ion# arid slender ; upper lip liuear, reflexed, becoming lvvolute. apex bifid ; inuler lip very broad, three-parted. Anthers simple, linear, erect. Stigma perloraled, ciliatj?. Capsule two-seeded. 2. J. thrgsiflora. Jl. Shrubby, erect, smooth. Leares laneeolar, drooping'. Racemes terminal, flowers verti- eelled Carol sub-bilabiate. Capsule elavate, ten or twelve-seeded. ’Hii.s beautiful stately specie* is a native of the interior part of Bengal, and from thence X. was introduced by Dr. VVilRam Carey, into the Botanic garden, w here it flowers in Juitu- 115 arv and February, an«l the seeds are ripe in March and April. Root ruinous. Stem straight, woody. Branches nearly straight, general height from four to eight feet; woody parts round, and covered with smooth ash-coloured hark; young shoots smooth, swelled at the insertion of the leaves, somewhat four-sided, and tinged with - dull purple. Leares opposite, short-petioled, drooping, laneeolar, entire, smooth on Isilh sides, of a firm texture, the apjar side deep green, the under side pale; from four to eight, inches long, and from one to two broad. Racemes terminal, often solitary, though sometime* two, or even three-fold, thyrsifonn, shape of the flame of a candle, crowded with large or- angi-coloured flowers. Pedicels four-fold, verticelled, approximate,oue-rtmverod,shorter than the divisions of the calyx. Bractes tliree-fold, subulate; the inner two |vrmanent, and in- serted on the base of the pedicels; the exterior single one larger and caducous. Calyx simple, five-deft, to the base divisions equal, straight, subulate, half the length of the tube of the corol. Coro/ tils ait an inch tong. Tube incurved, compressed, laterally somewhat villous. Border bilabiate; upper lip broad, projecting straight forward, deeply emarginate; under lip of three, equal, deeply-divided, ovate, acute divisions. Anthers even with the tipper lip of the corol, dark brown, oval, an opeuiug on the under side for the discharge of the white pollen, and studded on the back. Style scarcely so long as the stamina. Stigma entire. Capsule linear-elavate, smooth. Seeds five or six in each cell. Obs. This is one of the most beautiful sj levies of Justicia I have yet mot with in India, even when only in foliage. It grow s readily from cuttings. 3. J. vitellina. R. Shrubby, erect. Leares broad-lanceolar, reflexed, smooth. Racemes tcmrhml. eylindric; I. flower* opposite; below fascicled, about the middle tern, and above single; *ub-ringent, with lit* ample-eampanubite throat. Capsule linear, few -sieded. A'native of the hilly jmrts of Chittagong, where it blossoms in February and March. Stems scarcely any, hut several, erect, -tiff, short branches, with their ultimate tender divisions four-sided, the angles sharp, and rather rough ; whole height of full grown plants about three fort. Leases opposite, short-petiolrd, relieved, from oblong to laneeolar, entire and pretty smooth; from two to four inches long, by from one to two broad. Racemes ter- minal, solitary, rigidly erect, eylindric ; from three to six inches long. Rachis four-angled. Flowers rather small, colour yellowish pink, on the lower port of the income iu opposite fas- cicles. about its middle in threes ou common very short ]hs1udcUs and pedicels; uliovo single. Bractes to the single flowers, solitary ; to the lower, three. Calyx single, five ported; divi- sions broad-sulmlute. Corol with the tula- shorter than the calyx, ami an auiple-cnnipanu- late throat; border suh-hilahiate; upper lip projecting almost horizontally, bifid; lower lip broad, and three-parted. Filaments much curved, hairy near the base. Anthers single-, li- near, lodged under the upper lip of the corol. Germ two celled, about four uvula in each. Stigma simple, obtuse, (,'npsule linear, smooth. 4. .1. alba. R. Shrubby, erect, smooth. leares opposite, ovote-lanceolate. Spikes terminal, and axil- lary. Flowers remote. Corol with filiform tube, and bilabiate bonier. This very pretty plant, a native of the Great Andaman, was brought from thence to the Botanic garden, by Capt. Stokoe. Flowering time the beginning of the hot season. Stem erect, round, smooth, while young swelled above the insertions of the leaves. Leares opjtositc, short-petioled, oblong, waved, smooth, and shining on both sides. Spikes I. numerous, terminal, and axillary, spreading, with a considerable reeurvat.ure, longer than tlie 117 leaves, round, and smooth. Flowers opposite, remote, pure w hite. Bractes, three small ones to each flower, shorter than the calyx. Corol; tube long, straight, filiform ; upper lip of two, erect, wedge-shaped divisions united below the middle ; under lip llireo-parted ; divisions breeder ami pointing downwards. Filaments short. Anthers jnst without the tube. 5. J. pieta. Linn. sp. pi. ed. H'illd. 1. b8. Shrubby, erect. Leares broad-lanceolate, pointed. Racemes sub-globular. Tube of the corol widening, vertically compressed, margins of the segments of the border revolute. Tsjude marum. Rheetl. Mai. 6. p. 111. t. (10. Folium bructeatum. Rumph. Amb. 4. p. 73. t. 30. A large, elegant, ruinous shrub, common in gardens, and one of our finest ornaments. I never saw it wild ; it is in flower most part of the year. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, smooth-pointed, geuerallv variegated with large white mots, though sometime* of u uniform green, and we have a variet y with the leave* uniformly ferruginous. Racemes terminal, short, erect, smooth. Flowers large, gene- rally oi a beautiful crimson colour. Bractes opjmsite ; below tbri-e or four-flowered ; above, one-flowered.. < oral, tliroat compressed, divisions of the border soon after they expand becoming spirally revolute, with their inside wrinkled, ami beautifully ornamented with small](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28120024_0053.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
