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Justicia (Named after J Justice a Scotch)

(named after J. Justice, a Scotch horticulturist). SYNS. Adhatoda (in part), Athlianthus, and Tyloglossa. ORD Acanthaceae. A large and much-confused genus, comprising about 100 species of herbs and sub-shrubs, occurring in tropical and sub-tropical regions, chiefly in India and Southern Africa. Flowers white, violet, pink, or rarely red. Leaves entire. Justicias are mostly of easy culture, and thrive in a compost of about equal parts of loam and leaf soil. Propagated by cuttings, inserted preferably in single pots, in spring, and placed in a close, warm frame. Young plants should be pinched, to encourage a bushy growth. They may be cultivated in frames all the summer, but require a stove or warm greenhouse temperature in winter. J. callitricha. See Schaueria flavicoma.

J. calycotricha. See Schaueria flavicoma.

J. calytricha. See Schaueria calycotricha.

J. flavicoma. See Schaueria flavicoma.

J. Gendarussa (Gendarussa). fl. lilac, whorled; spikes terminal, leafy. June and July. l. elongated. h. 3ft. India, 1800. (B. R. 635.) J. Lindeni. See Jacobinia Lindeni.

J. marmorata (marbled).* l. light shining green, blotched and marbled with white, about 10in. long and 4in. broad. A distinct and useful decorative plant.

J. pedunculosa. See Dianthera americana.

J. peruviana (Peruvian).* fl. pale violet, large, in clusters in the axils; lower lip veined white. Autumn. l. opposite, on foot-stalks, ovate-lanceolate, veiny, smooth beneath, hairy above. Stem 2 1/2ft. high, pubescent, branched. Peru. (B. M. 430.) J. secunda. See Dianthera secunda.

J. speciosa. See Peristrophe speciosa.

J. ventricosa (swollen).* fl. pink; spikes terminal; corolla tube a little swollen upwards. June and July. l. oblong-ovate, entire, glabrous. h. 3ft. India and China, 1826. (B. M. 2766.)