Plate 1014 - Shining-leaved Justicia

Plate 1014

Publication Information

Native Region: West Indies

Flowering Period: May - August - September

Description: N°1014

syd Edwards del W Curtis, st Geo Crescent May 1.1807 E. E. Sansom JUsTICIA LUCIDA. [ 1014 ] sHINING-LEAVED JUsTICIA.

Class and Order
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character
. Cal. simplex vel duplex. Cor. irregularis vel subregularis. Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis: dissepimentum valvulis contrarium: retinaculis feminum uncinulatis. VAHL.

Specific Character and Synonyms
. Calyce simplici, corollis bilabiatis: labiis divisis.-Diantherae. JUsTICIA lucida; racemis terminalibus compositis subcapitatis, soliolis calycis bracttteifque subulatis, soliis ovatis acu- tis integerrimis glabris in petiolum decurrentibus. JUsTICIA lucida. Vahl Enum. 2. p. 400. Bot. Repos. t. 313. Donn's Cant. p. 5.

Description:
stem perennial, smooth, round, striate, dilated at the insertions of the leaves, seldom exceeding three feet in height; branches few and only from the lower part. Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, leathery, strongly veined, entire, dark green, smooth, decurrent down the soot-ftalk. Flowers ter- minal in a compact, compounded raceme: partial peduncles opposite, bearing three to five flowers placed alternately on short pedicles. Braces subulate, shorter than calyx. Calyx simple, five-parted: segments linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla deep scarlet, tubular, bilabiate, somewhat curved, three or four times longer than calyx; upper lip entire, lower lip three-toothed. Filaments purple, smooth: Anthers binate, pedicled. Germen ovate: style the length of corolla, filiform, clothed with short hairs, remaining after the fall of corolla : stigma truncate. Both herb and flowers scentless. Among the addenda at the end of the second twolume of the Enumeratio Plantarum of Prof. VAHL; this species is taken up from the Botanist's Repository, and is properly directed to be arranged next to JUsTICIA secunda; to which it is indeed very nearly allied, if it be not a mere variety of it. At first fight it bears a strong resemblance to JUsTICIA Coccinea (Bot. Mag. No. 432); but, upon closer examination, these plants differ in al- most every point. The present is by much the most desirable, from its easy culture, ready flowering, and more convenient size. Native of Barbadoes, but, as we believe, not of the Eaft- Indies, as is erroneously stated in Bot. Repos. and thence repeated in Enum. Plantarum. Propagated, with great facility, by cut- tings. Blooms in August and September. Introduced about the year 1794. Requires the heat of the bark stove.


Raw OCR Text (Original)

N°1014 syEdwards del Pub by TW Curtis, S.Geo. st Geo st Geo Crescent May 1.1307 E. Sansom

JUsTICIA LUCIDA. [ 1014 ] sHINING-LEAVED JUsTICIA. Class and Order. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Generic Character. Cal. simplex vel duplex. Cor. irregularis vel fubregularis. Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis: diffepimentum valvulis contrarium: retinaculis feminum uncinulatis. VAHL. specific Character and synonyms. *** Calyce fimplici, corollis . Vahl Enum. 2. p. 400. Bot. Repof. t. 313. Donn's Cant. p. 5. DEsCR. stem perennial, smooth, round, ftriate, dilated at the infertions of the leaves, seldom exceeding three feet in height; branches few and only from the lower part. Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, leathery, strongly veined, entire, dark green, smooth, decurrent down the soot-ftalk. Flowers ter- minal in a compact, compounded raceme: partial peduncles oppofite, bearing three to five flowers placed alternately on short pedicles. Braces subulate, shorter than calyx. Calyx simple, five-parted: segments linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla deep fcarlet, tubular, bilabiate, somewhat curved, three or four times longer than calyx; upper lip entire, lower lip three-toothed. Filaments purple, smooth: Anthers binate, pedicled. Germen ovate: style the length of corolla, filiform, clothed with short hairs, remaining after the fall of corolla : stigma truncate. Both herb and flowers scentless. Among the addenda at the end of the second twolume of the Enumeratio Plantarum of Prof. VAHL; this species is taken up from the Botanist's Repofitory, and is properly directed to be arranged next to JUsTICIA fecunda; to which it is indeed very nearly allied, if it be not a mere variety of it. At first fight it bears a strong refemblance to JUsTICIA Coccinea (Bot. Mag. No. 432); but, upon closer examination, these plants differ in al- most every point. The present is by much the most defirable, from its easy culture, ready flowering, and more convenient size. Native of Barbadoes, but, as we believe, not of the Eaft- Indies, as is erroneoufly stated in Bot. Repof. and thence repeated in Enum. Plantarum. Propagated, with great facility, by cut- tings. Blooms in August and September. Introduced about the year 1794. Requires the heat of the bark stove.

Plate Period: 1808-1810 - Mixed artist period
Typical Artists: S Curtis Del, W.J.H.del
Expected Publisher: S Curtis at Walworth
Publisher Location: St. George's Crescent, London - the original publisher address for Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Original botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine