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petiolum decurrenlia , subcoriacea , margine repanda, lineolata. Spicas 

 axillares, oppositae, pedunculatae , foliaceo-bracteatae pollicares, squar- 

 rosre, pedunculo 2-2jpoll. longo. Bracteae lanceolata3. Bracteofe lineari- 

 spathulataB, calyce longiores. Flores oppositi solitarii vel gloraerali terni, 

 tribracteolati. Calyx3 1in. longus,late campanulatus, velutinus. Corolla 

 pollicaris, purpurea velutina. Stamina exserta , filamentis glabris. 



D. adhatodoides (E. Meyer 1. c). 5 In promont. B. Sp. (v. in h. Dreg. et 

 gen. berol.) 



CI. THYRSACANTHTJS N. ab E. in Endl. et Mart. fl. bras. fasc. 7 p. 93 et 97. 

 — Odontonema N. ab E. in Linn. 16 p. 300. — Poeeiloenemis multiflora Mart. 

 in h. reg. monac. (nec obs. p. 1059 , quae Geissomeria circinnala). — Justicia? 

 spec. auclt. 



Calyx ultra medium quinquefldus, sequalis, brevis. Corolla tota tubu- 

 losa vel apicem versus dilatata, incurva, mollis , limbo vel quinquelobo 

 subregulari, vel distinctius bilabiato, labio superiore bifido, inferiore tri- 

 fido. Stamina fertilia duo ; antherae biloculares, ovales, loculis parallelis. 

 connectivo oblongo subobliquo discretis. Stamina sterilia subulata, un- 

 cinata, capitatave ad basin fertilium, vel nulla. Stigma bidentatum. 

 Capsula a basi ad medium depressa sterilisque, hinc bilocularis. di-tetra- 

 sperma. Semina retinaculis suffulta, discoidea. — Herbaa vel frutices 

 Americas tropicaj, cortice laevi laxo colorato , foliis amplis cuneato-» 

 sessilibus aut in petiolum attenuatis. Thyrsus terminalis, modo densus, 

 ramis brevibus cymosis ( fasciculis ) oppositis verticillos referentibus, 

 modo laxior in racemum simplicem abiens. Bracteae et bracteols parvae. 

 Flores longiuscule pedicellati, coccinei. 



§ 1. Corolld subregularis , tubulosa, fere Geissomerice, coccinea. — 

 Folia tenuia. 



1. T. baelerioides (N- ab E- in Endl. et Mart. fl. bras. faso. 7 p. 97), herba- 

 oens , pubescens , thyrsi subsessilis verticillis approxiinatis , corollS tubulosl 

 subsequali. QjJ In silvis ad Prsesidium S. Joannis Baptistas prov. Minarum Ge- 

 neralium, Aprili et Augusto (Martius!); (Sehott! in h. imp. vindob.); Mato 

 dos Puris et Engenho das Puntas in BrasiKa (Sellow ! in h. gen. berol. n. 41, 

 199 et 201); ad rivulos in montibus Serra Montiqueira, Maio (Riedel! in h. 

 aoad. petrop. ). Justicia barlerioides Schottiin h. imp. vindob. n. 4722 eum 

 ieone (mala, si deinis figuram rami florentis integril. Pcecilocnemidis spec. 

 Mart. Caulis erectus, strictus,, succulentus. Folia 6-9 poll. longa, 1 j-3 poll. lata, 

 sessilia, apioe brevius attenuata, aoumine arguto. Ihyrsus terminalis, 2-7 poll. 

 longus, multiflorus, densus, basi iuterruptus. Bracteae semipollieares, lanceo- 

 latse , subulato-acuminata? , pubescentes , inaequilaterae. Fasciculi in singnlas 

 bracteae axilla gemini, interiore praecociore , seu potius cyma subsessilis bipar- 

 tita ramis inasqualibus cum flore intermedio prsecociore, in universum 10-12- 

 flora. Bracteolae singuhe ad basin pedicellorum, lanceolatseet lineari-lanceolatae, 

 hirtuloe, pedicellis multo breviores. Corolla 1-1{ poll. longa, coccinea, glabra, 

 limbi lobis ovatis obtusis f.Capsula pollicaris. (v. in h. monac., berol., vindob. 

 petrop.) 



S. T. cospidatus, herbaceus, foliis ovalibns cuspidatis in petiolum hrevem 

 cuneatim desinentibus subtus in costis puberulis, thyrsi longe pedunculati 

 verticillis adproximatis pedunculoque pubescentibus , corolla tubulosa sub- 

 sequali. CJ£ In umbrosis ad flumen Teapaprov. Tabasco, Deeembri ( Linden ! h. 

 austr. n. 130 in h. Hooker); Serra S. Pedro Nolasco, Talea, etc. ( Jiirgensen 

 n. H94 et 985 iu h. Hoqker ). Differt a T. barlerioide foliis haud in petiolum 

 attenuatis cnspidatis nec aeumiuatis, fere glabris, etc. Filamenta steriliaxeeta 

 acuta. Flores rubri. (v. in h. Hooker). 



