1477 



APHELANDRA* cristata 



Crested Aphelandra. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat 

 Botany, p. 233.) 



em of 



APHELANDRA R. Brown. — Calyx 5-partitus insequalis. Corolla 

 bilabiata. Antherce uniloculares. Capsula bilocularis, bivalvis : dissepi- 



mento contrario. Semina retinaculis subtensa. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. 

 p. 55. 



A. cristata ; folus ellipticis oblongisve acuminatis, spicis tetragonis, bracteis 



ovatis mtegerrimis, corollis glabris. Ibid. Bot. mag. t. 1578. 

 Justicia arborea. Mill. diet. ed. 8. 



Justicia tetragona. Vahl. symbol. 3. p. 5. Willd. no. 20. 

 Justicia pulcherrima. Willd. no. 22. 

 Justicia cristata. Jacq. hort. schenbr. 3. p. 38. /. 320. 

 Ruellia cristata. Andrews 7 reposit. 506. 



Frutex atroviridis, dense foliosus. Rami teretes, glabri. Folia oblongo- 

 . lanceolata, subcrenata, in petiolum longum alatum angustata, subundulata, 

 acu t<*> utrinque glabra ; aliquandb pedalia. Spicae terminates et axillares, 

 dense aggregates, tetragona, 4-6-unciales. Rachis lanuginosa. Bracteae 

 antice ovate, concave, glabrae, basi lanuginosa;, margine ciliatce ; laterales 

 lanceolate v. subulate, lanuginosa. Sepala 5, glabra, bracteis paulb longiora, 

 aqmlonga, mterioribus angustioribus. Corolla coccinea, 2-uncialis, tubo 

 «mmto, sensim ampliato, limbo bilabiato, labio superiore lanceolato, erecto, 

 bijido, infenore lanceolato, recurvo, integerrimo, laciniis duabus lateralibus 

 nams, rotundatis. Stamina 4, didynama, Z basi tubi orta, rudimento quinto 

 nulla. Antheree semisagittate, uniloculares, labio superiore corolla in- 

 volute connectivo fiocculoso. Styli coccinei, post decessum corolla lonae 

 penduli ; discus annularis, inconspicuus. 



This beautiful plant is a native of the West Indies, and 

 of the American continent near the line. It has been 

 almost a century in our Gardens, and yet is now scarcely 

 ever seen m any but Botanical collections, where, if it 

 flowers, it generally produces its blossoms so sparingly, 



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feJLS na ?u ed fr .° m &*• sim P ,e > and *** a man > or > »* Botanical 

 language, anther ; in allusion to the anthers being unilocular. 



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