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BELOPERONE* oblongata. 
Oblong-leaved Beloperone. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. x 
Nat. ord. ACANTHACEE, $ Justicieee Gendarussee Nees. (Introduc- 
tion to the natural system of Botany, p. 233.) j 
BELOPERONE.—Calyz profundé quinquefidus, laciniis eegualibus 
latis v. latiusculis, tubo angusto. Corolla ringens, tubo labiogue superiore 
concavo conicis rectis, inferiore labio trifido eeguali. ‘Stamina 2, tubo infra 
medium inserta. Anthere bilocellatee, locellis muticis v. basi calcaratis, in 
connectivo semisagittato-ovali obliguê distantibus altero altiore, in guibus- 
dam, connectivo magis contracto, subcontiguis altero post alterum obliguê 
sitis. Stigma subulatum. Capsula â basi ad medium compresso-unguiculata 
asperma, apice tetrasperma. Semina colorata. Inflorescentia: spice 
axillares terminalesque, breves, secunde. Flores alterni, bracteis bracteolis- 
que cequalibus longis angustis. Corolle speciose, coccinee. Nees ab 
Esenbeck in Wallich pl. as. rar. 3. 102. 
B. oblongata; spicis axillaribus, bracteis bracteolis foliisque lanceolatis, 
antheris basi calcaratis. Nees l. c. ; 
Justicia oblongata. Link et Otto ic. pl. select. p. 115. t. 54. Willd. sp. 
pl. ed. 2. 1. 381. = : 
Frutex 2-3-pedes altus, ramis teretibus ad geniculos parüm tumidis. Folia 
brevipetiolata, lanceolata, acuminata, glabra, atroviridia. Spice axillares, 
brevi pedunculate, 2-3-flore, folis breviores. Bracteæ lineares, acu- 
minate, foliacee, calyce longiores. ^ Bracteole conformes, sed angus- 
tiores et breviores. Calyx equalis, 5-partitus, tubo brevissimo subcar- 
tilagineo : laciniis lineari-lanceolatis, pungentibus, apice pubescentibus, Co- 
rolla extus pubescens, 14 unciam longa, roseo-purpurea, tubo conico recto, 
limbo bilabiato; labium superius rectum, concavum, integerrimum, inferius 
trifidum, equale venis elevatis pictum. Stamina 2, rudimentis nullis ste- 
rilium ; filamenta linearia; antheree connectivo obcuneato membranaceo ob- 
wc. loculis inequalibus, altero breviore mutico, altero longiore basi brevi- 
catcarato. 
A pretty species of hothouse plant, native of the Brazils, 
whence it was originally introduced into Prussia. Our 
* So called from A62», an arrow, and »sgên, a strap or band; in allusion 
to the arrow-shaped band which holds together the two cells of the anther. 
