451 ACANi'HACEJE. 



14. Q. coccinea, T. Anders. {MS.). Glabrous; leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, blunt : sb, 

 tapering into the short petiole ; spikes axillary and terminal, nearly as long as the leaves : 

 flowers opposite, distant, diverging ; calyx 5-fid, much longer than the roundish, glabrous 

 bracts, one-sixth as long as the corolla : lobes ovate or ovate-laneeolate, pointed, striate ; 

 corolla-lobes roundish, equal. — Bot. Mag. t. 4158. — Salpiuxanthus, Hook.! — Leaves 3"-5", 

 calyx 2'", corolla 1", the latter crimson, white at the throat : tube subclavate, 3'" diam. 

 above. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd. t At., Wits., Wullschl., S. Anns, Manchester. 



8. APHELAND1U, JR. Br. 



Calyx 5-partite, scarious, striate, slightly unequal. Corollalarge, 2 -lipped : tube narro'v. 

 Stamens didynamous, exserted : anthers 1 -celled, acuminate at the base. Capsule 4-seeded, 

 sessile : segments of the dissepiment adnate to the valves, thickened below the seeds. — 

 Shrubs ; flowers crimson, in imbricate, tetrastichous spikes : bracts and bracteoles rigid, 

 usually shorter than the calyx. 



15. A. tetragona, Ns. ! Leaves elliptical, pointed, cuneate at the petioled base, gla- 

 brous ; rhachis woolly ; bracts ovate, pointed, entire, ciliafe, glabrous on the back, shortly 

 exceeded by the calyx; corolla glabrescent : upper -lip oblong-lanceolate, 2-dcntate, 2-appen- 

 diculate near the base, inferior lanceolate, acuminate, revolute. — Jacq. Schcenbr. 3. t. 320. — 

 Justieia, F. J. cristata, Jacq.— Leaves 10"-5", bracts 3"'-4'", corolla 2"-3" long.— Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Venezuela ! to Guiana ! and Ecuador]. 



1 C. A. pectinata, Ns. ! Leaves elliptical-oblong, pointed, tapering at the subsessile 

 base, hairy beneath or glabrescent ; rhachis puberulous ; brads ovate, cuspidate, pubescent, 

 subserrate with a few pubescent teeth, including the calyx; corolla pubescent: lips lanceo- 

 late, superior 2-dentate, 2-appeudiculate near the base, inferior acuminate, revolute, pilose. 

 —Justieia scabra, V.~ 8' high ; leaves 10"-6", bracts 8"'-6'", corolla 2" long— Hab. S. 

 Vincent !, 'Guild. ; [Mexico! to Guiana! and Ecuador!]. 



9. PACHYSTACHYS, Ns. 



Calyx small, deeply 5-fid, subequal. Corolla large, 2-lipped. Stamem 2, subexserted : 

 anther-cells linear, parallel, blunt at the base. — Shrubs or suftrutieose herbs ; leaf-ribs cos- 

 tat e ; flowers in a terminal imbricate spike -. bracts large, foliaceous. 



This genus as yet is scarcely distinguished from Thyrsacanthus, except by the inflorescence, 

 but the capsule is still unknown. 



17. P. coccinfia, Ns. Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, petioled ; 

 bracts ovate or oblong, pointed, half as long as the flowers ; calyx exceeded by the bracteoles : 

 lobes subulate, spreading ; corolla-lips narrow, half as long as the clavate tube. — Aubl. t. 3. 

 — Justieia, Aubl. P. asperula, Ns. I P. latior, JVjr. / — Leaves 8"-5", calyx 1^'", corolla 2" 

 long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Sch. ; cultivated in the Caribbean Islands ! ; [Cuba ! ; Guiana !, 

 equat. Brazil !]. 



10. THYRSACANTHUS, N* 



Calyx deeply 5-fid, equal. Corolla tubular, incurved : limb expanded, subequal or 2- 

 lipped; Stamens 2, usually included: anther-cells parallel, blunt at the base. Capsule 

 spathulate, clawed from the middle, 4(-2)-seeded; segments of the dissepiment adnate to 

 the valves. — Shrubs or herbs; fascicled or cymose flowers in a long, terminal raceme : 

 bracts small. 



18. JT. nitidus, Ns. ! Shrubby, glabrous; leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, tapering into the short petiole; raceme compound at the base : fascicles somewhat 

 distant ; calyx one-fourth to one-third as long as the corolla-tube : segments linear-acumi- 

 nate, spreading ; corolla slightly 2-lipped : lobes cernuous, subequal, oblong, bluntish, about 

 as long as the tube. —SI. t. 10. /. 2. — Justieia, Jacq., Sw. Barleria, Jacq. — 3-4' high ; 

 leaves 8"-3", pedicels 3"'-i", crimson corolla 6'", capsule 10'" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf. ; S. Kitts, Antigua !, Nichols., WvUschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild., Bar- 

 bad oes !, Lane ; [Cuba to French islands'., Sieb. Mart. 251]. 



Th. Hookerianus, Ns., (flowers regular, ciimson, l"long) has been introduced into Jamaica. 



