Tab. 5463. 

 APHELANDRA Liboniana. 



Libons Aphelandra. 



Nat. Ord. Acanthace^e. — Didynamia Gymnospermia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx quinquepartitus, laciniis chartaceo-menibranaceis subtiliter 

 striatis, postica ssepe Jatiore. Corolla bilabiata vel ringens, labio superiore bi- 

 dentato rariusve subintegro plerisque fornicato, inferioris tripartiti laciniis lalera- 

 libus saspe minoribus. Stamina 4, corolla; tubo prope a basi inserta, subsequalia, 

 corolla sa:pe longiora ; Jilamenta basi pilosa ; antherce uniloculares, basi apiceque 

 acutse, dorso kerbaceo carinato, aplce plerisque barbata? villisque eonnexse. Stigma 

 bidentatum. Capsula basi compressa, a medio tetrasperma (las vis et nitida). 

 Semina retinaculis fulcrata. — Frutices America tropica. Folia alia integerrima, 

 alia dentata pinnatifidave spitiosa. Corolla speciosa, rubra. Spicse axillares et ter- 

 minates, seepe arete imbricates. Flores solitarii, tetrastichi. Bracteae vix calycem 

 aqiiantes, at eo sape latiores. Bractese date, minores. Nees. 



Aphelandra Liboniana; foliis spithamasis et ultra late ovato-lanceolatis brevi- 

 acuminatis sinuatis basi in petiolum biuncialera sensim attenuatis, ad costam 

 albo-lineatis, spicis sessilibus terminalibus simplicibus, bracteis quadrifa- 

 riam imbricatis amplis (noa carinatis) erecto-patentibus ovatis lineatis 

 aurantiacis, floribus parvis vix bractea longioribus, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis 

 acutis erectis aequalibus, corolla flava rubro-tincta, tubo elongato paululurn 

 ventricoso, apice bilabiato, labio superiore parvo lineari integro reflexo, in- 

 feriore trifido, staminibus styloqae exsertis. 



Aphelandra Liboniana. Hort. Linden. 



Received from Mr. Linden with the name here adopted, but 

 no locality has been given with it. It is probably a native of 

 Brazil, whence comes an allied but quite distinct species, which 

 we have figured at Tab. 4899 of this work, Aphelandra variegata 

 of Morel. Both have the same rich golden-coloured tetrasti- 

 chous spike, with yellow flowers ; but here, while the bracteas 

 are neither closely imbricated nor carinated, and the flowers 

 scarcely exserted beyond the bracts, there the bracts are carinated 

 and closely and compactly imbricated, and the larger flowers are 

 much exserted, to say nothing of other important characters. 

 Flowers in May, in a warm stove. 



Descr. At present our plant has attained a height of only 



AUGUST 1ST, 1864. 



