Tas. 4224. 
APHELANDRA AURANTIACA 
Orange Aphelandra. 
Nat. Ord. AcANTHACE2.—D1IpYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx quinquepartitus, ineequalis. Corolla hypogyna, ringens, 
labio superiore subfornicato, bidentato, inferioris tripartiti laciniis lateralibus 
multo minoribus. Stamina 4, corolle tubo inserta, inclusa, didynama, anthere 
uniloculares, muticas. Ovariwm biloculare, loculis biovulatis. Stylus simplex ; 
stigma bifidum. Capsula teretiuscula, bilocularis, tetrasperma, loculicide bivalvis, 
valvis medio septiferis. | Semina compressa, retinaculis subtensa.—Frutices 
Americe tropice ; foliis oppositis, spicis axillaribus et terminalibus tetragonis, 
bracteis oppositis, submembranaceis, bracteolis angustis, corollis speciosis rubicundis. 
Endlich. . 
APHELANDRA aurantiaca; foliis ovatis glabris basi undulatis in petiolum cras- 
sum alatum decurrentibus, spicis simplicibus incrassatis subtetragonis, brac- 
teis ovatis acuminatis carinatis serratis, corollz (aurantiace) labio superiore 
erecto lanceolato parvo, inferiore amplo, lobis ovatis lateralibus triplo 
minoribus. 
APHELANDRa aurantiaca. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1845, ¢.12. 
Handsome as is the well-known Aphelandra cristata, the 
present species far exceeds it in the size and rich orange-colour 
of the spikes, and it possesses another advantage, in the flowers 
appearing upon small handsome looking plants. We regret that 
we cannot add to the little information given by Dr. Lindley 
respecting the history of this plant. Nothing certain is known 
of the country. It was presented by Mr. Henderson, of Pine- 
apple Place, to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it flowered 
in the stove in the autumn of 1845, and where it made a very 
striking appearance. It blossomed at the same season, with 
even larger spikes of flowers, at the Nursery of Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co., Exeter. The generic name was given by Dr. Brown, 
and is derived from apédys, simple, and drip, stamen ; 10 allusion, 
I presume, to the single-celled anther, as distinguishing the genus 
from Justicia. 
Descr. A small shrub, not much branched; the young 
branches green, rounded, glabrous as is every part of the plant. 
