oe foe ee 
Tas. 4378. 
THYRSACANTHUS srricrvs. 
Upright Thyrse-flower. 
Nat. Ord. AcaANTHACE®.—D1anpria Monoaynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx ultra medium quinquefidus, sequalis, brevis. Corolla tota 
tubulosa vel apicem versus dilatata, incurva, mollis, limbo v. quinquelobo sub- 
regulari v. distinctius bilabiato, Jabio superiore bifido, inferiore trifido. Stamina 
fertilia 2. Anthere diloculares, ovales, loculis parallelis, connectivo oblongo 
subobliquo discretis. Stamina sterilia subulata, uncinata, capitata ad basin 
fertilium, vel nulla. Stigma bidentatum. Capsula a basi ad medium depressa 
sterilisque, hine bilocularis di-tetrasperma. Semina retinaculis suffulta, discoidea. 
—Herbe vel frutices Americe tropice, cortice levi laxo colorato, foliis amplis 
cuneato-sessilibus aut in petiolum attenuatis, Thyrsus terminalis, modo densus, 
ramis brevibus cymosis (fasciculis) oppositis verticillos referentibus, modo laxior in 
racemum simplicem abiens. Bractee et bracteole parve. Flores longiuscule 
pedicellati, coccinei. Nees. 
THYRSACANTHUS strictus; fruticosus glaber, caule obtuse tetragono, foliis ob- 
longis acuminatis in petiolum brevem attenuatis, racemo terminali elongato 
stricto simplici, pedicellis brevibus unifloris fasciculatis, fasciculis oppositis 
pseudo-verticillatis, corolla tubulosa subinfundibuliformi limbo oblique sub- 
regulari, staminibus paululum exsertis sterilibus subulatis brevissimis. 
Tayrsacanruus strictus. Nees, in De Oand. Prodr. v.11. p. 324. 
THYRsacantuus Lemairianus. Nees, 1. c. p. 729. 
ERANTHEMUM coccineum. Lemaire, “in Flore des Serres. Juin, 1847, t. 8.” 
APHELANDRA longiscapa, SALPIXANTHA coccinea, e¢ JUSTICIA longiracemosa, 
Fort. od : 
Having received this really handsome stove plant from the 
continent, from different cultivators, under the garden-names 
above quoted, and these being given as synonyms to Nees ab 
Esenbeck’s 7’ Lemairianus, we cannot doubt that it is that plant, 
of which the native country is said to be unknown. We are equally 
- certain that it is the 7" strictus of the learned Professor ; because 
the authentic specimen for that plant is in our Herbarium, having 
been sent from Honduras by Mr. Armstrong; and the two are 
identical. We may observe, too, that Nees places his 7: Le- 
mairianus next to 7. tubeformis, of which he observes “an 
_ JUNE Ist, 1848, 
