Tas. 6467. 
APHELANDRA powta. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. AcanTHACEH.—Tribe JUSTICIER. 
Genus APHELANDRA, Br.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 1102.) 
APHELANDRA pumila; acaulis v. caule brevissimo, tenuiter -pubescens, foliis con- 
fertis terree sub-appressis oblongis v. ovato-oblongis acutis v. obtusis basi 
profunde cordatis superne lete viridibus costa nervisque validis interdum pur- 
purascentibus, subtus albescentibus costa nervisque prominentibus, petiolo 
crasso, spica subsessili amentiforme obtuse 4-angulato breviusculo crasso, 
bracteis arcte imbricatis obovatis obtusiusculis coriaceis serratis luride fusco- 
purpurascentibus venosis, bracteolis sepalisque oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, corolle 
coccinese tubo curvo longe exserto, labio superiore porrecto fornicato rostrato, 
inferiore reflexo lobis lateralibus oblongis obtusis intermedio orbiculari. 
A. pumila, W. Bull’s Retail List of New, Sc. Plants, No. 143, 1878, p. 4. 
Very dissimilar in habit and stature to any of the 
numerous species of this beautiful genus that have hitherto 
been imported into this country, or are contained in our 
Herbaria. Of these no less than fifty species are known, 
of which only about a dozen have been in cultivation; and 
of these again eight are now figured in this work. 
A. pumila belongs to the section with large bracts, the 
upper lip erect, concave, and entire, and the lower divided 
into three large lobes: it was imported by Mr. Bull from 
Brazil, and flowered in the Royal Gardens, to which he 
presented it, during last summer. _ 
Descr. Stem very short, giving off many stout petioled 
leaves, and an inclined shortly-peduncled spike. Leaves 
crowded, horizontally spreading, and lying almost pros- 
trate on the ground, three to five inches long, oblong 
or ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, deeply cordate at the 
base, very convex, finely pubescent upon both surfaces, 
dark green above, with deeply-impressed green or purplish 
midrib and nerves, pale green or whitish beneath, with 
much raised midrib and nerves; petiole very stout, half to 
DECEMBER Ist, 1879. 
