broader, obtuse. Corolla much exserted beyond the bracteas. 
Tube narrow, funnel-shaped, a little inflated, yet laterally com- 
pressed at the mouth; /imé large, two-lipped ; dips spreading : 
upper one two-lobed, the lower three-lobed, all the lobes emar- 
ginate. Stamens four, included. Filaments hairy. _Anthers 
bearded at the summit. Sfy/e also included. Stigma unequally 
bifid. W. J. H. 
Cutt. A plant which requires to be grown in a warm and 
moist stove, and thrives in a mixture of light loam and 
leaf-mould. It appears to flower freely, the drawing having 
been made from a plant not more than a foot high. Being, 
like other soft-wooded Acanthacea, apt to become naked and 
unsightly when old, it is desirable to keep a succession of young 
plants, which are readily obtained from cuttings. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Stamens and style. 2. Anterior view of a calyx, with pistil. 3. Pos- 
terior view of a calyx :—magnified. 
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