Tab. 5511. 

 hypcestes sangu1n0lenta. 



Blood-veined Hypcestes. 



Nat. Ord. Acanthaceje. — Diandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx lierbaceus, 5-fidus v. 5-partitus. Corolla 2-labiata, resu- 

 pinata ; tubus rectus v. paulo curvus, saepe elongatus, labio superiore non galeato 

 3-fido, lobo medio lateralibus majore ; inferiore integerrimo v. 2-dentato, saapis- 

 sime convexo. Stamina fertilia 2, antheris 1-locularibus. Semina retinacuio 

 uncinato suffulta. — Herbae v. suffmtices. Folia opposita. Inflorescentia varia. 



Hypcestes sanguinolenta ; caule acute tetragono angulis pubescenti-toraentosis, 

 foliis petiolatis oblongis obtusis integerrimis in petiolum sensim angustatis, 

 nervis rubro late marginatis, floribus paniculatis, bracteis parvis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, sepalis lineari-subulatis ciliatis, corolla resupinata pallide pur- 

 purea, lobo inferiore quadrato-oblongo apiculato, superiore 3-lobo, lobis 

 subaequalibus late oblongis, fauce albo purpureo variegato, ovario apice 

 hispido. 



Eranthemum sanguinolentum. Van Houtte, Flore des Seires, 157. t. 1391. 



A pretty little Acarithaceous plant, conspicuous for the broad 

 pale-purple bands that mark each vein of leaf. It flowered in 

 the Royal Gardens, Kew, from plants received from Messrs. 

 Veitch, of the Royal Exeter Nursery, Chelsea, and is stated to 

 be a native of Madagascar. In the present confused state of the 

 genera of Acantkacece, it is not easy to determine that of this 

 plant : that it can have nothing to do with Eranthemum is ob- 

 vious ; it accords pretty well with the characters of Hi/pastes, in 

 which we place it, and of which there are many African and 

 Madagascar species. 



Descr. Stems six to twelve inches high in our plants, acutely 

 quadrangular, pubescent, especially in the angles. Leaves about 

 three inches long, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed 

 into a rather broad petiole, entire, the margin waved a little, 

 pubescent on both surfaces. Panicle erect, four to six inches 

 high, sparingly branched, branches erecto-patent, bracts ovato- 

 subulate, shorter than the calyx. Flowers pale-purple, with a 



may 1st, 1865. 



