Tas. 5566. 
PERISTROPHE wanceroari. 
Lance-leaved Peristrophe. 
Nat. Ord. AcantHace®.—Dt1anpria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx equalis, 5-fidus v. 5-partitus, 2-bracteolatus. Corolla 
resupinata, 2-labiata, labiis planiusculis v. inferiore concavo, superiore 
apice 3-fido, inferiore integro v. 2-dentato. Stamina 2. Anthere anguste, 
2-loculares, loculis recte v. oblique uno pone v. supra altero positis, muticis. 
Capsula 2-valvis, 2-locularis, basi elongata, compressa, sterilis, commissura 
valvarum plana, sursum compressa, loculis 2-spermis; dissepimentum ad- 
natum, persistens. Semina discoidea, retinaculis uncinatis.—Herbe In- 
dice, foribus speciosis. Flores speciosi, sepissime in capitula 2-bracteata 
inclusi, capitulis paniculatis. ; 
Prertstropue lanceolaria; herbacea, erecta, 2—-4-pedalis, caule teretiusculo, 
ramulis et inflorescentia minute glanduloso-pubescentibus, foliis petio- 
latis lanceolatis oblongo-lanceolatisve glaberrimis membranaceis, 3-0- 
poll. longis, paniculis terminalibus dichotome ramosis erectis, capitulis 
sub-3-floris angustis, bracteolis elongato-subulatis 7 poll. longis, calycis 
lobis subulatis excedentibus, corolla pallide purpurea, tubo gracili ex- 
serto 1-2 poll. longo, limbi labio superiore oblongo pollicari, inferiore 
multo breviore cymbiformi acuto, antheris rectis loculis superpositis. 
PeristropueE lanceolaria. Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. pp. 111-114, et in 
De Cand. Prod, v. 11. p. 496. 
Justrera lanceolaria. Roxb. Fl. Ind, v. 1. p. 121. 
Though many species of 4canthacew are in cultivation, there 
is perhaps no order of plants which promises so many future 
valuable additions to our stoves. A large proportion of the 
species are very beautiful plants, they are most easily propa- 
gated, they come into flower in the dead of winter, when our 
houses are often denuded of other ornaments but of the com- 
monest sorts, and continue in flower for many weeks in suc- 
cession. Such is the case with the present beautiful plant, of 
which the Rev. Mr. Parish sent us seeds from Moulmein, 
a year ago, and whose offspring have continued in flower 
for six weeks in the palm-house shelves. The species, which 
MARCH Ist, 1566. 
