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PHLOGACANTHUS CURVIFLORUS. CURVED- 
FLOWERED PHLOGACANTHUS, 
Class and Order. 
DianpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Acanrnacegz, ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus, equalis. Cor. oblique bilabiata, labio 
superiore latiore et longiore bifido, inferiore trifido ; tubo 
trigono. Stam. 2. Anthere bilocellate, locellis parallelis 
contiguis demum hastato-divergentibus muticis.  Stami- 
num duorum sterilium rudimenta exilia in quibusdam ob- 
servantur. Stigma simplex, acutum. Capsula compressa, 
bilocularis, loculis superius tetraspermis. Retinacula sem- 
inibus subjecta.—Inflorescentia: racemus terminalis v. late- 
ralis, simplex v. triplex, spiciformis, floribus verticillato- 
quaternis, bractea bracteolisque binis conformibus angustatis 
elongatis. Corolla speciosa, lutea aut fulva. Folia supra 
minute papulosa. Nees. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Putogacanraus* curviflorus; caule erecto quadrangulari 
striguloso-tomentoso, foliis amplis ellipticis utrinque 
acutis repando-dentatis glabris, corolla elongata. Nees 
in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2. 3. p. 99. 
Justicia curviflora. Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. v. 2. p. 9. t. 112. 
Wall. Cat. n. 2429. a. 6. 
Dr. Watch communicated living plants of this fine 
plant, which Nees von EsEnseck justly characterizes as 
: *« Speciosi 
_ * So named by Professor NEES von EsENBECK, from gag, a flame, and 
axevboc, Acanthus, the type of this family; on account of the long spike of 
yellow or flame-coloured flowers. 
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