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Tas. 4444. 
CYRTANTHERA caTALPA@FOLIA. 
Catalpa-leaved Cyrtanthera. 
Nat. Ord. AcANTHACEm.—D1IANnpDRIA MonoeynIa. 
Gen, Char. Cal. 5-partitus quinquefidusve, mqualis, laciniis coloratis tenuibus 
lanceolatis. Corolla ringens, tubo longo, lobis profunde divisis equalibus, supe- 
riore complicato lineari-faleato, inferiore elongato-obconico apice trifido, laciniis 
brevibus conniventibus, media plerisque angustiora apice complicato-recurva. 
Stamina duo, basi tubi inserta eidemque ultra medium adnata, longitudine labii 
superioris, apice recurva. Anthera cernua, brevis, bilocularis, loculis antrorsum 
dehiscentibus margine membranaceis in connectivo plerisque semilunari apice 
recurvo carinato subsecundis, lateribus plerumque arcte contiguis muticis, altero 
paullo demissiore, subinde connectivo protracto omnino distantibus. Stigma 
obtuse unilabiatum. Fructus ....—Frutices caule valido, foliis amplis latis 
petiolatis, floribus Aphelandree magnis et angustis. Plerisque thyrsus terminalis © 
decompositus, densissimus, multiflorus, speciosus, ramis secundifloris, bracteis brac- 
teolisque calyce longioribus plerumque coloratis teneris, illis latioribus. Nees. 
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CyrTANTHERA catalpafolia ; caule fruticoso erecto tetragono, foliis sublonge 
petiolatis late cordatis acuminatis integerrimis basi truncatis, floralibus 
ovatis basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis, thyrso amplo ovato compacto, 
bracteis sepalisque lineari-subulatis, floribus flavis. 
CYCLANTHERA catalpefolia. Nees, in Herb. Hook. 
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This is a truly handsome and new plant, equally striking for 
its me foliage and its fine thyrsi of full yellow flowers. It 
was obligingly sent to the Royal Gardens of Kew by Mrs. 
M‘Donnel (the Lady of the Governor) from Honduras, and it 
flowers in the stove in the summer months. It constitutes one 
of the same genus of Acanthacee with Justicia (Bot. Mag. 
tab. 3383). 
Descr. Our plant is five to six feet high, erect, branched ; 
the dranches opposite, as well as the Jeaves, which are petiolate, 
large, cordate, acuminate, entire, penninerved, truncated at the 
base, beneath the inflorescence is a pair of what may be called 
foral-leaves, much smaller than the others and tapering below 
into a short footstalk. Panicle or thyrsus dense, compact. 
Peduncles short, compound. Bracteas ‘small, linear-subulate. 
MAY lst, 1849. 
