Tab. 5747. 

 AGALMYLA staminea. 



Long-stamened Agahnyla. 



Nat. Ord. CrRTANDEACE.E. — DlANDRIA MoNOGrSTIA. 



Gen. Gliar. Calyx quinquepartitus, sequalis. Corolla hypogyna, tubulosa, 

 incurva, tubo basi annulo villosa, fauce dilatato, limbo obliquo 5-lobo sub- 

 2-labiato. Stamina antherifera 4, filamentis longe exsertis ; anthers pa- 

 rallel®, apicibus connatis ; staminuru rudimenta 3, brevia, setiformia. Ova- 

 rium elongatum, lineare, stipitatum, disco tumido insidens, in stylum 

 validum attenuatum, stigmate scqu'aliter 2-lobo ; ovula numerosa. Capsula 

 siliquseformis, elongata, pseudo-4-loeularis, 2-valvis, polysperma. Semina 

 pendula, apice nuclei affixa, utrinque monotricha. — Herbae tropica;, altera 

 Javanica altera Borneensis, caule radicante. Folia alterna, oblonga, acu- 

 minata, denticulata. Flores axillares, fasciculati. 



Agalmtla staminea ; caule brevi prostrato radicante, foliis longe valide 

 petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis serratis supra glabris subtus nnirginibus- 

 que sparse pubescentibus multinerviis, fasciculis floruin BUDradica- 

 libus, floribus gracile pedicellatis. 



Agalmtla staminea. Blame, Bijdragen, p. 767. Brown in Bennett, Plant 

 Jav.p. 116. Hook. Ic. PL t.' 733, 734. A. DC. Prod. v. 0. p. 268' 

 Paxt. Mag. Bot. v. 15. p. 73, cum ic. Van Houttc, Flore den & 

 v. 4. t. 358. 



Justicia parasitica. Lamarck, Ilhtstr. v. 1. p. 42. 



Ci'etandka staminea. Vahl, Bnuvi. v. 1. p. 105. 



A brilliantly-coloured stove-plant, native of Java, where 

 it grows in mountain woods, and first introduced into Euro- 

 pean gardens by Mr. Lobb, the late intelligent and energetic 

 collector for Messrs. Veitch and Sons. 



The specimen here figured flowered in the Royal Gardens 

 in June of the present year, and continued flowering for 

 several weeks. 



Descr. Stem stout, almost as thick as the little finger, a 

 foot long, creeping and rooting from the lower surface. 

 Leaves alternate, with an abortive one opposite the base of 

 each, erect, on stout petioles four to eight niches long. Blade 



DECEMBER 1ST, 1868. 



