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APHELANDRA CRISTATA. DeNSE-SPIKED 



Aphelandra. 

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Clafs and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 



Generic Chamber. 



Cat. 5-partitus, incequalis. Car. bilabiata. Anthers unilaculares. 

 Cap/] bilocularis : difTepimcnto contrario. Sem. reiinaculis fub- 

 tenfa. Brown. Vide Prodrom. No-v. Hull. p. 475. in oMerva- 



tiombus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



APHELANDRA criflata; foliis ellipticis oblongifve acumi- 

 nata, fpicis tetragotii^ bra&eis ovatis intcgerrimb| corollis 



glabns. Bro?im in Hart. hew. 4. p. 55. 

 Jf STICIA crijluta. J acq. Schoenb. 3. p. 38. /. 320. 

 J U o I I C I A puhherrima ; fpicis tcrminalibus axtllaribufque, 



bra&eis ovatis imbricatis cHiatis muticis, corollarum galea 



lanceolata (bifida Willd.) crecla. Vahl Symb. 2. p. 14. 

 JUSTICIA pukberrima. Jacq. Amcr. p. 6. /. 2./. 4. Collet!. 3. 



p. 252. Icon. rar".- K Vahl Enum. \.p. ng. 

 JUSTICIA pukberrima ; foliis ovatis utrinque acuminatis pe- 



tiolatis, fpicis tcrminalibus tetragonis erectis, biacleis ovatis. 



Linn. Suppl. 84. 

 JUSTICIA tetragona ; fpicis terminalibus tetragonis, brafleis 



ovatis quadriiariam imbricatis carinatis, fohifque crenatis 



glabris. Vahl Symbol. 3 p. 5. Emm. i.p. 118. Willd. Sp, 



PL up. 85. 

 JUSTICIA arborea. Mill. Bitl. ed. 8. f ed. Martyn. n. 80. 

 RUELLIA crijlata. Bot. Repof. 506. 



The genus Justicia is now (o very extenfive, the enu- 

 meration of Vahl containing no lefs than one hundred and 



forty-feven 



