forty-feven fpecies, that it is become very defirable to make a 

 divifion of it, as far as can be done upon i'cientinc principles. 

 They differ confiderably in the modification of the corolla, 

 anthers, feed-veffels, and inflorefcence. From all thefe circum- 

 ftances conjointly, and not from any one fmgly, Mr. Brown 

 remarks that the genera mufl be framed. The prefent plant has 

 like Ruellia four ftamens, but is efpecially remarkable in 

 having tingle-celled anthers. 



In his Prodromus of the Flora of New-Holland, the learned 

 author bad remarked that this genus bcfides cYiflata would include 

 fulcherrima %x\<\fcabra of Vahl; but he has fince found reafon to 

 believe that the two former, as well as telragona^ belong to the fame 

 fpecies; and from Dr. Houston's fpecimen from Campeachy, 

 now preferved in the Banklian Herbarium, which is probably 

 the only authority for Miller's arborea, it does not appear that 

 this is in any refpect different. 



Aphelandra crijtaia grows into a handfome tall fhrub, 

 which, when covered with its frigid bloffoms, muft be a beau- 

 tiful object. In native fpecimens, the fpikes more generally 

 come out two or four together, not fmgly, as in our drawing. 

 Found in the Weft-India iflands as well as on the continent, 

 and was introduced to this country by Lord Seaforth. 



Our drawing was taken at the Comtelfe De Vandes's col- 

 lection at Bayefwater. 



