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PROSTANTHERA LASIANTHOS. ViILLOUS- 
FLOWERED PROSTANTHERA. _ 
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Class and Order. 
DipynamMia GYMNOSPERMIA, 
Generic Character. 
_ Calyx bilabiatus: fructds clausus, tubo striato, labiis 
indivisis. Cor. ringens, galea sexibifida, labii inferioris 
en media majore, biloba. Anthere subtus calcarate. 
ROWN. : & ‘ : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
| PRosTANTHERA lasianthos ; foliis lanceolatis dentato-serratis 
glabris, racemis paniculatis, corollis utrinque hirsutis, 
calcare longiore febuiih bis superante. Br. Prodr. Nov. 
Holl. 508. Bot. Reg. 143. | 
Prosranruera lasianthos ; foliis lanceolatis serratis, pani- 
culis axillaribus terminalibusque, corollis _hispidis. 
Labill. Nov. Holl. 2. p. 18. t. 157. | 
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Descr. .A tallish shrub: branches opposite, square. 
aves petioled, lanceolate, dentate-serrate, dark green 
°n the upper, glaucous and dotted on the under surface. 
Panicles of flowers terminal and axillary. Bractes subu- 
late, minute. Pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx bila- 
late: lips undivided persistent, closing when in fruit. 
Cor. bilabiate : upper-lip shorter, vaulted, emarginate : 
wer-lip 3-cleft ; the intermediate segment longest, two- 
lobed, with the lobes divaricate. Faux somewhat dilated, 
Marked within with blood-red spots. Stamens four, didy- 
lamous, inserted by pairs within the faux: anthers purple 
bilocular, both lobes bearded at the base with a pencil of 
“airs, one of them terminating in a spur, with a bristly 
point, 
