520 ACANTHACEZ, 
1. Jacobinia aschenborniana, Hemsley. 
Sericographis aschenborniana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 362. 
.Sericographis haplostachya, Nees, loe. cit.? 
Mexico (Aschenborn), near Minaschotla (Ehrenberg). 
2. Jacobinia aurea, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 35. (Tab. LX VIII.) 
Fruticosa, puberula, ramis subtetragonis szpissime crassiusculis, foliis valde variabilibus, lamina 
sepissime ampla et in petiolo longo decurrente, thyrso szpissime maximo denso multifloro, 
floribus aureis, corolla alte bilabiata, labio postico integro complicato incurvo staminibus 
subzquilongo, labio antico plus minusve trifido. 
Frutex usque ad 10-12-pedalis, plus minusve puberulus, ramis subtetragonis, sepissime crassiusculis. 
Folia forma et amplitudine valde variabilia; lamina szepissime ampla (6-12 poll. longa et 3-8 
poll. lata) et in petiolo longo decurrens, lanceolata, ovata, elliptica, vel interdum fere rotun- 
data, basi gradatim attenuata, rotundata vel truncata, apice acuminata, obtusa, margine 
integra, subtus precipue luteo-puberula, venis lateralibus arcuatim divergentibus prom1- 
nentibus; petiolus 1-4 poll. longus. Flores aurei, circiter 2-pollicares, thyrsoidei, breviter 
pedicellati; thyrsus 3-10 poll. longus, bracteis bracteolisque linearibus; calyx parvus, lobis 
lineari-lanceolatis, acutis. Corolla alte bilabiata, labio postico integro, complicato, staminibus 
subeequilongo, labio antico plus minusve trifido.—Cyrtanthera aurea, Nees in DC. Prody. xi. 
p. 829; C. catalpefolia, Nees in Bot. Mag. t. 4444; C. densiflora, Cirst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 
1854, p. 147; C. wmbrosa, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 329; Justicia umbrosa, Benth. Pl. Hartw. 
p. 79? 
South Mexico, region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2817; Botteri, 798; Miller, 1689), 
Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght), Sierra San Pedro Nolasco, &c. (Jurgensen, 795), Coscomatepec 
(Iiebmann); GuatemaLa, Chuipache (Hartweg), Duefias, &c. (Salvin), Mazatenango 
(Bernoulli, 1191); Costa Rica, Aguacate, &c. (Hirsted). Hb. Kew. 
As here limited, this is a very variable species in the size and shape of the leaves 
and the size of the inflorescence; but the differences appear to be due to soil and 
situation, and the extreme forms are connected by intermediate ones. 
8. Jacobinia chrysostephana, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1115. 
Cyrtanthera chrysostephana, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5887. 
Mexico. Cultivated specimens only in Kew herbarium. 
4. Jacobinia ghiesbreghtiana, Hemsley. 
Sericographis ghiesbreghtiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 780; Regel’s Gartenfl. t. 98. 
Justicia ghiesbreyhtiana, Seem. in Fl. des Serres, 1847, Misc. n. 7. 
MEXICco. 
5. Jacobinia heterophylla, Hemsley. 
Justicia heterophylla, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 95. 
Sericographis heterophylla, Nees in DC. Prodr. x1. p. 365. 
Sovta Mexico, Cerro Colorado (Schiede & Deppe). 
