;109G C^^I- ACANTHACE^. [Justiciece, 



antico extimo. Stamina 4, dulynama, siib faucc ^iExa, iiiclusa, filaui^iltj,^ 

 antliera) oblongs, l-loculai'ea, per paiia connivences v. subcohferentes, apice nonmmquam 

 barbcllat-^, basi inuticje. Discus inconspiciiua., . Stylus apice subclavatiis, brevissime 

 2-lobiis ; ovula in ^uoque loculo 2, Capsula oblonga^ y, subfusiformis, subteres. 

 Semina 4 v, abortu pancioraj plano-compresaa, orbiculata/hispidnla v, muiicata, retina- 

 culis longiusculis fulta, — Herbte subacaulea v. brevicaules, siBpius villos^ v, pubescentes. 

 Folia Sicpe radicalia v. ad basin caiilia conferta, integerrima. Flores saipius parvuli, ad 

 axillaa bractearum cippositaruin v. suboppositarum solitarii, scssiles, spicati. Spica: in 

 pedunculo axillari v. scapiformi breves dens^eqiie v, elongatie et intemiptfe, siniplices v. 

 ramosa?- Bractca) nunc ovatie lanceolat^eve lierbace^ subiinbricatffi, nunc parva) per 

 paria dissitit^ ; bracteolrelineares, calycc breviores. 



Species ad 18, per Americam tropicam et subtrupieani a Bousiria et Chile usque ad IiuHam occi- 

 dentalem et Mexicum late dispei'sie. Walp. Ann. v. 6-55, Cav. Ic. t 585 {Eacllia). Nees in Mart 

 FL Bras. ix. t 0, Torr. BoL Pope Exped. 12 (1G8), t. 4. 



Gouus quoad spceics plerasque habitu facile dl^tiuctuin, caulcscentes tameii primo intuitu di- 

 stinctissim^ sed cliaracteres floralcs omniuo gcGens- SymamUoccamtm, Necs, o Brasilia, ia^ig.ie 

 est bracteis obovutis in stipitem coiitractis, S. corymhosum, Nees, inflorcsccatia triehutome 

 corymbosa. ^ 



69? Strobllacanthus, GriseK m Bonplandia^ xi. 10.— Calyx 5-iiartitU3, scgmcntis 3 

 (postico cum 2 anticis) ovatis^ lateralibus lanceolati-s. Corollie tubus elongatus, incurvtis/ 

 tenuis, apice suba^qualis ; limbus explanatus, 5-fidus, lobis ovato-rotundatis inrequalibus, 

 aistivatione . - . , Stamina 4, diclynama, in medio tubo latcntia, filamentis abbreviatis : 

 antherfe 1-loculares, oblongo^ineares, crifitato-ciliatfe. Discus \ . . , Stigma infundi- 

 bulare, breyiter 2^fiduni^ lobis acutis in^equalibus r ovula. in quoque locxxlo 2 ? Capsula 

 , oblongo-laiiceplata^ a baai 2-Iocularis. Semina 4, discoidea, squamis appreasis foliaceia 

 tecta, retinacuTis uncinatia.— Frutex glabrescens. Folia 4-iiatim verticillataj potiolata, 

 elliptico-lanceolata, integerrima, glabra. Spica^ ad axillas pffdunculatte, den^ce, bracteis 

 4-fariau; imbricatis ellipticis mucroiiato-aristatis nervoso-striatis, Bracteolse angustaj, 

 calycein excedentes. {Cliar, ex Griseb,) 



Species I, Panamensis, a nobis non visa. 



.?* 60- ITeriacanttaus. Benih. gen. nw.— Calyx brevis, alte 6-fidua, sub-6-partitus, seg- 

 mentia lineari-lanceolatis. Corolla tubus tenuiter cylindraceus, vix ad faucem ampliatus ; 



t^;li£abU3 amplus, patens^ lobis 5 planis late obovatis'pannn incequalibus imbrieatis^ pos- 



. ticia interioribus, antico extimo pauUo majore. Stamina 4, didynama, supra medium 

 tubum affixa, inclusa, filamentis brevibus ; anthera; per i>aria subcohierentes, 1-loculares, 

 lineares, muticse, dorsifixfe ; ataminodium posticum breviter filiforme. Discus annu- 

 laris. Stylus fiUformis, apice integer ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsula .... 



Frutex elatua, glaber v, vix minute puberulus. Folia obovata v. oblonga, obtusiaaima, 

 integerrima, crassiuscula, Flores lilacrni, speciosi, ad axillas bracteaium oppositarum 



s aolitarii, sessiles, in spicam brevem terminalem dispositi, Bractete ampLi?, herbaceic 

 3-5-nerves, calyces pluriea superantea, laxe imbricataj ; bracteob^ 0, 



Species 1, N, Purdieauus, nob,, qiiemlegit'Piiv^Q in rupibus. provinciEe Manchester Jamaicfo, 

 ubi rara est. 



61. Ber^inla, Harv. in Herh. Trin. Cull. Diibl—Ctdjs. 5-partitus, segmentis lineavi- 

 lanceolatis acutis rigidis. Corollee tubus brevis, supcrne ampliatus ; limbus 2-labiatu3, 

 labio poatico interiore alte 5-fido lobis oblongia erectis, antico majore fate patente 3-fido. 

 Stamina 4, didynama, supra medium tubum affixa, subinclusa, filamentis a basi discretis ; 

 antberse oblongre, 1-loculares, dorsifixa;, glabra, muticx\ Discus inconspictuis. Stylus 

 filiformis, superne incrassatus, apice subinfundibulaiis, breviter 2-fidus ; ovula in 

 quoque loculo 2; Capsula ovali-oblonga/compressa, basi vix contracta. Semina aboiiu 

 sfepius 2, ovata, compressa, crassiuscula^ rugosa, retinaculis brevibus fulta ; embryo nor- 



