Jusiickm.] CXXII. AOANTHACE-^. 1103 



CorollfiG tubus rectus v, inciirvus, superne tequalia v, ampliatus ; lirabus 2-labiatuSj labio 

 postico interiore nunc erecto concavo subintegro v. breviter 2-lobo, nunc sciui-2-ficlo sub- 

 patenteque, labii antici lobo medio extinio per anthesin reflexo-patentej lateralibuSj nunc 

 cum medio in labium patens 3-fidum connexis, nunc ad basin v, ad latera labii postici 

 j)arvia. Stamina 4:, prope basin corollas affixa, broviter exserta v. labiis bx'cvioraj fila- 

 mentis basi distinctia at postice approximatis ; anthers conniventes, oblongre, l-loculares, 

 doisifixtej apice interdum barbellatae, cixiterum muticfe. Discus inconspicuus. Stylus 

 apice obtusus v.' brevissime 2-loLu3 ; ovula iia qnot^ne loculo 2, Capsula obloiigaj 

 basi ssepe breviter contracta. Semina mediimi veraiLs v, infra medium 4 v- abortu pau- 

 ciora, plano-compressa, suborbiculata ; embryo nonnalis- — Frutices v. herbte ebitfe. 

 Folia opposita v. rarius hinc inde alterna, scepius ampla, mombrauacua v. coriacea, inte- 

 gerrima sinuato-lobata sublyrata v. spinoso-dentata. Flores s^epius flavi anrantiaci v. 

 rubri, intra bracteas oppositas v/rarius altemas solitarii sessiles, in spicas terminales sim- 

 plices V. ramosas dispositi. Bracte^e imbricatcu, calyce saipius majores, ovatie v.' 

 lancGolafei coriaco<'B herbacere v, membranacero, saspo coloratjB, integerrirare ciliatas v. 

 spinoso-dentatse. 



Species notae fere'50, Americas tropicEe et subtropic^ a rcpiiblica Argentina usque ad Mcxicum 

 iiicolFP. Kccs in DC. Prod, xi, 295, ct in Mart, FI, Bras. ix. 1 11. Walp. Ann. v. 656. Jacq, Hort. 

 Schtmbr. t 320 {Jusficia) \ Ic, Bar, t 204 {Justicia). Buiz ct Pav. Fl. Per et Chil t 10 

 {Jus(icui). Humb, et BonpL PL Mqiiin. t. 48 (Buellia), Senik, Bot, Snlph, U 47. Wawray Pr, 

 Max, Beise Bot, 79, ^ 13, 14, T, Anders, in Seem. Journ.BoL 1864, 289, L 22. Andi\ BoL 

 Bep. t, 606 {Buellia), BoL Mag. t. 1578, 4224, 4899, 6463, 5741, S789, 5951. Boi. Beg, L 1477; 

 1845, t 12. FL desSerres.t 889, 981, 1741. 



Species forte in series 2 ordinandse quoad corolla lobos laterale^ cum aiitico in labium 3-fidum 

 conncxos v.ad latera labiorum p;ir\TiIos, sed vix in scctioues distinctasdi&trlbucnda;. In spiKne typica, 

 A. tefragona, Nees, bractetc parvulaj, in A. nervosa et A. chartaeea, T. Anders. 1. c, umplie, membm- 

 nace^e, colorat®. In Acanthoideis {A, acanthifoHa. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 213 ; A,mucronafa, et A.formosat 

 Nees, ailinibusqiie) folia spiiioso-dcntata, dciitibxis infimis canli approximatis stipulas spincscentea 

 simiilantibus, in A. cardnifolia. Hook. Ic, PI. t. 718, folia pariter spinoso-dentata, sed plcraque altorna.- 



Lagochilium, N€€$ in Mart, FL Bras, ix, 85, /. 10, ct in PC, Prod. xi. 290, ab auctore distinguilup 

 ewfollie lobis usque ad tubum solutis 2-labiatini conniventibns nee connjitis, differentiffi nobis Iiaud 

 Qpparcntes. L, Ma.nmiluinum, Nees, tamcn in Plora Bnisiliensi depictum, quoad corollam ad 

 Gci^so7neria?n TeteTendmn xidQtuv ; iiiflorcscentia omnino G, pxihesccnii^y Necs, etsi bracteie paullo' 

 majorcs et cilia to-serrulate, 



Strobiloehachis, Link KL ct Otto, Ic. PL Bar, 1 17t t, 48 (*Sf. glabra, L. K. et O,, 8. jmsmaticay 

 N"ecs), et Hydhomestes, Scheldv.", in Gartenzeit. 1812, 285, ex LindL Bot. Beg. 1843, Misc. 40, BoL 

 Mag, L 45o6, omnes Lagochilium hydromcsteSy Nees, refenint, spocicm bracteis amplis subcoriaceis 

 coloratis in spit-am loiigam imbricatis iiisignem. S. Blanchetiana, Moric. PI. Nouv. Amcr. t. 94, 

 est Fpccies ei valde affinis nisi eadem. 



A. mtda, Necs, quoad Iiabitum inflorescentiam bracteas minimas calyccsquc Geissomerie 

 {Salpixanilue) cocoinets Himillima fort© melius ci associatKla, diffort corolla lobis posticis cura 

 Iftteralibus subtequalibus oblongis patentibns, antico majore porrecto. 



78, Geissomeriai LlmlL Bot, Baj. t. 1045. (Salpixaiitlia, ^ooft. Boi, Mag, i, 4158.) — 

 Calyx alte 5-fidus v, 5-partitns, 8egmentis rigidulis parum ina.Hxnalibus acutis oLtu.siave. 

 CoroUre tubus cyliiidraceus^ rectus v. incurvusj elongatiis, oeqiialia v. aupeme parum am- 

 pliatus ; limbxis erecto-patens, flub-2-IabiatuSj lobis 5 parvis rotuudatis imbricatis, antico 

 exteriore stcpius tuajore, 2 posticis intcrioribus interdum altius coniiatis. Stamina 4, 

 didynama, infra medium tubum affixa, corolla breviora v. breviter exserta, filamuntis 

 a basi discretis postice approximatis ; anthcrce conniventes, oblongce, l-lociUares, 

 dorsitixie, apice interdum breviter barbellatia Discus iiiconspicuua. Stylus apice 

 truncatus v. vix 2-lobus ; ovula in quoqiie loculo 2, Capsula ovata v, oblonga, 4-sperma 

 (maturam non vidimus). — Frutices pubescentes v, glabri. Folia integerrima, saepius 

 ampla. Flores punicei, ad axillas bractcanim oppositarum sessiles, solitarii, in spicas 

 terminales simplices v. paniculato-raiuosas dispositi. Bracteie et bracteoUe calyce bre- 

 viores v. rarius calyces excedentes imbricataeque. 



