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100, Bianthera, Linn, Gen. n. 28, (Rliytiglossa, Nee$ in DC. Frod, xi, 336. pfl'o 

 ma^Mna paHe.) — Calyx alte divisus, segmentis 5-4 angiTstis subulatis v. acutis (rarius 

 obtusiiisculis ?) oeqiialibus v, postico minore v- deficiente. Corollse tubus tenuis, rectua 

 V, incnrvn^, nunc elongatus supeme vix ampliatus, nunc in flore i>arvo brevior superne 

 ampliatns ; limbiis 2-labiatuSj labio postico interiore erecto v. incurve angusto concavo 

 integro r, 2-dentato, antico patente suba^qualiter 3-fido, lobo intermedio extimo. 

 Stamina 2^ fauci aftixa, labio postico breviora v. subiuquilonga^ filamentis filiformibus v, 

 basi crassiusculis ; anther^e 2-loculare3, loculis ovatis v. oblongis muticis parum inrequali- 

 bus sed connectivo varie evoluto disjunctis, altero altius affiso v. utroque plus minus 

 obliquo lai'ius transverso ; staniinodia 0, Discus annularis v, cupularis. Stylus filifor- 

 misj apice obtuaus v, vix minute 2-lobus ; ovnla in quoque loculo 2, Capsula oblonga 

 V, ovoideaj basi in stipitem solidum longe contracta, Semina 4 v, abortu pauciora^ sub- 

 orbiculataj plaiio-compressa, laevia v, tuberculato-mgosa^ retinaculis ssepins acutis fulta ; 

 embrj^o normalis, — Herba^ erectiu ascendentes difFusro v, prustrata; rarius frutescentes, 

 glabrae v, pilosse. Folia integerrima v. rarius dentata. Florea longi, mediocres v. 

 parvi, nunc minimi, in axillis solitarii \. fasciculati, s^piasime subsessiles, dense v. in* 

 terrupte spicati v. in thyrsum terminaleni dispositi v, varie paniculati, foliis floralibus 

 bracteiformibus (v, bracteis fascicules subtendentibus) nunc latis imbricatis, nunc foliaceis 

 V. angustis minimisve, Bractese interiores et bracteolee parv£e angnstse v. minute. 



Species' ad 80, quaruni 2 v. 3 Africse v, Asite tropicce incote, c^eterfe omiiGs Aniericaiue tropicse v- 

 extratropicse tarn australes quam boreales. Walp. Ann. iii, 224, v. 661 {Rhytiglossa). Bttiz et 

 Fav, FL Per. et ChiL t. 12,/ a, t. 13./ a. Jacq. Ic. Bar, t. 206- Bot, Mag. t, 2367, 2487 {omnes 

 stth Justicid), 



Genus hinc Justicim illiinc Jacobinits valde affine, et pariter quoad inflorescentiam polymorphum^ 

 a priore antherarum loculis ecalcaratis eonstaater distinguitur, ab utroque geuere minus distincte 

 antherarum loculis (Connective magis eroluto separatis. Connectirum tamen quoad formam latani 

 angustam triangularem reniformem v. stipitiformem de specie in speciem variat et species non- 

 nullte inter Dituiihcram et Jacobiniam ambigua> sunt. Species in series 2 quoad coroUse formam 

 ordiaandse videntur, divisionibus ulterioribus imprimis ex inflorescentia petitis, 



A- JacobinioidciB. Corolla (saspius rubra v. violacea) elongata angusta, labiis parum itia^qui- 

 longis, antici lobis ssepius oblongis. Hue pertinent: 



a. Fruticuli (?), floribus ad asillas foliomm subsessilibus fasciculatis. Species nobis notae 2 

 Meiieanse, Adhatoda ca7idica7ts, Nees (aiitheris in speciminibua nostris certe Difmtkerce) cum altera 

 adhuc indeterminata. 



h. Herbse elatae (interdum frutescentes?), spicis terminalibus densis, bracteis (foliis floralibus) 

 latis herbaceis v. coloratis imbrieatis v. laxiusculis. Species ploraeque BrasilianEe. Orthotactus, 

 Ifccs in Mart. FL Bras. \x. 131, f. 21- AMPmscoPi-ffi sect. Nees in DC. Prod, xi, 357, PoR- 

 PHTROCOMA, Hook. Bot. Mag. i. 4176. 



c. Herbse elatse (interdum frutescentes?), thyrsis termljialibus den^e v- laxiuscide multifloris, 

 bracteis angustis v. parvis. Species 3 nobis adsunt: Justicia lucida, Andr, Bot. Rep. t, 313, Bot. 

 Slag, t, 1014, I), secunda, Griseb. {Justicia S€cu?tda, Vahl; Bot. Mag. t. 2060), et Belop^rone 

 calycina, Nees, antheris certe muticis, 



d. Herba elata, cjmis subracemosis densis multifloris ad asillas sessibbus, bracteis angustis. 

 Species IJrasiliensis, J), nodosa {JnsiicUi nodosa, Bot. Mag. t. 2914, Bclojyerone Arnkirsiife et 

 Sericoffrapkis squarrosa, Nees). 



e. Herbse (interdum suflfruteseeiites? ), spicis simplicibus axillarlbus terminalibusve, floribus secus 

 rliachin dissitis sessilibus ssepe unilateralibus ut in Bhgtiglossis normalibus. Hue pertinent inter 

 alia Bhytiglossa latifolia, speciosa, distorta, dasyclados, longifiora, himquoi/is^ Hookeriaiia, Xees, 



/. Herb* crect^G^ spicis pauiculato-mmosis, floribus becus ramos tenues dissitis. Species 

 Americse centralis. Chiloglossa, (Erst, in Vidensk. Meddd, Nat, For. Kjohenh. 1854, 160; Walp. 

 Ann. Y. 641. 



B, JusticioideiB. Corolla minus elongata quam in Jacobinioideis sape parra nunc minima, labio 

 antico lato patente, saepeque quam posticum longiore. Species fere omnes herbacese, in caterras 



sequentcs distribuend^ : 



