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APHELANDRA* cristata. 



Crested Aphelandra. _ ibraiw 



MEW YORK 



*- BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Acantiiace/E Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 233.) 



APHELANDRA R. Brown. — Calyx 5-partitus inaequalis. Corolla 

 bilabiata. Antherce uniloculares. Capsula bilocularis, bivalvis : dissepi- 

 mento contrario. Semina retinaculis subtensa. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. 

 p. 55. 



A. cristata ; foliis ellipticis oblongisve acuminatis, spicis tetragonis, bracteis 



ovatis integerrimis, corollis glabris. Ibid. Bot. mag. t. 1578. 

 Justicia arborea. Mill. diet. ed. 8. 



Justicia tetragona. Vahl. symbol. 3. p. 5. Willd. no. 20. 

 Justicia pulcherrima. Willd. no. 22. 

 Justicia cristata. Jacq. hort. schaenbr. 3. p. 38. f. 320. 

 Ruellia cristata. Andrews' reposit. 506. 



Frutex atroviridis, dense foliosus. Rami teretes, glabri. Folia oblongo- 

 lanceolata, subcrenata, in petiolum longum alatum angustata, subundulata, 

 acuta, utrinque glabra ; aliquandb pedalia. Spicse terminales et axillares, 

 dense aggregates, tetragona, 4-6-unciales. Rachis lanuginosus. Bractese 

 antican ovatce, concaves, glabrae, basi lanuginosce, margine ciliatcs ; laterales 

 lanceolatce v. subulatce, lanuginosce. Sepala 5, glabra, bracteis paulb longiora, 

 cequilonga, interioribus angustioribus. Corolla coCcinea, 1-uncialis, tubo 

 arcuato, sensim ampliato, limbo bilabiato, labio superiore lanceolato, erecto, 

 bifido, inferiore lanceolato, recurvo, integerrimo, laciniis duabus lateralibus 

 nanis, rotundatis. Stamina 4, didynama, e basi tubi orta, rudimento quinto 

 nullo. Antherae semisagittatce, uniloculares, labio superiore corolla in- 

 volutce, connectivo flocculoso. Sty li coccinei, post decessum corolla longe 

 penduli ; discus annularis, inconspicuus. 



This beautiful plant is a native of the West Indies, and 

 of the American continent near the line. It has been 

 almost a century in our Gardens, and yet is now scarcely 

 ever seen in any but Botanical collections, where, if it 

 flowers, it generally produces its blossoms so sparingly, 



* So named from atpsxhg, simple, and «v«g, a man, or, in Botanical 

 language, anther ; in allusion to the anthers being unilocular. 

 VOL. XVIII. B 



