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APHELANDRA ORNATA, T. Anders., A RECENTLY INTRO- 
“DUCED ACANTHACEOUS PLANT FROM BRAZIL. 
Bv T. Anperson, M.D. 
(Puate XXII.) 
This beautiful foliage plant was introduced into Belgian gardens 
in 1858, from Bahia, Brazil, by M. Porte, and the accompanying draw- 
ing was made from specimens which flowered with Mr. Linden, at 
Brussels, early this year. The beautifully variegated leaves, the purple 
` petioles and scapes, the bright yellow flowers, and the large bracts 
with their purplish tinge, render this plant a desirable acquisition in 
our gardens. It is the Aphelandra (Aphelandrea) ornata, T. Anders. 
mss. (Lagochilium ornatum, Nees ab Esenb. in De Cand. Prodr. xi. 
p.291). Iunite Aphelandra and Lagochilium, and find that I have two 
Cinai species of Aphelandra in my herbarium, viz.— 
Aphelandra chartacea, mihi ; bracteis magnis, iblandit chartaceis. 
—Hab. in Peruvia orientali, prope Tarapoto (Spruce! n. 3957). 
And— 
Aphelandra nervosa, mihi ; bracteis glabris, junioribus margine cilia: 
tis, retieulatis.—Hab. in Peruvia orientali, prope Tarapoto (Spruce! 
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Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, August 23, 1864. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE “gto representing Aphelandra ornata, T. Anders 
Fig. l. Bracts and c calyx; 2, corolla laid open; 8, anthers; 4, ovary and style ; 
5, stigma :—all more or less magnified. 
REVISION OF THE NATURAL ORDER HEDERACE&. 
Bx BERTHOLD SEEMANN, Ph.D., F.L.S. 
(Continued from p. 250.) 
IL On THE GENERA WITH A SINGLE STYLE. 
There are only a few genera having a single style, genera in which 
the ovary is elongated into a short conical stylopod being more com- 
mon; these are Brassaiopsis, Macropanaz, JPeniapanaz, Agalma, 
Dendropanaz, and Hedera. 1 follow Lowe in his * Flora of me 
VOL. II. [OCTOBER 1, 1864.] 
