Mathewsiane. N. O. Acanthacee. 
TAB. CXIII. 
_APHELANDRA ACANTHIFOLIA. 
Sericeo-pubescens, foliis late ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis grosse 
serratis apice serraturisque spinescentibus, petiolis brevissimis 
ad basin spinosis, spicis terminalibus aggregatis densifloris, 
bracteis ovatis sepalisque lanceolatis apice spinescentibus, 
corolla sericea, staminibus styloque exsertis. 
Has. Province of Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews, 1836.* 
Planta singularis, pulcherrima. Folia spithamea, penninervia, 
nervis approximatis numerosis. Spice, in nostro exemplari, 
tern, pedunculate. Bractee majusculz, concave, ciliate, 
calyce majores. Corolla 2—2} uncias longa, sericea, tubulosa ; 
limbo bilabiato, labiis patentibus, superiore bifido, inferiore 
trifido, lacinia intermedia majore, concava, subcymbiformi, 
acuta. Stamina 4, exserta. -Anthere lineares, 1|-loculares. 
Stylus filiformis, staminibus longior. Capsula longitudine 
bractez persistentis, elliptica, substantia dura, nitida, bilo- 
cularis, bivalvis. Loculi dispermi. Semen ovale, punctatum, 
singulo retinacula carnosa sustentato. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Capsule. /. 3. One of the valves with 
two seeds :—magnified. 
* The only usps that came in 1836 was unfortunately not numbered 
by Mr. Mathew 
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