ICONES PLANTAKUM. 5 



Plate 1205. 



SPHINCTACANTHUS GBIFPITHII, Benth. 



AcAKTHACEiE, Tribe JtlSTIClK^, 



Sphinctacantlius, Benth, in Benth. et EooJc, Gen. PL ii. 118. 

 S. Grifiitiiiij Benth, l.c.^ species unica, 

 Hab. Mishmee in East Bengal, Griffith. 



Suffrutex elatlor, glaber. Folia ovali-elliptica, acuminata, membra- 



nacea, 3-6 pollicaria, in petiolum longiusculum contracta. Panicula 



terminalis, e spicis 3 v. 5 laxis sitnplicibus 3-4-pollicaribus composita. 



BractecB minutoa. Flares oppositi v. suboppositi, sessiles v. brevissime 



pedicellati, ad axillas bractearum solitarii. Calyx alte 5-fidus, linea 



paullo longior. CoroUm tubus ovoideo-inflatus, fere 3 lin. longns, ad 



f aucem constrictus ; limbi labia ad 2 lin. longa, posticum 99stivatione 



interius erectum, concavum, apice auguste breviterque 2-Iobum ; anfi- 



cum sequilongum, 3-partitum, lobis angustis linear tbus reflexo-patenti- 



bus ^qualibus. Stamina 2, ad faucem affixa, erecto-conniventia, labio 



postico breviora, filamentis brevibas basi transverse affixis pilosulis ; 



anthera9 oblongte, 2-loculares, loculis parallelis sequalibus muticis con- 



tiguis ; staminodia nulla. Discus cupularis. Stylus filiformis, apice 



leviter incrassatus, obtusus, integer ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsida 

 ignota. 



This plant bears tbe manuscript uame of Justicia orcJnmdeSj but can 

 only be retained in that genus if it be restored to its original compre- 

 hensive extent, and the specific name appeared scarcely justified by the 

 aspect of the specimens. — G. Bentham. 



Fig. 1. Flowor. 2. Corolla cut open. 



Plate 1206. 



EXOCAEYA SCLEHIOIDES, BentL 



CTrEEACE.E, Tribe Htpolttee^. 



Exocarya, BeHth. gen. nov. Spiculce parvulae, nmbellato-panicu- 

 latae, floribus 1-2 snmmis iiermaphroditis, 2-3 inferioribiLS masculis. 



