Lobhiane. N. O. Cyrtandracez. 
TABS. DCCXXXIII, DCCXXXIV. 
AGALMYLA STAMINEA, Bi. 
Gen. Cuar. Acaumyna, Br. Agalmyle sp. Bl.— Calyx 5-par- 
titus acutus. Corolla tubulosa bilabiata. Stamina antheri- 
fera 2, antheris exsertis, loculis parallelis, Stigma bila- 
mellatum (lamellis equalibus). Capsula elongata, valvis 
strictis. Semina pendula, apice nuclei affixa, utrinque mono- 
tricha.—Herba radicans, foliis alternis dentatis. Br. 
Agalmyla staminea. Bl. Bijdr. 767; Br. in Horsf. Jav. p. 116; 
De Cand. Prodr. 9, p. 263. 
Justicia parasitica. Lam. Ill. 1, p. 42 (not Vahl). 
Cyrtandra staminea. Vahl, Enum. 1, p. 105. 
Has. Java. Blume, Thomas Lobb. 
A singular and very beautiful creeping epidendrous plant, with 
large, petiolated, alternate leaves, and rich clusters of large scarlet 
flowers, each with two singularly exserted stamens, the linear 
oblong anthers having a horizontal direction, and they are con- 
nected by their apices. The fruit I have not seen, but the ovary 
I find to arise from a 5-toothed, cup-shaped gland or disc; and 
within the corolla, a little above the base of the tube, is a circle 
of jointed subulate hairs, with a small globose gland at the tip. 
The genus is well-named by Blume, from ayaAya, an ornament, 
and %én, a wood or grove, from its being so great an ornament 
to the woods in which it grows. The distinguished author just 
mentioned, intended it to include a second species, A. asperi- 
folia, Bl., with opposite leaves and didynamous flowers; but this 
Mr. Brown separates from Agalmyla, and consequently modifies 
Blume’s character, as given aboye. _ 
Fig. 1. Corolla laid open. f. 2. Hairs from within the 
corolla. jf. 3. Pistil and hypogynous disc or cup:—more or 
less magnified, 
