356 ACANTHACEAE. 



petioled leaves are 3-10' long, its bright yellow flowers about 2' long, the 

 tubular corolla with a small oblique limb; the showy large ovate bracts are 

 bright red, the branches of the panicle purple. 



Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze, White Odontonema, Mexican, 

 a nearly glabrous shrub about 6° high, with opposite short-petioled short- 

 pointed, sometimes variegated leaves 3'-5' long, the nearly white flowers in 

 narrow terminal panicles, the whitish corolla nearly regular, the limb about f 

 broad, about as long as the cylindric tube, is commonly planted for ornament. 

 [Thyrsaca7ithus cuspidatus Nees.] 



Rhacodiscus lucidus (Andr.) Lindau, recorded by Lefroy as common in 

 gardens, resembles Jiisticia secunda, but has much larger flowers in shorter 

 panicles; it is recorded by Lefroy and by H. B. Small. [JusUcia lucida 

 Andr.] 



Barleria lupulina Lmdl., Yellow Barleria, Madagascan, a glabrous 

 shrub 3° high or less, with 2 slender spines V-V long in the axils of the 

 elongated linear leaves, and bright yellow bracted flowers about IJ' long in 

 dense terminal spikes, the corolla-limb with 3 large and 2 small lobes, is planted 

 for ornament. 



Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl.) E. Br., Blue Eranthemuai, East In- 

 dian, a somewhat pubescent or puberulent shrub 3°-6° high, with thin ovate 

 to elliptic leaves 8' long or less, acuminate at each end, axillary spicate flowers, 

 the large whitish strongly veined bracts densely imbricated, acute or acumi- 

 nate, the blue 5-lobed corolla nearly 1' broad, is common in gardens, [£". 

 pulchellum Andr.; JusUcia nervosa Vahl.] This may be the ''Blue Justicia" 

 mentioned by Lefroy. 



Eranthemum Anderson! Masters, Anderson's Eranthemum, Malayan, 

 recorded by Lefroy, has lanceolate to elliptic leaves, and spicate purple-mot- 

 tled flowers. 



Eranthemum album (Eoxb.) DC, White Eranthemum, of the East In- 

 dies, recorded by Lefroy and by H. B. Small, is a tall puberulent shrub, with 

 elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, short-petioled leaves and white flowers in axillary 

 panicled spikes, the narrow corolla I'-li' long, with a 2-lipped limb. {Justicia 

 alba Eoxb.] 



Eranthemum reticulatum Bull, Yellow-veined Eranthemum, Polyne- 

 sian, taken to Paynter 's Yale from the New York Botanical Garden in 1912 

 and growing there vigorously in 1914, is a shrub 3°-5° high, with glabrous 

 somewhat fleshy, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate leaves, 2'-10' 

 long, the upper ones yellow-mottled, the lower yellowish-veined, the racemose 

 flowers white, blotched red-purple. 



Jacobmia magnifica (Nees) Benth., Pink Jacobinia, Brazilian, a shrub 

 about 5° high, with petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate finely 

 pubescent or glabrate leaves 4'-7' long, and large terminal clusters of rose- 

 colored flowers, the 2-lipped corolla about 2' long, is occasionally grown for 

 ornament. [Justicia carnea Hook.] 



Jacobinia aiirea (Schlecht.) Hemsl., Yellow Jacobinia, Central Ameri- 

 can, also grown for ornament, is a shrub up to 6° high^ with finely puberulent 

 or glabrous foliage, the broadly oval or ovate, petioled acuminate thin leaves 

 6'-10' long; the yellow flowers are m long dense terminal clusters, the 2-lipped 

 corolla about 2' long. 



Strobilanthes coloratus (Nees) T. Anders., Purple Strobilanthes, East 

 Indian, occasional in flower gardens, is shrubby, about 3° high, its purple 

 leaves ovate, acaminate, subcordate, short-petioled, serrate, 3'-7' long, its 



