454, ACANTHACEjB. 



14. G.cocciaea,,T.Anclers.(MS.). Glabrous; leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, bluntisli, 

 tapering into tbe short petiole ; spikes axillary and terminal, nearly as long as the leaves ; 

 flowers opposite, distant, diverging ; calyx 5-fid, much longer than the roundish, glabrous 

 bracts, one-sixth as long- as the corolla : lubes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pointed, striate ; 

 corolla-lobes roundish, equal. — Bot. Maff. t. 4158. — Salpinxanthus, Hooh.l — Leaves 3"-5", 

 calyx 2'", corolla 1", the latter crimson. White at the throat : tube subclavate, 3'" diam. 

 above. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd,, AL, Wils., Wullschl., S. Anns, MSluchester. 



8. APHELANDRA, M. Br. 



Calyx 5-pfl,rtite, scarious, striate, slightly unequal. CorollalBrge, 2-lipped: tubenarrov. 

 Stamens didynamous, exserted : anthers 1-celled, acuminate at the base. Capsule 4-seeded, 

 sessile; segments of the dissepiment aduate to the valves, thickened below the seeds. — 

 Shrubs ; flowers criMson, in imdricaie, tetrastichous spikes : bracts and bracteoles rigid^ 

 usually shorter than the calyx. 



15. A. tetragona, Ns. ! Leaves elliptical, pointed, cuneate at. the petioled base, gla- 

 brous ; rhachis woolly ; bracts ovate, pointed, entire, ciliate, glabrous on the back, shortly 

 exceeded by the calyx ; corolla glabrescent : upper-lip oblong-lanoeolatej S-dentate, 3-appen- 

 diculate near the base, inferior lanceolate, acuminate, revolute. — Jaoq. Schaenbr. 3. i. 320. — 

 Justicia, F. J. cristata, ■/««?.— Leaves 10"-5", bracts 3"'-4"', corolla 2"-3" long.— Hab. 

 Trinidad !, iocH. ; [Venezuela! to Guiana! and Ecuador]. ' 



16. A. pectiuata, Ns. I Leaves elliptical-oblong, pointed, tapering at the subsessile 

 > (base, hairy beneath or glabrescent ; rhachis puberulous ; brads ovate, cuspidate, pubescent, 



subserrate with a few pubescent teeth, including the calyx ; corolla pubescent : lips lanceo- 

 late, superior 2-dentate, 2-appendiculate near the base, inferior acuminate, revolute, pilose. 

 —Justicia scabra, V. — 8' high; leaves 10"-6", bracts 8"'-6'", Corolla 2" long,— Hab. S. 

 Vincent !j Guild. ■ [Mexico 1 to Guiana! and Ecuador !]. 



9, PACHYSTACHYS, Ns. 



CatyX small, deeply 5-fid, subequal. Corolla large, 3-lipped. Stamen 2, subexserted : 

 anther-cells linear, parallel, blunt at the base. — Shrubs or suffruticose herbs ; leaf-ribs cos- 

 tate; flowers in a terminal imbricate spike: bracts large, foliaceous. 



This genus as yet is scarcely distinguished from Thyrsacanthus, except by the inflorescence, 

 but the capsule is still unknown. 



17. P. cbccinea, N>. Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves elliptical or elliptioal-oblong, petioled ; 

 bracts ovate or oblong, pointed, half as long as the flowers ; calyx exceeded by the bracteoles : 

 lobes subulate, spreading ; corolla-lips narrow, half as long as the clavate tube. — Aubl. t. 3. 

 — Justicia, Auhl. P. aspernla, Ns. I P. latior, Ns. ! — Leaves 8"-3", calyx IJ"', corolla 2" 



•long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Soh. ; cultivated in the Caribbean Islands! ; [Cuba!; Guiana!, 

 equat. Brazil!]. 



10. THYESACANTHUS, Ns. 



Calyx deeply 5-fid, equal. Corolla tubular, incurved : limb expanded, subequal or 2- 

 lipped; Stamens 2, usually included \ anther-cells parallel, blunt at the base. Capsule 

 spathulater clawed from tbe middle, 4(-2)-seeded; segments of the dissepiment adnate to 

 the valves. — Shrubs or herbs ; fascicled or cymose flowers in a long, tm-minal raceme : 

 bracts small. 



18. T. nitidus, Ns. I Shriibby, glabrous j leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, tapering into the short petiole j raceme compound at the base ; fascicles somewhat 

 distant ; calyx one-fourth to one-third as long as the corolla-tube ] segments linear-acumi- 

 nate, spreading; corolla slightly 2-lipped : lobes cernuous, subequal, oblong, bluntish, about 

 as long as the tube. —SI. t. 10. /. 2.— Justicia, Jacj., Sw. Barleria, Jacq.—Z'-i,' high ; 

 leaves 8"-3", pedicels 8"'-4"', crimson corolla 6'", capsule 10'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Macf. ; S. Kitts, Antigua !, Nichols., Wullschl., DominiCa !, Imr., S. Vincent 1, Guild., Bai'- 

 badoes !, ia«e ; [Cuba to French islands!, iSifi. #«r<. 251]. 



Th. Hookerianus, Ns., (flowers regular, ctimson, l"long) has been introduced into Jamaica. 



