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ACANTHACEAE. 
DICLIPTERA, Juss. 
D. pervviana, Juss. Ann. Mus. Par. ix. 268 (1806); Nees in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 478; Hook. f. (3), 195; Anderss. (1), 219, & (2), 92. 
Dianthera mucronata, Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Per. i. 11, t. 16, fig. a (1798). 
Justicia peruviana, Lam. Dict. i. 633 (1783). — James Ist.: Darwin, 
ace. to Hook. f., 1.c. Further distrib. Andes of Peru. 
Justicia, L. 
J. (Leprostacuya) galapagana, Lindau, nov. sp., “herbacea tota 
glanduloso-pilosa caulibus sexangularibus vel subteretibus, patente pilosis. 
Folia petiolis 1-2 em. longis ovata basi rotundata et subito angustata, 
apice sensim acuminata, acutiuscula, margine integro, cystolithis vix visi- 
bilibus. Inflorescentiae pauciflorae, axillares, dichotomae, folia aequan- 
tes, apice spiciformes, floribus in axillis bractearum alternantibus. 
Pedicelli subnulli. Bracteae bracteolaeque subulatae, 0.2 mm. longae, 
pubescentes pilis glandulosis intermixtis. Calycis laciniae 4, subulatae, 
4 mm. longae, 0.75 mm. latae, pubescentia ut in bracteis. Corolla 
extus dense pubescens tubo 4 mm. longo, basi 2 mm. diametro et apice 
usque ad 3 mm. ampliato. Labium superum 4 mm. longum, basi 4 mm. 
latum, dentibus apice minimis, intus rugula' instructum, inferum 4 mm. 
longum, lobis 3 rotundatis, 2mm. diam. metientibus. Filamenta glabra, 
3 mm. longa, antherum loculo supero 1 mm. longo obtuso, infero 1 mm. 
longo basi in calcar 0.5 mm. longum producto. Pollinis granula pro 
genere typica, 46-58 w longa et 27-30 » diam. Discusadest. Ovarium 
1.5 mm. altum, pubescens. Stylus 6 mm. longus, pilosns. Capsula 
12 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, usque ad medium fere in stipitem contracta, 
pubescens pilis glanduligeris intermixtis, jaculatoribus hamatis, 0.2 mm. 
longis. Semina 4, brunneo-tomentosa, lentiformis, 0.3 mm. diametro.” — 
ABINGDON Ist.: alt. 520 m., Snodgrass & Heller, no. 820 (hb. Gr.), 
“Obs. Proxima Justiciae Pringlei Robins., a qua differt pubescentia 
densiore et magis glutinosa, stylo ovarioque pilosis et maxime seminibus, 
quae sunt in J. Pringlei foveolata et pubescentia, sed in J. galapa- 
gana laevis et brunneo-tomentosa.” 
1 “Rugula, ive., ruga ee a duobus lobis membranae labii superi for- 
mata, in qua stylus est inclusus. 
