THE FLORIST " 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



APHELANDRA SQUARRQSA, (Yak. Leopoldii.) 



Acanthacece § Aphelandrere, Nees. — Didynamia-Angiospermia. 



Charact. Gener. Calyx quinquepartitus, inaequalis. Corolla hypogyna, 

 ringens, labio superiore sub-fovnicato, bidentato, inferioribus lateralibus 

 multo minoribus. Stamina 4, corollse tubo inserta, inclusa, didynama; 

 antheroe uniloculares, muticre. Ovarium biloculare, loculis biovulatis. 

 Stylus simplex ; stigma bifidum. Capsula terestiuscula, bilocularis, tetras- 

 perma, loculide bivalvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina compressa, re- 

 tinaculis subtensa. 



Frutices americce tropicoe ; foliis oppositis, spicis axillaribus et termina- 

 lobus, tetragonis, bracteis ojjpositis, submembranaceis, bracteolis, angulatis, 

 corollis speciosis, rubriamdis. R. Br. 



Charact. Specif. — A. (§ Platychila) semi-herbacea, succulenta, glaber- 

 rima ; foliis petiolatis, oblongis acuminatis secus nervos pulchre albido 

 pictis (an semper ?), spicis 1-3, terminalibus, squarrosa-bracteosis ; brac- 

 teis amplis, 4-fariam imbricatis, obovato-orbiculatis, apicem versus leviter 

 complicates ibique leviter eroso-denticulatis, obtusis v. acutiusculis, granulis 

 resinosis viscosis conspersis ; floribus ad axillam bractese cujusvis solitariis, 

 sessilibus ; corollae flavse sesquipollicaris, bilabiatse labio superiore 2-lobo, 

 inferiore 3-partito, divisuris obtusis.* 



Aphelandra squarrosa, Nees ab Esenb. in Endl. et Mart, Fl. brasil y 

 fascic. 7 p. 89 et in DC Prodr. XI. 300. 



Charact. Variet. — Bracteis pulchre citrinis. 



The Aphelandra squarrosa var. Leopoldii, has lately been introduced 

 from the province of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, by a Belgian lady, who has* 



* Bractese basi ima incrassata, sicut rachis, nivese, exdescriptione Neesiana coeterum au- 

 rantiacse, in stirpe nostra pulchre citrinase, imee duse v. 4 oblongse, acuminata, pollicares, luteo- 

 virides. 



Bracteolae ad basin floris cujusvis 2, subulatfe, laciniis calycinis dupld breviores, circiter 2 

 lin-longse. Lacinige calycinse subulatse, acutissimse, postica cseteris triplo latiore et paullo bre- 

 viore. apice bidentata. 



Stamina 4, subsequalia, labio superiore corollee parum breviora, basi ima et apice leviter 

 puberula. Anthers (uniloculares) lineares, villis apicalibus inter se connexse, connectivo li- 

 neari, dorso villoso. Ovarium di.sco pulviniformi crasso impositum, oblongum glaberrimum, bi- 

 joculare, loculis 2-ovulatis. Stylus filiformis, glaber, apiee sensim dilatatus fobeaque infundi- 

 buliformi, stigmatica insculptus. 



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