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Chamissoniana, Nees, "Mart. PL Bras." ix. 90; (fig. " Bot. Mag." 

 t. 0627). — Brazil. Erect herb. Leaves elliptic, 3-4 inches long, with 

 a broad white band along the midrib and sometimes partly along 

 the main veins, but breaking up into numerous white dots towards 

 the margin ; spike terminal, sessile, broad ; bracts yellow, green- 

 tipped, H inch long, rather loose, recurved, very acuminate, 

 margins spinous -toothed in their whole length ; corolla yellow, 

 tube H inch long. Syn. A. punctata, under which name it is 

 generally found in our hothouses. A very beautiful plant. 



chrysops, Bull, " Cat." 1887, 7, 9=squarrosa. 



cristata, Lindl, "Bot. Reg." t. 1477=tetrag , ona. 



dubia.— Garden hybrid (fig. " 111. Hort." xli. ser. 6, i. t. 15). Hybrid 

 between Aphelandra nitens var. Sinitzini and Stenandrium Lin- 

 denii. Inflorescence as in nitens, foliage of Stenandrium Lindenii. 

 In the way of A. aurantiaca. 



Fascinator, Lind. (fig. ° 111. Hort." xxi. 1874, p. 42, t. 164).— 

 Colombia. One of the most beautiful of the genus, but not always 

 a good doer. Branches terete ; leaves ovate to elliptic, beautifully 

 streaked with silvery white along the midrib and main veins, 

 purplish underneath ; spikes terminal, simple, 4-sided ; bracts 

 erect, ovate, 2-seriate, acuminate, ciliate, small, not serrate ; calyx 

 small ; corolla large, very showy, brilliant scarlet, tube exceeding 

 the bracts, cylindric, erect, lobes spreading, large, the lower one 

 very broad. 



formosa, Nees, DC. " Prod." xi. 301 ; (fig. Hooker, "Ic. PI." t. 718, 

 as carduifolia). — Andes of Quito. Branches spinous. Leaves 

 alternate, narrow oblong-lanceolate, acute, very short-petioled, 

 grossly spinoso-serrate ; flowers solitary in the axils of the upper 

 leaves, which are gradually reduced in size ; calyx bibracteolate ; 

 bracts spinous-pointed and spine-toothed on the margin ; sepals 

 like the bracts, but a little smaller ; corolla tube trumpet-shaped, 

 curved, 1\ inch long, upper lip bifid, lower 3-lobed. A beautiful 

 spinous species ; the alternate leaves are unusual. 



fulgens, Decne., " Rev. Hort." ser. iii. 1 (1847) (fig. p. 21).— Mexico. 

 Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, attenuated into the petiole, 

 acuminate at apex, glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; spikes 

 4-sided, bracts oval, acuminate, toothed, pubescent ; calyx deeply 

 cleft, the segments unequal ; corolla scarlet, upper lip 2-lobed, 

 erect, long, lower lobes reflexed. 



glabrata, DC, "Prod." xi. 296=Hydromestus. 



grandis, Hort. " Kew List." See tetragona. 



Heydeana, J. D. Smith (fig. " Bot. Gaz." xviii. (1893), p. 210, t. 23). 

 — Brazil, Chupadero Dept., Santa Rosa ; 5,000 feet elevation. 

 Leaves nearly smooth except margins, ovate to elliptic, up to 

 H inches by 3 inches, acuminate, contracted and prolonged at 

 base ; spike solitary, terminal, 1J inch long ; bracts concave, nearly 

 scarious, pubescent, obovate-oblong, with a recurved point at the 

 apex, and 1-2 spine-like teeth on the margin"; sepals elongate- 

 lanceolate, nearly equalling the bracts ; corolla glandular-pubes- 

 cent, crimson, 2; inches long, posterior lobe quite entire, anterior 



