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hinge. Introduced accidentally into my stove-houses with other 

 seed or plants, it now sows itself considerably, 

 leonensis, Burkett (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 4717, oivarieusis, except 

 the dissections). — Tropical Africa. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate, 

 shortly acuminate, regularly serrate, softly hairy, petiole winged 

 above ; panicle terminal, rather close, glandular-pubescent ; calyx 

 segments linear, glandular-pubescent, the posterior one longer than 

 the others and a little broadened at the apex ; flowers violet- 

 blue ; corolla tube short, the lobes 10 lines long, the upper one 

 hairy on the outside. Differs from Lamium in its markedly 

 serrated leaves and in its calyx segments. 

 Chaetothylax 



eustachiana, Vahl, " Symb. Bot." ii. 15, as Justicia ; " Bot. Reg." 

 t. 309; (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 2076).— West Indies. Leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, crenate ; spikes axillary and terminal, short, subverti- 

 cellate ; bracts linear-lanceolate ; flowers orange ; corolla bilabiate, 

 cut halfway down, upper lip 3-cleft, lower very shortly bifid ; tube 

 funnel-shaped, slightly curved, contracted only at the very base. 

 Syn. Justicia eustachiana. 

 Chamaeranthemum.— A genus grown chiefly for its foliage. Very 

 like Eranthemum, only it has four stamens. 



Beyrichii, Nees in "Lindl.Nat. Syst." ed. ii. 445 ; (fig. "Bot. Mag." 

 t. 5557). — South Brazil. A slender herb. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 variegated with white ; panicles erect, many-flowered ; corolla 

 white, 1 \ inch in diameter ; tube slender, slightly curved. See 

 also "Gartenfl." 1867, 535. 



Gaudichaudii, Nees in "Mart. Fl. Bras." ix. 155 ; (fig. "Fl. des 

 Serres," 1767). — Leaves ovate, subcordate, dark green, all the centre 

 part clouded with silvery grey ; spikes terminal, solitary or ternate ; 

 flowers small, inconspicuous. A pretty foliage plant. 



igneum, Kegel, (fig. "Gartenfl." 1868, 598).— Peru. Very dark 

 green leaves with golden veins and midrib ; spikes small ; flowers 

 inconspicuous, yellow, funnel-shaped. Grown only for its very 

 beautiful foliage. See also " Fl. des Serres," 1722. Syn. 

 Stenandriwn igncum, "111. Hort." 1877, 266. 

 pictum, Masters, " Gard. Chran." 1878, i. 527.— Brazil. Leaves 

 sessile, obovate, shortly acuminate, covered with orange-coloured 

 hairs when young, at length glabrous, green with orange edges 

 and a central irregular silvery blotch, up to 9 inches long by 

 4 inches broad ; flowers not seen. A pretty foliage plant. 

 Crossandra 



flava, Hook. (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 4710).— Tropical West Africa. 

 Leaves about 9 inches long, lanceolate, undulate, upper ones sessile, 

 lower petioled ; spike terminal, short, erect, strobiliform ; bracts 

 round, large, submembranous, yellow-green, very hairy, acutely 

 keeled, the margins spinulose ; calyx concealed in the bracts ; corolla 

 blight yellow, glabrous, tube much exserted, geniculate about the 

 middle, limb of 5 flat lobes. 



g-uineensis, DC, "Prod." xi. 281; (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 6346).— 

 Tropical West Africa. Leaves ovate, glabrescent, obtuse, margin 



