ACANTHACEAE. 



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flowers orange-yellow in showy terminal heads. Very similar to 

 chry so Stephana. 



magfnifica, Lindau in " Eng. & Prantl, Nat. Pflan." iv. 3b (1895), 

 351. Rio Janeiro. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, ovate, attenuate 

 at base ; spikes terminal, imbricated, many-flowered ; bracts, 

 outer ovate-lanceolate, inner small, linear ; corolla-tube long, 

 2-lipped, upper lip erect, entire, lower revolute, 3-lobed, red or 

 rose-coloured. See "Garden and Forest " (1892), 317. 



var. carnea (fig. " Bot. Mag." t. 3383) ; "Bot. Reg." t. 1397.— 

 Leaves nearly glabrous, purple underneath ; flowers rose-coloured. 

 Syn. var. nana, var. minor, Cyrtanthera magnifica. 



var. Pohliana. — Leaves ovate, acuminate, almost cordate at 

 the base, glabrous ; flowers bright crimson. Only differs from 

 carnea in the colour of the flowers. Velutina, the downy-leaved 

 variety, is often grown under this name. 



var. velutina. — Leaves and bracts softly villous ; flowers pink. 

 Mohintlii, Hemsl., "Biol. Cent. Amer. Bot." ii. 521. — Mexico. 

 Leaves opposite, elongate-ovate, entire or obscurely crenulate, 

 soft and slightly puberulous ; racemes axillary, shorter than the 

 leaves, few flowered ; flowers bright orange, narrow, tubular, 

 1J inch ; tube swollen just at the base, then cylindric-ventricose 

 upwards and bilabiate ; upper lip arched, entire, lower one deflexed, 

 spirally curved, with a 3-toothed apex. Syn. Sericogr aphis 

 Mohintlii, Nees ; S. Drejera, Nees. 



A very pretty winter or early spring flowering plant. It requires 

 the same treatment as Ghiesbreghtiana, otherwise its flowering is 

 a failure. 



pauciflora, Benth. & Hook., "Gen. PI." ii. 1115; (fig. "Bel.Hort." 

 1863, p. 2). — Brazil. Leaves elliptic-oblong ; flowers numerous, 

 drooping, tubular, scarlet, yellow-tipped ; tube funnel-shaped ; 

 limb erect, bilabiate. Syn. Libonia floribunda, under which 

 name it is generally grown. 



A showy plant when well flowered, requiring similar treatment 

 to Ghiesbreghtiana ; not easy to flower well. 



penrhosiensis. Hybrid between pauciflora and Ghiesbreghtiana ; 

 (fig. "Rev. Hort." (1876), 50). — Flowers of a brighter crimson 

 than pauciflora ; leaves more acute. 

 A fine winter-flowering plant. 



sericea, Ruiz, et Pav. (fig. " Fl. Peru," t. 9, fig. b).— Peru. Whitish- 

 silky ; leaves costate, oblong-acuminate, floral ones ovate ; spikes 

 terminal ; flowers red ; corolla 2 inches long, pubescent. 



Sllberecta, Andre (fig. "Rev. Hort." (1900), 210).— Uruguay. 

 Leaves opposite, subsessile, very velvety, downy ; calyx woolly, 

 sepals oval ; corolla tubular, about 1 inch long ; tube narrow, 

 2-lobed, just at apex. 



A low-growing, much spreading species. A good basket plant, 

 but not very ready to flower. 

 Justicia. — The species of this genus are of botanical rather than 

 of horticultural interest. 



calycotricha, Link.=Schaueria calycotricha. 



