An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 244 ACANTHACEAE. Vol. II r. inflorescence mostly cymose or spicate, the involucres subtending i flower or several. Calyx4-5-cleft, the lobes Hnear or subulate. Corolla-tube slender, slightly enlarged above, thelimb conspicuously 2-lipped; upper lip erect, concave, interior in the bud, entire or 2-3-toothed;lower lip spreading, entire or 3-toothed. Stamens 2; anther-sacs parall
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 244 ACANTHACEAE. Vol. II r. inflorescence mostly cymose or spicate, the involucres subtending i flower or several. Calyx4-5-cleft, the lobes Hnear or subulate. Corolla-tube slender, slightly enlarged above, thelimb conspicuously 2-lipped; upper lip erect, concave, interior in the bud, entire or 2-3-toothed;lower lip spreading, entire or 3-toothed. Stamens 2; anther-sacs parallel, sometimes unequal,separated by a narrow connective. Style filiform; ovules 2 in each cavity of the flattened, ovate or suborbicular, sessile or stipitate, 2-4-seeded. Placentae separatingelastically from the walls of the capsule. Seeds compressed, nearly orbicular. About 60 species, natives of warm and tropical regions. Besides the following, 4 others occurin the southern and southwestern United States. Type species: Justicia chinensis I. Diapedium brachiatum (Pursh)Kuntze. Diapedium. Fig. 3896. Justicia brachiata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 13. brachiata Spreng. Syst. i : 86. brachiatum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 485. 1891. Annual (?), glabrate, or pubescent; stemslender, 6-grooved, erect, much branched, i°-2°high. Leaves ovate, membranous, long-petioled,acuminate or acute at the apex, narrowed orrounded at the base, 3-6 long, 1-3 wide;inflorescence paniculate, the involucres 1-4-flowered, each of 2 oblong or obovate, obtuseor mucronate, opposite bracts; corolla 8-i2long, pink or purple, the lips about as long asthe slender tube; upper lip 2-3-toothed. thelower entire; capsule oblong, 2,-2, high, alittle longer than the involucre, the valvesslightly divergent in dehiscence, the placentaeremaining attached to their summits. In moist thickets, North Carolina to Florida,Missouri, Kansas and Texas. July-Oct. Family 34. PHRYMACEAE Schauerin DC. P
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