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Dianthera (From dis two and anthera)

(from dis, two, and anthera, anther; the cells are more or less separated from one another). SYN. Rhytiglossa. Including Porphyrocoma. ORD. Acanthaceae. A rather large genus of erect, ascendent, diffuse, or prostrate, stove, greenhouse, or hardy herbs. Flowers long, solitary or fascicled, bracteate; corolla, with a narrow tube, which is either straight or incurved. Leaves entire, or rarely dentate. For culture, see Justicia. D. americana. (American). fl., corolla pale violet, or whitish, less than 1/2in. long; base of lower lip rugose; peduncles mostly exceeding the leaves, capitately several-flowered. Summer. l. narrowly lanceolate, 3in. to 4in. long, tapering at base, subsessile. Stem sulcate-angled. h. 1ft. to 3ft. In water, Canada to South Carolina, Arkansas, and Texas. Hardy aquatic. SYN. Justicia pedunculosa (under which name it is figured in B. M. 2367). D. ciliata (fringed).* fl. violet, with a white palate, numerous, fascicled. Winter. l. ovate-lanceolate, 2in. to 3in. long. h. 2ft. Venezuela, 1870. A pretty stove sub-shrub. SYN. Beloperone ciliata. (B. M. 5888.) D. Pohliana (pohl's).* fl. purple; bracts deep red, imbricated, rather large; spike terminating the branches, closely packed, cone-like. March. l. somewhat large, sessile, narrowed to both ends. Brazil, 1880. Stove. SYN. Porphyrocoma lanceolata. (B. M. 4176.) D. secunda (side - flowering). fl. red, in compound terminal racemes; bracts setaceous. October to February, l. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Branches secund, many-flowered. West Indies, 1793. Stove. SYN. Justicia secunda (under which name it is figured in B. M. 2060).