Hemichaena
(from hemi, half, and chaino, to gape; in allusion to the two-lipped corolla). ORD. Scrophularineae. A monotypic genus. The species is a handsome half-hardy shrub. It thrives in a loam and peat compost. Ripened cuttings will root, under a hand glass, in bottom heat. H. fruticosa (shrubby). fl., cymes usually three-flowered, much shorter than the leaves; calyx 1/2in. long, tubular; corolla golden-yellow. July. l. opposite, 4in. to 8in. long, 2in. to 2 1/2in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, irregularly or doubly toothed, dark green, pubescent on both surfaces. h. 3ft. to 5ft. Guatemala and Costa Rica, 1873. (B. M. 6164.)