Lankesteria
(named after Dr. E. Lankester, a distinguished British botanist). ORD. Acanthaceae. A small genus (three species have been described) of tall stove evergreen herbs. Flowers yellow or red, sessile in the axils of the bracts, solitary or fasciculate, densely spicate; bracts ovate or lanceolate, often imbricate. Leaves entire. For culture, see Eranthemum. L. Barteri (Barter's). fl. primrose, orange-eyed, salver-shaped, in terminal, simple or compound spikes. l. ovate-oblong, acuminate. West Africa. Stove. (B. M. 5533.) L. hispida (hispid). fl. yellow; spikes short, axillary, and terminal; calyx hairy. September to November. l. obovate, acuminated, undulated, hairy. Branches villous. h. 1ft. Sierra Leone. SYNS. L. longiflora, L. parviflora. (B. R. 1846, 12, under name of Eranthemum hispidum.) L. longiflora (long-flowered). A synonym of L. hispida. L. parviflora (small-flowered). A synonym of L. hispida.