Whitfieldia
(named after T. Whitfield, a botanical collector of African plants). ORD. Acanthaceae. A small genus (two species) of ornamental, stove shrubs, natives of tropical Africa. Flowers white or brick-red, shortly pedicellate, solitary in the axils of opposite bracts, disposed in a terminal raceme; calyx five-parted; corolla with five twisted lobes; stamens four, didynamous; bracteoles under the calyx, and sometimes the bracts, coloured. Leaves opposite, entire. Only one of the species has been introduced. For culture, see Barleria.
W. lateritia (brick-red).* fl., calyx brick-red, ample; corolla orange-red or brick-red, twice as long as the calyx, between campanulate and funnel-shaped; pedicels opposite, drooping. October to March. l. opposite, ovate or oblong-ovate, sub-coriaceous, evergreen, waved, penniveined. Branches spreading, terete, rather tortuous. h. 3ft. 1841. (B. M. 4155; F. d. S. 32.