Justicia hylaea Leonard

Authority

Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1961. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IV (2). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-87.

Family

Acanthaceae

Scientific Name

Justicia hylaea Leonard

Description

Latin Diagnosis - Herba usque ad 1.5 m altam, caulibus subquadrangularibus, leviter 4-sulcatis, nitidis, bifariam hirtellis, pilis retrorse curvatis. 0.5 mm longis, cystolithis parallelis, usque ad 0.32 mm longos; lamina foliorum oblonga, usque ad 16 cm longam et 4.5 cm latam, breviter acuminata, basi angustata, firma, scabrida, integra, parce hirtella, pilis curvatis, 0.25 mm longis, costa et venis lateralibus (10-12 paribus) subtus prominentibus, supra aliquanto obscuris, cystolithis pluribus et conspicuis, usque ad 0.3 mm longos; petioli circa 5 mm longi, parce hirtelli; paniculae terminales, usque ad 7 cm longas et 2 cm latas, densae, floribus sursum contiguis; pedunculi usque ad 5.5 cm longos, subquadrangulares, aliquanto hirsuti, pilis retrorse curvatis, circa 0.4 mm longis, rhachi et rhachillis dense hirsutis, pilis retrorse curvatis, circa 0.4 mm longis; bracteae subulatae, usque ad 11 mm longas et 1 mm latas, carinatae, parce puberulae et ciliatae; bracteolae similes sed minores; calycis segmenta 5, lanceolata, graciliter acuminata, 1 cm longa et 1 mm lata, parce et minute puberula et ciliata, trinervata; corolla pallida caesia, 15 mm longa, glabra vel apice parce pubescens, pilis patulis, 0.2 mm longis, tubo 5 mm longo et 4 mm lato, labio superiore erecto, triangulari, basi 4.5 mm lato, apice bilobato, lobis rotundatis, 1 mm longis, 0.75 mm latis labio inferiore erecto vel leviter patulo, 1 cm longo, trilobato, lobis 2 mm longis 2-2.5 mm latis, rotundatis; stamina exserta sed labio superiore breviora, lobis antherarum superpositis et parallelis, margine ciliatis, pilis planis, connectivo piano, 1 mm longo; capsulae (immaturae) pilosae, pilis patulis, deorsum retrorsis.

Discussion

Fig. 36.

The specific epithet is from the Greek, meaning belonging to the woods.