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Read about Asystasia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Asystasia (obscure name). Including Henfreya, Dicentranthera and Mackaya. Acanthaceae. Hothouse or greenhouse evergreen herbs and shrubs. Plants erect or scandent: Lvs. membranaceous, entire: corolla-tube straight or curved, the spreading limb 5-lobed and nearly or quite regular; stamens 4, unequal; stigma blunt or minutely 2-lobed; fls. white, blue or purple, in axillary or terminal clusters, often very showy.—About 20 species in the Old World tropics. Require the general treatment of Justicia, in intermediate or warmhouses. A. coromandeliana, Nees {A. comprensis, Bojer. A. violacea, Dalz. Justicia gangetica. Linn.}. Zigzag sub-shrub: lvs. ovate- cordate, wavy: fls. purple, nearly sessile, in 6-10-fld. raceme. India. B.M. 4248. P.M. 14:125. F.S. 2:179.—A. scandena, Lindl. (Henfreya scandens, Lindl.). Climbing: Lvs. obovate to ovate, thick, entire: fls. large, yellow, white and blush, in a thyrse. Afr. B.M. 4449. B.R. 33:31. F.S. 3:231. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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 Plants erect or scandent: Lvs. membranaceous, entire: corolla-tube straight or curved, the spreading limb 5-lobed and nearly or quite regular; stamens 4, unequal; stigma blunt or minutely 2-lobed; fls. white, blue or purple, in axillary or terminal clusters, often very showy.—About 20 species in the Old World tropics. Require the general treatment of Justicia, in intermediate or warmhouses.
+A. coromandeliana, Nees {A. comprensis, Bojer. A. violacea, Dalz. Justicia gangetica. Linn.}. Zigzag sub-shrub: lvs. ovate- cordate, wavy: fls. purple, nearly sessile, in 6-10-fld. raceme. India. B.M. 4248. P.M. 14:125. F.S. 2:179.—A. scandena, Lindl. (Henfreya scandens, Lindl.). Climbing: Lvs. obovate to ovate, thick, entire: fls. large, yellow, white and blush, in a thyrse. Afr. B.M. 4449. B.R. 33:31. F.S. 3:231.
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