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Beloperone (name refers to the arrow-shaped connective). Acanthaceae. Hothouse evergreen shrubs of the Justicia group, rarely seen in cult, and apparently not in American trade. Lvs. entire: fls. usually red or purple, mostly in showy-bracted axillary or terminal clusters; corolla-tube narrow, often long, the limb 2- lipped; stamens 2, affixed on the tube; style filiform, entire or slightly 2-lobed: fr. an oblong or ovoid caps. — About 30 species inhabiting Trop. Amer., of which 2 or 3 are listed as cult, plants. B. violacea, Planch. & l.irnl., has lanceolate-acuminate Lvs. and violet-purple fls. B.M. 5244. B. oblongata, Lindl., has oblong- lanceolate Lvs. and axillary spikes of rose-purple fls. B.R. 1657. A recent species is B. angustiflora, Stapf, resembling B. violacea. with oblong-elliptic Lvs. and a very narrow corolla-tube with a violet-purple limb.
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Agrostis (an ancient Greek name for a forage grass, from agros, a field). Gramineae. Bent-grass. Annual or usually perennial grasses with erect or creeping stems and open panicles of small flowers.
Agrostis (an ancient Greek name for a forage grass, from agros, a field). Gramineae. Bent-grass. Annual or usually perennial grasses with erect or creeping stems and open panicles of small flowers.