HEBENSTRETIA, in botany: A genus of the angiospermia order, belonging to the didynamia class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 48th order, aggregata. The calyx is emarginated, and divided below; the corolla unilabiate; the lip rising upwards, and quadrifid; the capsule dispermous; the stamina inserted into the margin of the limb of the corolla.