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cis innasccnsy m. Mart* ft. x Fockc, Species singularly 

 corollae forma Nematanthum aim Centroselenia Benth* con- 

 nectens* Caules glabri, vel ad siimmos apices temii hlnc 

 pube inspcrsi, obtuse tetragoni. Folia opposita, carnosa, 

 glabra, in apiciilum brevem subacutum desinentia, nerro me- 

 dio tantmu perspicue pcrtensa, 2 — 2Y 8 vix 3 poll, longa, 

 6 — 8 Iiju lata, pleraque integerrima, alia versus apirem ob- 

 tuse dentato-serraia; petioli 1 — 2 liu. Flores in ramulo* 

 rum siimmitatibus axiilares, pedunculis (an semper solitariis?) 

 1—2 I'm. longiSj vix prorsns glabris. Catyar parvus irrcgu- 

 lariter 5-Iobus, potius spathaceo-fissug, ut videtur tenerrime 

 pube mitts* Corolla pollicaris* tubo temti 2 liu* longo, mihha 

 m faucem carapauulatam brevi - 5 ^ Jobam traaseunte^ ealcare 

 baseos angns to descendentc obtuso tnbum cireiter aeqna&le* 

 Stamina didynama. Filamenta eircinaliter torta, anthera- 

 rum sup. haud con tigu arum locuHs discretis stibglobosis. Fi- 

 lamentum qitintnm anautberum. 



Gloxinia I/Her. — Mart. Nov. gen. MIL 62, 



. 1» ill* tricbanttaa. (n, sp»), caulescens ? foliis oblique ora- 

 lis acntis cordatis erenato-dentatis discoloribus utrinque cum 

 petiolis ramulisque sparais pilis inspersis, floribus raceraosis, 

 bracteig foliaceis oralis* suramin subcoloratis ? calycis lobis 

 elliptieis integerrimis glabris viridibus pnrpureo-variegatis, 

 corolla viola cea hirta lato-brevique oampannlata. — In 

 Wife mrinamemibm cult a tt in arenosis spontanea: 

 l^ocke* Ex affinitaie GL caulescent is s spcciosae> sed flo- 

 nwtfabrica disiinctissima* Petioli 2 — 2*/* poll, longi, su- 

 premi breviores. Folia 7-pollicaria, muhiplinerria, subtus 

 w sicco riolaceo-purpurascentia, suinnia sensim in floralia 

 ^aaseuntia, Bracteae magnae snbsessiles, ovatae acutiuscu- 

 Iftft integ$rrimae glabrae , siunntac lato - clliptieae coloralac, 



