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SINNINGIA Helleri. 
Green Brazilian Sinningia. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. Gesnerieje. 
SINNINGIA .— Calyx tubulosus, 5-angulatus, foliaceo-alatus, ore quin- 
quetido. Corolla fauce inflata, subbilabiata. Rudimentum filamenti quinti, 
basi corollse supernfe insertum. Nectarii glandulse 5, cum filamentis alter- 
nantes. Fructus capsularis. Capsula subcarnosa. C. G. Nees v. Esenbeck 
in ann. sc. nat. 6. p. 292. 
Sinningia Helleri. Nees. 1. c. t. 12. 
Pedalis v. paulo demissior. Caulis teres, crassus, carnosus, basi nudus. 
Folia opposita, petiolata, cordata , ovata, serrata, leviter pubescentia. Flores 
in racemo foliaceo comoso, pallide virides. Calyx injlatus, carnpanulatus, 
5-lobus, lobis cequalibus, 5-angulatus, angulis alatis, decurrentibus, ciliatis. 
Corolla 2 uncias longa,foliis brevior, infundibularis,pubescens,pilis viscidis, 
glandulosis; fauce dorso inflatd inter lacinias superiores; tubo intits pur¬ 
purea striato; limbo subregulari, patente, 5-lobo; lobis ovatis rotundatis 
cordatis; inferioribus latioribus. Stamina 4, didynama, basi corollce in- 
serta, tubo breviora; filamenta glabra, ascendentia ; antheree glabra, sub- 
guadrata, 2-loculares, pallide lutece, connectivo carnoso, arctissime coharentes. 
Ovarium inferum, 5-alatum, 1 -loculare, placentis dudbus duplicibus. Ovula 
indefinita. Stylus hirsutus. Stigma cyathiforme. 
Named by Dr. C. G. v. Esenbeck in honour of Mr. 
William Sinning, Gardener to the University of Bonn, m 
the garden of which establishment it had been raised from 
Brazilian seeds communicated by M. Heller, the worthy 
Inspector of the Royal Botanic Garden of Wurtzburg, 
under the name Columned sp. 
Our figure was taken at the garden of the Horticultural 
Society, in July 1825 . It had been received, with many 
other rare plants, from Rio Janeiro, whence it was sent by 
Mr. David Douglas, in 1825 . A tender stove plant, flowering 
