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GEISSOMERIA longiflora. 
Long flowered Geissomeria. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. -ACANTHACER. - À 
GEISSOMERIA. Flores sessiles spicati. Bracteæ tres, exteriore 
majore. Calyx pentaphyllus, sepalis glumaceis imbricatis insequalibus, dor- 
sali majore. Corolla tubulosa, clavata, limbo subæquali, lacinia inferiore 
barbata. Stamina subæqualia, versús basin tubi inserta. Anthere mutice, 
biloculares, loculis parallelis, apice piloso coheerentes. Pollen cylindraceum 
glabrum ! Ovarium pedicellatum biloculare, loculis dispermis.: Stigma 
infundibulare hinc extús pubescens. ——Frutex (Brasiliensis) foliis integris 
oppositis, spicis terminalibus axillaribusque. s 
Geissomeria longiflora. 
Caulis erectus, teres, leviter pubescens. Folia opposita, ovato-lanceolata, 
undulata, sessilia, ad basin attenuata, supra glabra, subtús subpubescentia, 
ad venas sericea., Spice terminales, et axillares, ad basin foliose, arct? 
imbricate. Bractew 3, ovate, nervose, ciliate, pubescentes, alterá exteriore 
duplô majore, duabus lateralibus brevioribus. - Calyx 5-phyllus, glumaceus, 
glaber, ciliatus, sepalis inequalibus, imbricantibus, dorsali majore, interioribus 
minoribus., “Corolla „punicea, tubulosa, velutina, tubo arcuato, clavato, sub- 
ventricoso, intils. glabro ; limbo erecto, 4-fido, bilabiato, lobo superiore rotun- 
dato, transverso, emarginato, inferioribus obtusis, lateralibus patentibus, 
inferiore majore barbato. Stamina 4, subequalia, tubi longitudine, versùs 
ejus basin inserta. ` Filamenta filiformia, basi dilatata, intis pilosa, basi 
dens? villosa. Antherw lineares, apicibus acutis pilosis coherentes, bilocu- 
lares. Pollinis particulas magne, cylindrice, utrinque rotundate, glaberrime, 
diametro longitudinali transversalem ter superante. ^ Ovarium ovatum, 
attenuatum, subpedicellatum, loculis dispermis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma 
infundibulare, hinc lined pilosá. ; 
A handsome shrubby plant, with much of the habit of 
Ruellia: raised from Brazilian seeds, by Thomas Carey 
Palmer, Esq., with whom it flowered in the stove, in 
October last. | 
It does not appear to us that it can be strictly referred 
to any genus of Acanthacee at present established. From 
