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* REHMANNIA chin énsis. 
Chinese Rehmannia. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. SCROPHULARIACEE. 
REHMANNIA, Libosch. Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus. Corolla 
ringens, tubuloso-ventricosa: limbo 5-lobo: lobis subequalibus 2 superioribus 
reflexis. Stamina didynama. Anthere terminales: loculis divergentibus 
muticis. Stigma bilamellatum. ^ Capsula ovata, polysperma, unilocularis, 
bivalvis ; valvulis in media parte septiferis, marginibus liberis. Semina albu- 
minosa, ovata, membrana spongiosa reticulata involuta.. Fisch. & Meyer Ind. 
Sem. hort. Petrop. p. 36. quibusdam mutatis. Es 
R. chinensis, Fisch. & Meyer. l. €. 
Digitalis glutinosa, Gertn. in nov. commen 
544. t-20. Ge 
Gerardia glutinosa, Bunge enum. pl. chinens. p. 49. 
Rehmannia glutinosa, Libosch in herb. Imp. Petrop. 
Herba perennis, glutinosa, pilosa, palmaris ad bipedalem, omni M 
livido-purpurascens. Folia obovata, inequaliter grosse dentata, puerta, 
sursúm decrescentia.  Racemus laxus, in plantá cultá 8-10-florus, basi 
foliosus, in spontaneá contractus. Flores inferiores in axillis bractearum 
foliacearum longè pedunculati, superiores subsessiles. Calyx villosissimus, 
campanulatus, quinquedentatus, limbo paulò obliquo. Corolla tubulosa, 
villosa, sesquiuncialis ; tubo extüs fusco-purpureo ventre lutescente ; limbo 
Jerrugineo, venoso, basi sanguineo, 5-lobo ; lacinüs rotundatis, superioribus 
latioribus paulò refleris, inferiore lineari ceteris multo angustwre utrinque 
us basin tubi inserta, inclusa, glabra, 
plicatá. Stamina 4, didynama, vers 3 mm 
antherarum lobis subparallelis muticis. Ovarium ovatum, unilocu tare, 
placentis duabus didymis reflexis polyspermis ; stylus filiformis; stigma 
bilamellatum, lobis aqualibus. 
7 diis A enan TIN 
This plant was sent from the Imperial Garden at St. 
Petersbureh to that of the Horticultural Society n the year 
1835; and the reported size of the flowers excited great 
u 
t. Acad. Imp. Petrop. xiv. p. 
* An unexplained name. 
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