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Plantae anno 1910 et 1911 in .Botanical Magazine" denuo descriptae. 405 



aohaenia ignoti. — C. Sanderi W. Wats, in Gard. Chron.. 1907, vol. XLI., 

 p. 310. 



50. Deinanthe caerulea Stapf in Bot Mag., tab. 8373. — Hupeh: 

 Hingshan (Henry). — Species ab altera generis hujus, bifida, Maxim., 

 foliis supra pilis simplicibus uniformibus adpresse strigosis, infra praeter 

 costam hinc inde pilis perpaucis conspersam glabris, inflorescentia nee 

 umbellatim congesta nee involucrata, floribus araoene caeruleis, cap- 

 sulae parte supera alte conica distincta. — Herba perennis. circiter 

 30—50 cm alta. Rhizoma crassum, horizontale, nodosum, copiose fim- 

 brilligerum. Caulis solitarius, e rhizomate terminalis ima basi et inter- 

 vallis 5—10 cm remotis squarais oppositis vel suboppositis scariosis late 

 oblongis obtusis 5—10 mm longis emarcescentibus instructus, glaber 

 vel raro superne parce pilosulus. Folia plerumque 4 in apice caulis 

 congesta, raro paulo dissita, opposita, magnitudine valde variabilia, petio- 

 lata; lamina ovata vel late elliptica apice saltern foliis majoribus, saepe 

 2-fida lobis latis acutis vel acuminatis, basi rotundata vel cuneata. 

 circuracirca grosse acute serrata, 10—25 cm longa lobis si obviis cir- 

 citer 5 cm longis, 6—16 cm lata, tenuia, supra laxe adpresse strigosa, 

 pilis simplicibus, infra glabra nisi hinc inde pilis perpaucis costae in- 

 sidentibus, nervis obliquis utrinque 7 — 9, venis transversis laxis; pe- 

 tiolus 1,5—10 cm longus, glaber. Panicula terminalis, pedunculo 5 

 15 cm longo suffulta, glabra, ramis plerumque 3—4 nisi imis duobus 

 approximatis dissitis, bractea foliacea lanceolata serrata ad 2,5 cm longa 

 suflFultis, 2,5—6 cm longis glabris cymas 3— 1-floras gerentibus. Floras 

 steriles perpauci, pedicello graciii ad 3 cm longo suffulti, 3—4 sepala, 

 sepalis caerulescentibus rotundatis demum ad 14 mm diametro per- 

 sistentibus. Flores fertiles nutantes, speciosi, pedicello validjqre ad 

 1.5 cm longo suffulti. Receptaculum late breviter turbinatum, glabrum. 

 Sepala 5, ovato-rotundata, obtusa, 4—5 mm alta, matura persistentia et 

 paulo aucta, glabra, cum receptaculo caerulescentia vel rubescentia. Pe- 

 tala 6—8, rotundata, concava, 10—14 mm diametro, amoene caerulea, 

 Stamina numerosissima filamentis caeruleis antheris caerulescentibus. 

 Styli in columnam 5—6 mm longam connata; stigmata brevia, conni- 

 ventia. Capsula nutans, parte infera subglobosa ad .5 mm alta et co- 

 lumna stylari coronata. — D. bifida Oliver in Hook. Ic. PI., t. 1884; nee 

 Maxim. 



51. Columnea gloriosa Sprague in Bot. Mag., 19U, tab. 8378. 



Costa Rica. — Affinis G. microcalyci Hanst., a qua caule patule hir- 

 sute, corolla superne latissima recedit. — Herba epiphytica, perennis 

 Gaules in planta culta penduli, plus minusve anisophylli, pilis pluri- 

 cellularibus patule densiuscule hirsuti. Folia opposita, breviter peUo- 

 lata, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, apice obtusa, basi rotundata, plus minusve 

 inaequilateralia, 2-3,5 cm longa, 1-1.7 cm lata, valda convexa mar- 

 ginibus reflexis, supra dense hirsuta nervis impressis, subtus in nervis 

 valde prominentibus hirsuta ceterum inconspicue puberula; nervi la- 

 terales obliqui, utrinque 3-4; petioli 2-3 mm longi. Flores axiUares. 



