GESNERIACEJE. IX. CoruwNza. 
vind. 3. p. 27. t. 48. Ker. bot. reg. 805.— Plum. gen. 28. t. 
89. f. 1. Stem quadrangular. Leaves petiolate. Flowers 
solitary. ^ Corollas scarlet, melliferous, hairy. The plant is 
called by the French in the West Indies Liane de Sirop. 
Var. P; flowers yellow; fruit white. h.. S. Colúmnea 
scándens flore lutescente, fructu albo, Plum. gen. 28. 
Climbing Columnea. FI. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1759. 
climbing. 
2 C. urrsu‘ra (Swartz, prod. 94. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1080.) 
leaves ovate, acuminated, serrated, hairy above ; calycine seg- 
ments denticulated, and are, as well as the corollas, hairy. h. 
US. Native of Jamaica, at the roots of trees on the mountains in 
dense woods. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 366.—Archiménes, &c. 
Browne, jam. 270. t. 30. f. 3.— Sloan. hist. 1. p. 157. t. 100. f. 
1. Leaves petiolate. Corollas villous, purplish, or pale red. 
Flowers usually twin. 
Hairy Columnea. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1780. Shrub climbing. 
3 C. nu'rinaws (Swartz, prod. p. 94. fl. ind. occid. 2. p. 1083.) 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, denticulated, rather scabrous, hairy, and 
coloured beneath ; calycine segments jagged, and are, as well as 
the corollas, villous. h. S. Native of the interior of Ja- 
maica, on the trunks of trees, in dense woods.  Corollas 
reddish yellow. 
Red-leaved Columnea. 
climbing. 
4 C. wispipa (Swartz, prod. p. 94. fl. ind. occid. 2. p. 1083.) 
leaves ovate, obtuse, denticulated, hairy; calycine segments 
lanceolate, entire, pilose ; stem pilosely scabrous. h.S. Na- 
tive of the West of Jamaica, on shady rocks. Calyx blood- 
red. Corolla scarlet.? Fruit white. 
Hispid Columnea. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
5 C. ova'rA (Cav. icon. 4. p. 62. t. 391.) stems creeping and 
scandent ; leaves ovate, crenated, rather hispid above, and some- 
what tomentose beneath. h.. S. Native of San Carlos de 
Chiloe. Peduncles terminal, solitary. Calycine segments tri- 
dentate. Corolla scarlet, beset with white hairs. Capsule 2- 
celled, ex Cav. 
Ovate-leaved Columnea. Shrub creeping. 
6 C. ScuigpEA'Na (Schlecht, in Linnea, 8. p. 249.) stems 
simple; leaves oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, clothed with silky 
villi; calycine segments ovate-lanceolate, entire, and are, as well 
as the corollas, spotted and villous. 2.S. Native of Mexico, 
on old trees near Misantla, and near the Hacienda de La 
Laguna. Stems nodose, smoothish at bottom, but clothed with 
purplish villi at top. Leaves on short petioles, largest ones 5 
inches long, and 13 broad. Corolla 2 inches long, clothed with 
glandular villi, variegated with yellow and brown. Berry glo- 
bose, white. Seeds oblong, acutish at both ends. 
Schiedes Columnea., Shrub. 
N.B. What is C. stellata, Loir. cocb. p. 384. ? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 650. 
Shrub 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1823. Shrub 
X. MITRA'RIA (from puzpa, mitra, a mitre; in reference to 
the mitre-formed bractea which covers the calyx.) Cav. icon. 
6. p. 57. t. 579. Mart. nov. gen. bras. 3. p. 66, 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx inferior; limb 
5-parted, equal, calyculated by a 2-lobed, mitre-formed bractea. 
Corolla tubularly-ventricose ; upper lip of limb 2-lobed ; lower 
one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted, with the rudi- 
ment of a fifth behind; anthers free. Berry 1-celled, many- 
seeded.—Habit of Colámnea. Stems scandent. Leaves ovate, 
acute, serrated. Flowers axillary. Corollas scarlet. 
1 M. coccinea (Cav. l. c.) b... S. Native of San Carlos 
de Chiloe. 
Scarlet-flowered Mitraria. Shrub scandent. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 650. 
X. Mrrraria. 
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XI. DRYMO'NIA (from pvpoc, drymos, an oak wood ; in 
allusion to the plant growing on trees in woods.) Mart. nov. 
gen. bras. 3. p. 57.— Gesnéria species, Jacq. et Kunth. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx free, oblique, 
5-leaved ; leaflets imbricate, 2 interior. Corolla oblique, cam- 
panulately sub-ringent, gibbous at the base behind; throat 
spreading ; upper lip 2-lobed ; lower one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, 
didynamous, without any rudiment of a fifth; anthers free. 
Hypogynous disk, bearing an ovate gland behind. Capsule 
baccate, ovate, coriaceous, 1-celled, 2-valved ; placentas 2, pari- 
etal, bilamellate. Seeds numerous, fusiform.—Shrubs climbing, 
and fixed by strong roots to trees, or lying upon the earth. 
Stems flexile, nearly terete, with a shining epidermis, inordi- 
nately branched. Leaves opposite, petiolate, serrated, pubes- 
cent from simple hairs, like all the herbaceous parts of the plant, 
thickish. Peduncles axillary, solitary, shortish, bractless. Co- 
rollas large, painted. . 
1 D.catcana TA (Mart. l. c. p. 58. t, 221.) leaves ovate, 
rounded at the base, cordate, acute at the apex, and are, as well 
as the obliquely cordate-ovate, toothed segments of the calyx, 
downy; segments of corolla denticulated ; anthers spurred at the 
base. L.S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro, 
along the river Japura, on trees. Corolla large, white, striped 
with yellow, and spotted with purple. Calyx large. 
Spurred-anthered Drymonia. Shrub climbing. 
2 D.srrcrA' mur (Mart. l. c. p. 59.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
acute, obsoletely toothed, clothed with adpressed pili; calycine 
segments ovate-oblong, obsoletely denticulated, clothed with 
adpressed hairs; segments of corolla crenulated, fringed, ex 
Bonpl. h.S. Native of New Granada, in woods on the banks 
of the river Smitha, between Villa La Sequia and the town of 
Popayan, at the altitade of 600 hexapods. Leaves 2-3 inches 
long. Corolla large, white, campanulate, downy outside; limb 
reddish. 
Showy Drymonia. Shrub climbing. 
3 D. Jacaurwr; leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends, 
hairy, toothed; calycine segments serrated; limb of corolla 
XI. Drymonia. XII. Kuveta. 
sharply serrulated. h.S. Native of the West Indies. Bes- 
lèria serrulàta, Jacq. hort. schoenbr, 3. p. 21. t. 290. Leaves 
hairy, greenish above, and brownish purple beneath. Calyx 
large green. Corolla cream-coloured. 
Jacquin's Drymonia. Fl.? Clt. 1806. Shrub climbing. 
4 D.? GRANDIFIÒRA ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, cre- 
nated, densely pilose above, villous beneath, as well as on the 
branchlets ; peduncles axillary, elongated, many-flowered ; ca- 
lycine segments ovate-oblong, acute, quite entire, densely pilose ; 
corollas campanulate, villous ; throat open. h.S. Native of 
New Granada, in humid woods between Paramo de San Fortu- 
nato and Fusagasuga, at the altitude of 1000 hexapods. Bes- 
léria grandiflora, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 401. 
Leaves purplish beneath. Calyx purplish. Corolla campanu- 
late, sub-gibbous at the base, villous outside, white, and glabrous 
inside: limb bilabiate, spotted with red. Anthers cohering 
cruciately with the rudiment of a fifth stamen. 
Great-flowered Drymonia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophillum, p. 650. 
XU. KLU'GIA (named after Fr. Klug, M.D.) Schlecht, in 
Linnea, 8. p. 248. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx free, penta- 
gonally 5-winged, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular: limb bilabiate : 
upper lip large, roundish entire: lower one small, 3-lobed. 
Stamens 4, nearly equal, without any rudiment of a fifth. An- 
thers approximating by pairs. Hypogynous disk narrow, glan- 
dular. Capsule membranous, free, 2-valved ; placentas 2, 
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