GESNERIACEZ. XXVI. Ruxxcuorrcnux., 
teas lanceolate; fruit elongated. h. S. Native of Java, in 
mountain woods, where it is called Zida-bebek. 
Oblong-leaved Whitia. Fl. Year. Shrub climbing. 
2 W. carnosa (Blum. bijdr. p. 775.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
rather tomentose beneath ; fascicles of flowers on short pedun- 
cles, axillary, involucrated by 2 bracteas ; fruit oblong. h.o 
S. Native of Sumatra, and of Java, in woods on the Seribu 
mountains. Cyrtándra carnósa, Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 30. 
Stems obscurely 4-sided, smooth. Largest leaves 7-8 inches 
long: the opposite ones small, roundish-cordate. Corolla 
white. 
Fleshy Whitia. 
Cult. 
650. 
Fl. Year. Shrub climbing. 
For culture and propagation see Rylidophyllum, p. 
XXVI. RHYNCHOTE CHUM (from pvyxoc, rhynchos, a 
beak; but the application is not evident.) Blum. bijdr. 775. 
Lin. syst.  Didynàmia, Angiospérmia, Calyx 5-cleft, equal. 
Corolla with a short campanulate tube, and an unequal, 5-lobed 
limb. Stamens 4, somewhat didynamous, inclosed; anthers 1- 
celled, free. Style incurved ; stigma obtuse. Fruit baccate, 
globose, girded by the calyx: lobes of fleshy dissepiment revo- 
lute and seminiferous. Seeds naked. This genus differs from 
Cyrtándra in all 4 stamens being fertile; in the anthers being 
1-celled, and in the berry being globose. 
1 R. parvirrorum (Blum. p. 775.) stem simple, terete; 
leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, serrated, rather villous be- 
neath ; corymbs dichotomous, axillary ; pedicels subfasciculate. 
h. S. Native of Java, on the Seribu mountains. 
Small-flowered Rhynchotechum. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 
650. 
XXVII. LOXO'NIA (from Ao£oc, loxos, oblique ; flowers. ?) 
Jack. in Lin. trans. 14. p. 4. Blum. bijdr. 776. 
Lin. syst.  Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx tubular, an- 
gular, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 5-lobed, unequal, 
somewhat bilabiate limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, inclosed ; 
anthers sagittate, with divaricate lobes. Stigma bilamellate. 
Fruit baccate? inclosed in the calyx, and probably dehiscent, 2- 
celled ; lobes of dissepiment revolute, seminiferous. Seeds 
naked, pitted.— Herbaceous plants, with opposite leaves: the 
opposed ones small, generally unequal sided. Flowers race- 
mose. 
1 L. piscotor (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 40.) leaves gla- 
brous above, but purplish and retrorsely scabrous beneath ; ra- 
cemes simple, elongated. 2t. S. Native of the interior of 
Bencoolen. Stem tomentose, purple, terete, rather flexuous, 
recurved. Leaves opposite, bifarious : the one minute and reni- 
form, the other subsessile, semicordate, ovate-oblong, falcate, 
acuminated, 4-5 inches long, slightly serrated ; serratures re- 
curved, in old leaves almost obsolete. Calyx covered with red 
hairs. Corolla of a delicate yellowish-green colour, streaked 
with purple inside. 
Two-coloured-leaved Loxonia.  Pl.? 
2 L. uirsu'ta (Jack, l. c. p. 41.) hairy; leaves semi-ovate, 
broad ; peduncles 2-4-cleft ; flowers racemose. X. S. Native 
of Sumatra and the interior of Bencoolen. Stem recurved. 
Leaves on very short petioles : the one small and semicordate, 
the other semi-ovate, acuminated, slightly serrated, about 5 
inches long, and 2 or 21 broad. Peduncles dividing into 2 or 
4 unilateral racemes. 
Hairy Loxonia. PI.? 
3 L.? pecu’rrens (Blum, bijdr. p. 776.) leaves opposite, ob- 
XXVII. Loxonta. 
XXVIII. Cewrrontra. XXIX, Urania, &c. 663 
long, acuminated, cuneated at the base, decurrent, serrated, gla- 
brous ; flowers in fascicles, axillary. Y%.S. Native of Java, 
on the Seribu mountains, in humid places. 
Decurrent-leaved Loxonia. Fl. Feb. Shrub, 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocárpus, p. 658. 
XXVIII. CENTRO NIA (from xevrpov, kentron, a spur; 
back of anthers spurred at the base.) Blum. bijdr. p. 776. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérnia. Calyx spathaceous, 
cleft on one side. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a bilabiate, nearly 
equal limb; upper lip 2-lobed: lower lip 3-lobed, spreading. 
Stamens 4, inclosed ; anthers 1-celled, spurred on the back at 
the base, free. Style thick; stigma capitate. Fruit baccate, 
silique-formed ; lobes of fleshy dissepiment revolute, semi- 
niferous. Seeds naked.—A small, rather fleshy, parasitical 
plant, furnished with ovate obtuse stipulas and bracteas. 
1 C. winA' Biris (Blum. bijdr. p. 777.) X. S. Native of 
Java, on Mount Salak, in humid parts of woods. 
Showy Centronia. Fl. Sept. Oct. Pl. small. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocárpus, p. 658. 
XXIX. UTA'NIA (an alteration from its vernacular name 
Tjankuda-Utan.) Küblia, Reinwdt. herb. ex Blum. bijdr. p. 
777. but not of Kunth. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 5-cleft; seg- 
ments imbricate, permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 5- 
lobed, nearly equal limb. Stamens 5, exserted ; anthers incum- 
bent, bifid at the base. Style erect; stigma capitate. Fruit 
baccate, olive-formed ; lobes of fleshy dissepiment revolute, 
seminiferous. Seeds naked.—A branched shrub, with rather 
large, opposite, oval leaves, which are acutish at both ends, 
quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous, and undulated.  Panicles ter- 
minal, drooping ; pedicels subcorymbose. 
1 K. morinpz£rou1A; h.S. Native of Java, at the foot of 
Mount Salak, where it is called 7jankuda- Utan.  Kühlia morin- 
deefolia, Blum. bijdr. p. 777. 
Morinda-leaved Kuhlia. Fl. Year. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophylium, p. 
650. 
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XXX. FIELDIA (named after Baron Field, F.L.S., &c. 
late Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.) Cun- 
ningh. in Field's New South Wales, p. 363. icone. Hook. exot. 
fl. t. 1. p. 232. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérmia, Calyx deeply 5- 
parted, permanent, inclosed in a spath-fermed bractea, which is 
cleft on one side. Corolla tubularly ventricose; limb 5-lobed, 
equal, somewhat bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, with the 
rudiment of a fifth; filaments dilated ; anthers 2-celled, round- 
ish. Stigma bilamellate. Berry white, spongy, fleshy, 1-cell- 
ed. Seeds small, numerous, dotted, attached to two fleshy, pa- 
rietal, bilamellate placentas.—A climbing, radicant shrub, almost 
parasitical upon the trunks of trees, clothed with dense rusty 
down when young. Leaves simple, opposite, remote: those 
opposed to each other, unequal in size, elliptic, acute at both 
ends, deeply serrated in the upper half, downy, of a deep green 
colour ; petioles downy. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flow- 
ered. Flowers pendulous, greenish-white. 
1 F. Ausrra‘tis (Cunningh. l. c. Hook. l.c) 5.4.4. G. 
Native of New South Wales, on the Blue Mountains, Caley, in 
1804; and upon naked rocks on the Five Islands, Cunningh, in 
1822. 
