664  GESNERIACEZE. XXXI. Loxoris. 
Southern Fieldia. 
"ult. 
650. 
Shrub creeping. 
For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 
Subtribe IV. 
LOXOTIE/E (this subtribe agrees with the genus Loaótis, 
in the seeds being erect. Capsule 2-valved or circumcised. 
Seeds erect, naked. 
§ 1. Capsule 2-valved. 
XXXI. LOXO' TIS (from otoc, loxos, oblique ; corollas.) 
R. Br. ex Benth. scrop. ind. p. 57. Antonia, R. Br. but not of 
Pohl. Wulfénia species, Wall. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogjnia. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. 
Corolla with a tubular base, and a short, bilabiate limb. Sta- 
mens 2, fertile; anthers cohering : sterile ones wanting, or very 
minute.— Herbaceous plants. 
1 L. optraua (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 57.) calyx shortly 5- 
cleft; segments broad-lanceolate, bluntish. %.? S. Native 
of Nipaul and Silhet; common on the Himalaya. Wulfénia 
obliqua, Wall. tent. fl. nap. p. 45. t. 35. 
Oblique-flowered ? Loxotis. Pl. erect. 
2 L. mrERME' DIA (Benth. l. c.) calyx 5-cleft beyond the 
middle; segments lanceolate, very acute. 2/.? S. Native of 
Martaban, at Moolmyme. Wulfénia intermèdia, Wall. cat. no. 
408. Habit of the preceding, but the young leaves are often 
pubescent. 
Intermediate Loxotis. Pl. erect. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocárpus, p. 658. 
XXXII. GLOSSA'NTHUS (from yXvcca, glossa, a tongue ; 
and a»0oc, anthos, a flower; in allusion to the large concave 
lower lip of the corolla.) Klein, mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. 
57. Wulfénia species, Wall. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérmia. Calyx tubular, 5- 
cleft. Corolla tubular at the base: limb bilabiate ; upper lip 
very short: lower one large, convex.? Stamens 4, fertile ; 
anthers cohering. Capsule 2-valved.—Herbaceous plants. 
1 G. Marasa’rica (Klein, mss. ex Benth. |. c.) stem divari- 
cately branched ;, leaves and inflorescence of Loaótis. 2/.? S. 
Native of Malabar and the Nielghery mountains, in the Indian 
Peninsula. Wulfénia Notoniàna, Wall. tent. fl. nap. p. 46. cat. 
no. 409. 
Malabar Glossanthus. PI. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocárpus, p. 658. 
XXXIII. PLATYSTE'MMA (from zAarvc, platys, broad ; 
and ereupa, stemma, a garland of flowers; in reference to the 
broad corollas.) Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 41. t. 151. 
Lin. syst.  Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx ovate, 5-cleft, 
equal. Corolla rotate, very flat, without a tube: limb bilabiate, 
5-lobed : lower lip larger, 3-lobed, contracted at the base: 
upper lip obcordate. Stamens 4, very short, equal; anthers 
large, reniform, l-celled. Style very long and thick; stigma 
capitate, entire. Ovarium roundish-ovate, 2-celled. Ovula 
densely inserted in twin placentas.— Small, pilose, rock, 1 or 
2-leaved herbs. Flowers few, large, blue, terminal, on long 
pedicels, twin or subumbellate. Corollas flat, hence the generic 
name. 
1 P. viororprs (Wall. pl. rar. 2. p. 42. t. 151. Royle, ill. 
himal. t. 70. f. 2.) leaves 2, opposite under the peduncles, one 
smaller than the other, but none radical ; peduncles 2- flowered, 
XXXII. Grossantuus. 
XXXIII. Pratystremma. XXXIV. OnunisiA. 
one from the axil of each leaf. X4. G. Native of Upper 
Nipaul, upon rocks among moss, Wall. ; from Jureepanee up- 
wards, towards Mussooree ; and near Simla, Royle. Plant 2-6 
inches high, downy. Leaves sessile, orbicularly cordate, sinu- 
ately toothed. 
Violet-like Platystemma. PI. 2 to 6 inches. 
2 P. ma‘sor (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 42.) stem longer, fur- 
nished with one ovate-cordate, acute, sharply and sinuately- 
toothed leaf; peduncles umbellately bifid, each division bearing 
2 flowers, besides 1 or 2 solitary flowers from the bifurcation. 
u.G. Native of Kamaon.  Bracteas 2, opposite, small under 
the divisions of the stem or peduncles in both species. 
Larger Platystemma. PI. $ to $ foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocárpus, p. 658. 
XXXIV. OURISIA (named after Ouris, once Governor of 
the Moluccas, who received this plant from Commerson, who 
had given it his name.) Comm. ex Juss. gen. p. 100. ed Usteri, 
p. 112. Geertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 44. t. 185. R. Br. prod. p. 
438. Poppig, et Endlicher, nov. gen. 1. p. 2.  Dichróma, Cav. 
ann. des scienc. 3. t. 32. icon. 6. p. 59. t. 282.  Chelóne spe- 
cies, Lin. fil. suppl. and Willd. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 5-cleft, nearly 
equal. Corolla funnel-shaped : limb 5-cleft, nearly equal; seg- 
ments obtuse. Stamens 4, didynamous. Stigma capitate, 
emarginate or 2-lobed. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved; valves 
septiferous in the middle. Placentas globose, adnate to the dis- 
sepiment. Seeds numerous, with an aril-formed, reticulated 
testa.—Creeping herbs, with opposite leaves, and terminal and 
axillary, bractless peduncles. 
Sect. I. Ourysra (see genus for derivation.) Poppig, et 
Endlicher, nov. gen. 1. p. 2. Calyx sub-bilabiate. Corolla 
funnel-shaped ; tube widened a little in the middle, and curved : 
limb erect, hardly equalling a sixth part of the tube. 
1 O. Maczrra'NicA (Juss. l c. Geertn. l. c. Poppig, et 
Endlicher, l. c. t. 4.) stem creeping; radical leaves cordate- 
ovate or elliptic, doubly serrated, on long petioles; cauline 
leaves reniform, opposite, half stem-clasping ; peduncles axil- 
lary, solitary, elongated, 1-flowered ; calyx ciliated: upper lip 
tridentate: lower one bifid. %.G. Native of Chili, on the 
Andes, among rocks ; and of the Straits of Magellan, in the fis- 
sures of rocks, Chelóne ruelloides, Lin. fil. suppl. 271. Fors- 
ter, in Comm. goett. 9. p. 35. Willd. spec. 3. p. 226. Corolla 
purple. ; 
Magellan Ourisia. Pl. 3 to 6 inches. 
Secr. II. Dicurdma (from ic, dis, double; and xpepe 
chroma, colour ; in reference to the scarlet colour of the corolla; 
and green of the other parts of the plant.) Poppig, et Endlicher, 
nov. gen. 1. p. 3. Calyx equal: segments hardly cohering at 
the base. Corolla funnel-shaped : limb spreading, equal in 
TOES to a third or half the length of the erect cylindrical 
tube. 
2 O. intzeriroua (R. Br. prod. p. 439.) glabrous; stem 
creeping; leaves subovate, quite entire; peduncles terminal, 
generally solitary ; calyx deeply 5-cleft, equal. Y. G. Native 
of Van Diemen's Land. This differs from O. Magellánica, in 
the calyx being equally 5-cleft, and in the corolla being shorter. 
Entire-leaved Ourisia. P]. creeping. 
8 O. COCCI'NEA (Pers. ench. 2. p.169. Poppig, et Endlicher, 
l. c.) radical leaves cordate, doubly crenated, violaceous be- 
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