GESNERIACEA. XXXV. AIKINIA. 
neath, downy above; petioles and stem villous; peduncles 
panicled, equal to the calyx in length, but 6 times shorter than 
the corolla, pilose. 2t. G. Native of the South of Chili, in 
shady places at the river Rucal; and of Chiloe, in humid shady 
places. Dichroma coccinea, Cav. icon. 6. p. 59. t. 282. Co- 
rolla scarlet. Seeds minute, ovate. 
Scarlet-flowered Ourisia. Pl. 4 to 2 feet. 
4 O. ra'LLENs (Poppig, et Endlicher, nov. gen. chil. 1. p. 3. 
t. 5.) radical leaves orbicularly cordate, crenated, smoothish ; 
petioles villous; tops of stem sub-panicled ; peduncles equal in 
length to the calyx, and almost twice shorter than the tube of 
the corolla, which is regular, all quite glabrous. Y.G. Na- 
tive of the South of Chili, on the Andes at Antuco, in rocky 
places. 
Pale Ourisia. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
5 O. microrny’ixa (Poppig, et Endl. |. c. p. 3. t. 7.) suffruti- 
cose, glabrous ; leaves oval, sessile, closely and quadrifariously 
imbricated, coriaceous ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 
short; stamens one half shorter than the tube. h. G. Native 
of the South of Chili, in the fissures of basaltic rocks on the 
Andes of Antuco. A small, branchy shrub, with the habit of 
Erica. Corolla rose-coloured, or lilac. 
Small-leaved Ourisia. Shrub. 
6 O. arrena (Poppig, et Endl. l. c. t. 6.) radical leaves 
cordate-oblong, doubly crenated, and are, as well as the petioles 
and stem, villous; peduncles corymbose and equal; calyxes 
one-half shorter than the tube of the regular corolla, quite 
glabrous. 2.G. Native of the South of Chili, on the top of 
Pico de Pilque, among the Andes. Corolla scarlet. 
Alpine Ourisia. PI. 1 to 1 foot. 
7 O. rorva'THA (Poppig, et Endl. l. c. p. 4.) suffruticose ; 
branches downy; leaves oval, sessile, by remote pairs, mem- 
branous; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, elongated ; 
stamens length of tube. ^b. G. Native of the South of Chili, 
on the Andes, in cold places. Corolla scarlet; limb yellow 
inside. 
Many:flowered Ourisia. Shrub. 
Cult, For culture and propagation see Streptocárpus, p. 658. 
§ 2. Capsule circumcised. 
XXXV. AIKI'NIA (named in honour of Arthur Aikin, 
F.L.S., Secretary to the Society of Arts.) R. Br. in Wall. pl. 
rar. asiat. 3. p. 65. t. 288.  Epíthema, Blume, but not of 
Jack. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, 
equal. Corolla hypogynous, irregular ; limb spreading ; upper 
lip bifid : lower tripartite, with nearly equal segments. Stamens 
4, the 2 superior ones fertile, with cohering anthers: lower 2 
sterile. Stigma capitate. Capsule girded by the calyx, 1- 
celled, circumcised ; placentas 2, free, seated on adnate, parietal 
pedicels, seminiferous all over. Seeds erect, with elongated 
funicles.— Annual, rather pilose herbs. Leaves cordate, a little 
toothed: lower usually one or more alternate: superior ones 
nearly opposite. Spikes unilateral, circinate while young, and 
head-formed, but corymbose while bearing the fruit, peduncu- 
late ; pedicels disposed in a double row along the rachis, 
crowded, bractless, but the racemes are involucrated by one 
roundish cucullate leaf each at base. Flowers small, blue. 
Nearly allied to Loxótis. 
1 A. Brunonis (Wall. 1. c. 3. p. 66. t. 288.) leaves petiolate ; 
peduncles solitary, or many. ©. F. Native of the Island of 
Timor, near Colping. Gratiola involucrata, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 
138.? Plant branched, or simple. 
Brown's Aikinia. Pl. } foot. ` 
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2 A. Horsrir'tpu (R. Br. l. c. p. 66.) leaf solitary, sessile, 
terminating the stem; peduncles solitary, many. ©. F. Native 
of Java. Epíthema, Blum. 
Horsfield’s Aikinia. Pl. 4 foot. ? 
3 A. canNOsA ; leaves petiolate ; peduncles solitary, or many 
seriate; racemes capitate; bractea small, ovate; corollas ex- 
ceeding the calyx a littl. (9. F. Native of Nipaul. Epi- 
thema carnósum, Benth. scroph. ind. p. 57. Pzederotoides car- 
nósa, Wall. mss. 
Fleshy Aikinia. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocárpus, p. 658. 
XXXVI. STAURANTHERA (from cravpoc, stauros, a 
cross ; and av@noa, anthera, an anther; in allusion to the an- 
thers cohering in a cruciate manner.) Benth. scroph. ind. 
ofc 
r Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx subrotately 
campanulate, 5-plicate, very broadly sub-10-cleft. Corolla 
ample, oblique, with a very short tube, spurred behind at the 
base, subquinquefid at top. Stamens 4, fertile ; anthers heart- 
shaped, cohering cruciately. Capsule circumcised. Ramifi- 
cation of stem, and obliquity of leaves, like that of Glossánthus. 
Leaves large, wrinkled, Racemes ditrichotomously panicled, 
8-20-flowered. 
1 S. GranpirLora (Benth. l. c.) 
Wall. 
6395. 
Great-flowered Stauranthera. | Pl. branched. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocárpus, p. 658. 
2,.? S. Native of Penang, 
Glossánthus ? grandiflorus, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 
T 4 genus hardly known whether it belongs to the order 
Bignoniacee or the present. 
XXXVII. AMPHICO' ME (from aupı, amphi, on both sides ; 
and kwun, kome, a head of hair; in reference to the seeds being 
furnished with a tuft of hairs at both ends.) Royle, ill. himal. 
t. 72. f. 1. Incarvillea species, R. Br. ex Royle, l. c. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérmia. Calyx tubular, pen- 
tazonal; angles stiffer than the membranous ciliated sides, 5- 
toothed ; teeth subulate, slightly hairy. Corolla tubular near 
the base, ventricose above ; limb 5-lobed : lobes short, rounded, 
ciliated, imbricate in estivation. Stamens 4, didynamous, with 
the rudiment of a fifth. Cells of anthers converging, each fur- 
nished about its middle with a small tail-like process; filaments 
terminated above in a broad, membranous process. Stigma 
bilamellate. Capsule long, slender, silique-formed, 2-valved, 
but only opening on one side; dissepiment free, opposite the 
valves, bearing on both sides along the margins suspended seeds. 
Seeds oblong, rough, slightly winged at both ends, and termi- 
nated in a much divided coma of fine hairs, exalbuminous. Em- 
bryo straight, almond-shaped ; radicle above. Cotyledons folia- 
ceous.—A diffuse shrub, with impari-pinnate, alternate leaves, 
and axillary and terminal racemes of flowers. 
1 A. AncU'rA (Royle, l. c.) b. G. Native of Himalaya. 
Incarvíllea argüta, Royle, l. c.) Leaflets opposite, on short pe- 
tioles, 2-4 pairs, lanceolate, acuminated, unequal at the base, 
dentately serrated. — Corollas red. 
Sharp-serrated-leaved Amphicome. Shrub 3 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 
650. 
Orver CLXXV. LABIA'T JE (so named from labium, a lip ; 
in consequence of the two-lipped corolla.) Juss. gen. p. 110. 
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