460 GESNERIACEiE. 



— Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., M'Nab, Ah, Pd., March, along rocky roads, S. Mary's, between 

 Bath and Port Antonio. 



5. R. tomentosum, Mart. Stem suffruticose, glandular -villous ; leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, scabrous above, villous beneath ; peduncles equal- 

 ling or exceeding the leaves ; calyx-tube campanulate-obconical, as long as the bluntly mu- 

 cronulate, at length deltoid lobes ; corolla greenish-yellow, variegated with purple spots (or 

 purple), scabrous-tomentose ; stamens included ; summit of the capsule convex. — -SI. 1. 104. 

 /. 2.— Gesnera, £.— 2'-3' high ; leaves 8"-4" (-10, calyx-lobes 1'", at length 2'", corolla 



8"'-10'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., on rocky river-banks, common ; [Cuba!, Haiti !]. 



5. PENTARHAPHIA, Lindl. 



Calyx-limb 5-partite to the base: tube turbinate, 10(-5)-costate, Corolla 2-lipped : 

 tube campanulate-infundibular or incurved-clavate. Stamens inserted near the base of the 

 corolla, exserted : anther-cells ovoid-oblong, at length recurved. Ovary inferior. Capsule 

 medianicide at the convex, free summit. — Glabrous, resinous shrubs ; leaves scattered, pe- 

 tioled, rigid: veins costate ; pedunclesyi?^-!)-;/?^^ - ^, axillary. 



P. craniolaria, Decs, (from Swartz's specimen) is no congener, but will prove a distinct 

 genus, distinguished by transverse, included anthers, the habit and down of Conradia, and 

 a peculiar corolla. 



6. P. longiflora, Lindl. Leaves lanceolate-elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, obtusely 

 serrulate or subentire, tapering at the entire base ; calyx-lobes filiform from a subulate base, 

 one-half or one-third as long as the incurved, clavate-cylindrical, crimson corolla ; capsule 

 turbinate. — Ann. Sc. Nat. iii. 6. £. 7 : P- florida, Bees. — Gesnera ventricosa, Sw. (Conradia, 

 Mart.). P. Swartzii, Lindleyana, exserta {exclus. syn. Sw.), montana, florida, and Hermi- 

 nierii, Decs. : all distinguished by variable characters, the calvx-lobes proving of different 

 length in the same specimen— 6'-8' high ; leaves 3"-6" (-8"), calyx-lobes 8'"-2'", corolla 

 10"'-12'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al., on rocks, Manchester ; Montserrat, Dominica !, 

 Finh, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Haiti !, French islands !, Sieb. Mart. 394]. 



7. P. catalpiflora, Decs. Leaves oblong, pointed, unequally serrulate, blunt at the 

 rounded base ; calyx-lobes linear from a subulate base, two-thirds to one-fourth as long as 

 the broadly infundibular corolla-tube ; corolla yellow : inferior lip often as long as the 

 tube ; capsule turbinate. — Gesnera exserta, Sw. ! (Conradia, Mart. ; Codonorhaphia, Oerst.). 

 P. Lessertiana and parviflora, Decs. — 6'-12' high ; leaves 3''-5", calyx-lobes 4"'-2'", corolla- 

 tube 6"'-8"'long; expanded corolla often 8'" diam. at the throat. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., 

 Macf, Wils., March, M'Nab, in rocky mountains ; [Haiti !]. 



8. P. calycosa, Decs. Leaves elliptical-oblong, with a bluntish point, unequally ser- 

 rate, bluntish at the base ; peduncles 1 -flowered ; calyx-lobes long-linear, filiform above, 

 exceeding the broadly campanulale corolla ; inferior corolla-lip almost as long as the tube ; 

 capsule clavate. — Hook. Ic. t. 689, 690. — Conradia, Hook. Codonorhaphia, Oerst. — 5'- 

 10' high, much branched; leaves 4"-7", peduncles 3", calyx-lobes 18'", corolla 12'" long, 

 the latter 8'" diam. at the throat. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Macf, Manchester, mountains of 

 Port Royal. 



6. VAUPELLIA, Gr. 



Calyx-limb broadly campannlate, inflated-spreading, shortly 5-fid, herbaceous : tube cla- 

 vate-cylindrical, obtusely 10-costate. Corolla 2-lipped : tube campanulate. Stamens 

 inserted near the base of the corolla, exserted : anther-cells oblong, erect. Ovary inferior : 

 style surrounded at the base by an annular disk : stigma infundibular. Capsule cylindrical, 

 retuse at the summit, at length rupturing. — A glabrous half-shrub ; leaves scattered, mem- 

 branaceous, petioled ; veins arched-costate ; peduncles few-flowered, axillary. 



9. V. calycina, Gr. — Gesnera, Sw. Conradia, Mart. — 6'-10' high ; leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong, pointed, slightly crenate above, 6"-4" long ; calyx-limb 8"'-6'" long and broad : 

 lobes deltoid, pointed. : tube 6'" long ; corolla whitish : tube 6'" long, 2"' diam. at the base : 

 one lobe roundish, 3"'-2'" diam., the other smaller or reduced ; stamens twice as long as 

 the corolla ; capsule about 10'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Wils., in mountain-woods, 

 at 3000' alt., very rare, Manchioneal, near Betty's Hope, Bath. 



