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7. CONRADIA, Mart. 



Calyx-limb 5-partite : tube turbinate or campanulate, often 10-costate. Corolla 2-lipped : 

 tube campanulate or clavate-cylindrical. Stamens inserted near the base of the corolla, 

 shorter than the corolla: anther-cells ovoid-roundish. Ovary inferior. Capsule wholly 

 inferior, opening by pores at the truncate summit. — Downy or glabrescent half-shrubs, rarely 

 herbs or shrubs; leaves scattered, often rugose: veins arched-costate ; corymbs fe w-\- 

 Jlowered, axillary, peduncled, or subsessile. 



Ophianthe, Hanst., I regard as a congener, as it is only distinguished by the tubular 

 corolla : the costate calyx-tube exists in 0. libanemis, and the difference in the growth of the 

 epigynic glands presents a gradual passage. 



* Corolla-tube campanulate : limb large, expanded. 



10. O. humilis, Mart. Suffruticose, simple; pilose down scarce, disappearing; leaves 

 lanceolate or obversely lanceolate, acuminate, serrate above, subsessile, membranaceous ; 

 peduncles few-flowered, about as long as the leaves ; calyx-tube ovate, slightly 10-keeled: 

 lobes subulate; corolla " yellowish," deflexed : tube broadly campanulate, thrice as long as 

 the largest lobe: lobes entire, very unequal. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 133./. 2: corolla-limb 

 inaccurate. — Gesnera, L., Sw., Pcepp. Cub. ! — Stem ascending, spithameous or lower, naked 

 below, leafy above ; calyx-lobes 2'", corolla 8'" long. — Hab. Jamaica (Lun.) ; [Cuba !, Haiti]. 



11. C. mimuloides, Gr. (n.sp.). Suffruticose, simple ; down jointed ; leaves spathu- 

 late, blunt, dentate-crenate above, tapering into the short petiole, membranaceous ; pe- 

 duncles 1-3 -flowered, flexuose, one-third to one-fourth as long as the leaves ; calyx-tube 

 ecostate, at length terete, ovoid, pilose : lobes half as long as the corolla-tube, elliptical, 

 bluntish, at length excrescent, oblong ; corolla-tube broadly campanulate, about twice as 

 long as the broad lips : lobes rounded, subequal, ciliate. — Stem ascending, 6"-4" long, 

 naked below, glabrescent :' younger parts, petioles and midrib of leaves beneath rugose with 

 approximate knobaor warts; leaves 5"-3", petioles 8" -3'" long, the former 16"'-10'" broad 

 above, glabrescent, except at the margin and on the midrib beneath ; peduncles filiform, 

 about 1", calyx-lobes during anthesis 3'", corolla 8"'-10'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., 

 M'Nab, S. George at Moorce's Gap. 



12. C. neglecta, Book. ! Suffruticose, simple, glabrous (except furfuraceous aspe- 

 rities) ; leaves spathulate-oblong , bluntish, crenate above, tapering into the short petiole, 

 membranaceous; peduncles 1-flowered, short, not much longer than the petiole ; calyx- 

 tube ecostate, ovate, glabrous : lobes lanceolate-acuminate, little shorter than the corolla- 

 tube ; corolla-tube broadly-campanulate, as long as or shorter than the broad lips : lobes 

 orbicular, subequal, eciliate. — Hook. Ic. t. 874. — About 4" high, ascending, naked below ; 

 rugosities glabrous, though "resinous;" leaves 5"-3", peduncles 2"'-8"', calyx-lobes 3"'-5'", 

 corolla about 1" long : the expanded corolla 1" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., on rocks, S. 

 Anns in Pedro district, Clarendon in Cave Valley. 



13. C. clandestina, Gr. («. sp.). Frutescent, branched ; branches and petioles rusty- 

 villous ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointleted, serrate above, subacute at the base, 

 chartaceous, roughish, glabrous ; peduncles 1-flowered, twice as long as the petiole ; calyx 

 pubescent : tube obtusely 5-angular, shortly turbinate : lobes long, oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla pubescent: tube broadly campanulate, thrice as 

 long as the lips: lobes short, rounded, unequal. — Branches naked below; leaves 4"-2 J", 

 petioles 3"'-6'* calyx-tube 2"'-3"', lobes 8"', corolla 10"' long, the latter 6"' diam. at its 

 throat. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils. 



** Corolla-tube sub cylindrical, slightly tapering below its short, infundibular, 

 subequal limb. (Ophianthe, Hanst.) 



14. C. scabra, Mart. Frutescent, branched ; branches and petioles scabrous-pubescent ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, pointed, unequally serrulate, chartaceous, reticidated, scabrous by 

 minute bristles ; peduncles spreading, 3(-l)-flowered, about as long as the leaves ; calyx 

 scabrous : tube turbinate, at length 5-costate i lobes ovate, pointed, one-fourth to half as 

 long as the corolla-tube ; corolla crimson, pubescent : tube inflexed, straightish, subcylin- 

 drical much longer than the small, ronudish, subequal lobes. — Gesnera, Sw. — 2'-4' high ; 



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