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9. TUSSAC1A, Rchb. 



Character of Episcia, but calyx campanulate, inflated, shortly 5-fid. — Erect herbs ; co- 

 rymbs umbelliform, peduncled ■ calyx coloured, red. 



20. T. pulchella, Rchb. Down pubescent ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, pointed, 

 crenate- serrate above the narrowly cuneate, scarcely petioled base ; calyx-lobes deltoid, 

 serrate, one-half to one-third as long as the tube ; corolla yellow, nearly regular : tube erect, 

 cylindrical, half as long again as the calyx. — Bot. Mag. t. 1146. — Besleria, Bon. Episcia, 

 Mart, Skiophila, Hanst.—V high ; leaves 7"-3", corolla 16"'-12'" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 March; S.Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad'., Cr. ; [Cuba; Panama!]. 



10. BESLERIA, L., Oerst. 



Calyx campanulate, at length globose, shortly 5-fid. Corolla tubular : tube straightish, 

 subcylindrical : limb short, 2-lipped. Stamens inserted near the middle of the corolla-tube : 

 filaments distinct •. anthers remform, with confluent cells. Pericarp baccate, rupturing. — 

 Nearly simple half-shrubs ; flowers fascicled (single) in the axils. 



21. B. lutea, L. Glabrescent ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, serrate 

 above, petioled ; pedicels longer than the calyx ; calyx half as long as the yellow, slightly 

 gibbous corolla: lobes subulate; berry globose. — Plum. Ed. Burnt, t. 49. — Stem 6'-10' 

 high ; leaves 8"-4", pedicels G'"-8'", calyx 5"', corolla 10'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all 

 coll., in moist mountain-woods ; Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. ; 

 [French islands ! ; Venezuela! to New Granada ! and equat. Brazil]. 



11. COLLANDRA, Lemair. 



Calyx 5-leaved. Corolla tubular, gibbous at the base : limb short, suberect, subequal. 

 Stamens inserted near the corolla-base -. filaments distinct : anthers reniform,' with confluent 

 cells. Pericarp " baccate." — Stout, nearly simple, large-leaved half-shrubs ; leaf-veins 

 costate-arched ; flowers shortly pedicellate, glomerate in the axils. 



22. C. petiolaris, Gr. (». sp). Down appressed-woolly ; leaves ^elliptical or obovate- 

 obloug, minutely serrulate or subentire, long-petioled, glabrescent : the pair equal ; glome- 

 rules exceeded by the petiole ; sepals lanceolate-acuminate, quite entire, woolly, exceeding 

 half the corolla; corolla straight above.— Leaves 12"-4", sepals 3"'-5"', corolla 5"'-8"' 

 long. — Hab. Dominica 1, Imr. 



12. ALLOPLECTUS, Mart. 



Calyx 5-leaved, lax, coloured, subequal. Corolla tubular, oblique : limb short, subequal. 

 Stamens inserted near the corolla-base : filaments distinct : anther-cells ovoid. Pericarp 

 " baccate." — Trailing half-shrubs ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered. 



23. A. cristatus, Mart. Pubescent by jointed, flaccid down ; leaves small, elliptical, 

 serrulate, petioled ; peduncles solitary, nearly as long as the leaves ; sepals crimson, ovate, 

 pointed, inciso-serrate, often oblique at the base, one-third to one- half as long as the yellowish, 

 pilose corolla. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 180. — Besleria, L. Prionoplectns, Oerst. — Woody 

 stem rooting ; leaves 2"-l", sepals 4'"-6"', corolla 1" long. — Hab. Nevis, Dominica !, 

 Imr., S. Vincent!, Parser; [French islands!, Sieb. Mart. 161, in moist mountain-woods ; 

 Guiana]. 



13. DBYMONIA, Mart. 



Calyx 5-leaved, oblique : superior sepals smaller. Corolla oblique, broadly campanulate, 

 gibbous at the base : limb slightly 2-lipped: lobes large, erect-spreading, subequal. Stamens 

 inserted near the corolla-base: anthers transversely accumbent : cells oblong, produced at 

 the base. Capsule compressed, 2-valved. — Trailing half-6hrubs ; peduncles single in the 

 axils, 1 -flowered. 



The character of the anthers is taken only from B. cristata, Miq. 



24. D. parvifolia, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaves elliptical, pointed at both ends, crcuniate or 



