464 GESNERIACE.E. 



repand-eutire, puberulous ; sepals broadly ovate, bluntish, repand-entire, 2 inferior larger, 

 semicordate, superior about as long as the corolla-tube; corolla-lobes dentate; capsule 

 ovate, pointed. — Branches thick, 4-gonal j leaves 3"-2", petioles 6"'-4'", peduncles 8"'-6'", 

 larger sepals H"-l" long, the latter 10"'-12'" broad ; corolla-tube 1" long, 9"' broad, 

 oblique in a right angle at the base, equally subcylindrical above : lobes 8" / -5'" diam., 

 partly spreading; capsule 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., in moist woods near Mancha. 



14. PTEBYGOLOMA, Hanst. 



Calyx 5-leaved, lax, subequal. Corolla tubular, gibbous at the base : limb short, 2-lipped. 

 Stamens inserted near the corolla-base -. filaments connected in pairs : afither- cells transverse, 

 shortly oblong or quadrate. Pericarp baccate, rupturing. — Trailing, branched half-shrubs ; 

 leaves petioled, the pair often unequal ; peduncles single or fascicled in the axils, \-flowered. 



25. P. repens, Hanst. Glabrescent ; leaves elliptical, pointed at both ends, remotely 

 serrulate above, about as long as the peduncles •. one in the pair often reduced ; sepals 

 coloured, ovate, pointed, quite entire, half as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla yellow, red- 

 variegated, clavate, iuflexed above the gibbous base : upper lip 2-tid, inferior lobes shortly 

 oblong, blunt. — Bot. Mag. t. 4250. — Alloplectus, Hook. Besleria Berteriana, DC. (ex 

 descr.).— Leaves 1£"-1", sepals 6"'-4"'; corolla 16"'-12"' long, the latter 3'" diam.— Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Pd., Wullschl., Bluefield mountains at 2000' alt., Manchester; [New Granada]. 



26. P. pubescens, Gr. (n. sp.). Villous-pubescent with jointed down; leaves ellip- 

 tical, apiculate, remotely serrulate above: the pair uuequal, the larger much exceeding the 

 single peduncles ; sepals green or hoary with down, ovate-oblong, pointed, quite entire, 

 spreading, one-third to one-fourth as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla yellow, subcylin- 

 drical, and incurved-erect above the gibbous base •. lobes short, ovate- rouudish. — Habit of 

 the preceding, but very pubescent; leaves 22"-2*, smaller about 8"'-6"', sepals 4'", corolla 

 about 1* long, the latter 21'" diam. : lobes 1'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., Portland at 

 2000' alt. 



27. P. cristatum, Cr.{n.sp.). Down jointed ; branches purple-villous ; leaves ovate, 

 pointed, remotely serrulate above the middle, softly pubescent : the pair unequal ; peduncles 

 single, as long as the calyx, equalling the petiole ; sepals green, pinnatifid with spreading, 

 long-ciliate lobes, tapering towards the bluntish top, one-third as long as the corolla-tube ; 

 corolla crimson- and yellow-streaked (in drying), clavate, erect above the gibbous, iuflexed 

 "base : lobes short, renifonn-roundish, subequal, ciliate. — Larger leaves 2"-l£" long, smaller 

 about . half as long ; sepals 4"'-5"' long, erect-spreading : their lobes 3-5-jugal, more ap- 

 proximate near the rounded base, passing into a pair of distant serratures above, the inferior 

 oblong-linear, longer than the diameter of the middle part ; corolla 1" long, 3'" diam. : lobes 

 V" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils., Al., Wullschl., S. Anns, Manchester. 



15. COLUMNEA, L. 



Calyx 5-partite, subequal. Corolla deeply 2-lipped : tube narrow : lateral lobes con- 

 nected with the subentire or 2-fid upper lip, inferior lip narrow, deflexed. Stamens inserted 

 near the corolla-base : filaments connected in pairs : anther-cells transverse, shortly oblong. 

 Pericarp baccate, " dehiscent :" funiculi filiform. — Trailing half-shrubs ; peduncles single 

 or fascicled in the axils, \-flowered : flowers large ; stigma 2-lobed in the West Indian 

 species. 



* Inferior and lateral corolla-lobes difform -. upper lip subentire. (Eucolumnea, Oerst.) 



28. C. scandens, L., Sw. Softly pubescent ; leaves small, elliptical, bluntish, sub- 

 entire ; peduncles single, shortly exceeding the petiole; calyx-segments lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, quite entire, one-third as long as the crimson corolla ; corolla hairy : upper lip sub- 

 entire, lateral lobes obliquely ovate-oblong, blunt, spreading, inferior oblong-linear. — Jacq. 

 H. Find. 3. t. 48.— Leaves 1"-H", peduncles 2"'-6" / , calyx 6'", corolla 1£" long.— Hab. 

 Dominica!, Imr.; Trinidad!, Cr.; [Portorico! to Guiana]. 



29. C. speciosa, Prl. Branches rusty-villous ; leaves small, elliptical, bluntish, suh- 

 eutire, pubescent or glabrate ; peduncles geminate or single, 3-4 times as long as the pe- 



