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tiole ; flowers rusty-villous, crimson ; calyx-segments pinnatifid at the base, lanceolate- 

 acuminate above it ; corolla 3-4 times as long as the calyx : upper lip shortly emarginate 

 or subentire, lateral lobes obliquely ovate-oblong, blunt, spreading, inferior oblong-linear. — 

 Bot. Mag, t. 1614. — C. scandens, Bot. Mag. — Leaves about 1", peduncles 8"'-4'", calyx 

 5"'-6'" > corolla 2"-l£" long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. 



30. C. argentea, Gr. (n. sp.). Softly hoary -sericeous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 pointed, entire, shortly petioled ; peduncles teruate-geminate, twice to tbriee as long as the 

 petiole ; flowers woolly-sericeous (yellow in drying) ; calyx-segments oblong -lanceolate, 

 acuminate, quite entire, half as long as the corolla ; corolla 2-lipped to the middle : 

 lateral lobes oblong, blunt, spreading, adnate to the middle of the erect, bluntly emarginate, 

 upper lip, inferior lobe oblong-linear. — Branches thick, leafy ; leaves 5"-3", petioles 3"'- 2'", 

 peduncles 6"'-8'", calyx 10'" long ; corolla 2" long : tube gibbous at the base, clavate above 

 it, 4'" diain. at the throat, upper lip and lateral lobes 2'", inferior 1'" broad ; stigma-lobes 

 deltoid, exceeded by the corolla. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl., Manchester at Nazareth. 



** Inferior and lateral corolla-lobes nearly conform : upper lip 2-Jid. 

 (Isocolumnea, Oerst.). 



31. C. hirsuta, Sw. Villous with long, jointed down; leaves elliptical or oblong, 

 pointed, serrulate above ; peduncles single, nearly as long as the petiole ; calyx-segments 

 oblong -linear, acuminate, remotely dentate, half as long as the corolla ; upper corolla-lip 

 2-fid with an open sinus, adnate below the middle to the lateral, spreading lobes : 2 upper 

 lobes ovate, erect, 3 inferior oblong, bluutish. — Br. Jam. t. 30. f. 3. SI. t. 100. f. 1 : bad. 

 —Leaves 2"-4", peduncles 6"'-10'", calyx 10"'-12'", corolla 2" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, all 

 coll., common on trees and rocks in moist woods; Domiuica !, Tmr. ; [Haiti !]. 



32. C. bispida, Sw. ! Pilose with jointed down ; leaves elliptical, bluntish, serrulate 

 above ; peduncles single, as long as the petiole ; flowers pilose (yellowish in drying) ; calyx- 

 segments lanceolate, quite entire, about one-third as long as the corolla ; upper corolla-lip 

 emarginate with an open sinus, adnate below the middle to the lateral, spreading lobes : 2 

 upper lobes semiorbicular, erect, 3 inferior oblong, bluntish, the lateral broader at tbe base. 

 — Down shorter, and leaves often more hispid than in the preceding ; leaves 5"-2", pe- 

 duncles 4"'-8'", calyx 8'", corolla 2" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Wullschl., on shady 

 mountain rocks, Manchester. 



33. C. rutilans, Sw. I Pubescent with jointed down ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 serrate above the base, usually red beneath ; peduncles 3-1, often shorter than the petiole ; 

 calyx rusty -vil lows : segments ovate-oblong, bluntish, pinnatifid below the middle, with 

 a few teeth above it ; " upper corolla-lip 2-fid, 3 inferior nearly conform, lanceolate." 

 Leaves 8"-2£", peduncles 4"'-6 w , calyx 8"'-10'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Pd., in woods, 

 on trees, Manchester, northern districts. 



Tribe III. PEB-ALINEJE. — Seeds exalbuminous : cotyledons "broad." Segments of 

 the placenta forming spurious (mostly 4) cells by adhesion to the pericarp, leaving an 

 empty space in the axis. — Anthers distinct : cells contiguous by their base. Ovary 

 superior. 



16. MARTYNIA, L. 



Calyx 5-leaved or 5-fid, oblique. Corolla 2-lipped : tube obliquely campanulate. Stamens 

 didynamous or 2. Capsule beaked, medianicide, many-several-seeded : fertile cells 4. — 

 Viscous-pubescent, large-leaved, annual herbs; all or inferior leaves opposite, cordate- 

 roundish ; flowers racemose. 



34. M. diandra, Glox. Leaves long-petioled, sinuate-dentate, all opposite ; racemes 

 terminal, subsessile ; calyx 5-leaved ; stamens 2 ; capsule obliquely half-elliptical, much 

 longer than its uncinate beak. — Jacq. Schcenbr. 3. t. 289. — Leaves 6" diam. ; sepals 8'" long, 

 ovate, pointed ; corolla 2 £"-l£" l° n g» whitish : lobes roundish, with purple blotches. — Hab. 

 Antigua!, Wullschl., a weed; [Cuba!; Mexico!]. 



17. CRANIOLAR1A, L. 

 Calyx spathaceous, 5-dentate. Corolla salver-shaped : tube filiform, campanulate at the 



