336 CV. LENTIBULARIEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Pinguicula. 
Anderson; Sikkim, J. D. H.—DisrRIB. N. and Alpine Europe; N. and Central 
Asia. . . 
Leaves 14 by $in. Scapes 2-6 in., glabrous. Corolla 4-3 iv. Capsule 1 in, 
ellipsoid, 2-valved. Seeds elongate ellipsoid, testa smooth, cells oblong. 
Oxver CVI. GESNERACEIE. (By C. B. Clarke.) 
Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite alternate or solitary, undivided: 
entire or toothed; stipules 0. Peduncles axillary or terminal, rarely 
1-fld., bracteate; bracteoles usually small. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely 
regular. Calyx-segyments 5, valvate or open in the bud (imbricate 1m 
Monophyllea). Corolla gamopetalous; tube long or short; segments 
usually 5, imbricate in the bud. Stamens on the corolla-tube mostly didy- 
namous, often 2 only fertile, rarely 5 fertile; anthers 2-celled, often early 
confluent l.-celled. Dise annular or shortly cylindric or O, sometimes 
unilateral. Ovary l-celled or sub-2-celled; style linear, stigma sma 
capitate or 2-lobed; placent; parietal, bifid; ovules very many, anatropal. 
Fruit capsular or berried, dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds very many, 
minute, fusiform or ovoid, smooth; testa reticulate, often striate, albumen 0 
or scanty; embryo straight.—Species 800, mostly in S.E. Asia, Polynesia 
and Tropical America. 
The Ordinal character above given is narrowed to the Old World species of the 
Order, which all belong to the Suborder Cyrtandree. The Eugesneree of the New 
World have the ovary more or less inferior, The leaf when solitary on the plant is 
sometimes a highly developed cotyledon. 
Subtribe 1. TmrcmospoREx. Seeds tipped with a very long hair. Capsule 
long-linear, loculicidally 2-valved ; placentze bifid, recurved, enrolled, covering 
the seeds, not seed-bearing on their axial faces. 
Leaves subentire, fleshy. Stamens 4 perfect, exserted . . 1. /ESCHYNANTHUS. 
Leaves subcoriaceous, Stamens 2 perfect included . . . 2. LvsIONOTUS. 
Leaves membranous, hairy. Stamens 4 perfect included . 3. LoxosTIGMA. 
Subtribe 2. Dinymocarrex. Capsule loculicidally 2-valved, often ulti- 
mately 4-valved ; placentæ deeply intruded nearly meeting, not seed-bearing 
on their inner faces (except in **"**). „Seeds without hairs. 
* Capsule linear or elongate-lanceolate, valves 2 straight not (or very 
late) 4-valved, in Didymocarpus frequently subfollicular. 
Stigma oblique, emarginate. Stamens 2 perfect . . . . 4. DrpYMOCARPUS. 
Stigma ultimately shortly bifid. Stamens 2 perfect . . . 6. CHIRITA. 
Leaves several. Stamens 4 perfect . oe s 5. DIDISSANDRA. 
A l-leaved herb. Stamens 4 perfect . . . . . . . . 7. PLATYSTEMMA. 
9* Capsule narrowly lanceolate, valves 2 straight soon again bipartite 
(capsule usually subequally 4-valved). 
A low herb. Leaves opposite. Stamens 4 perfect . . . 8. CHAMPIONIA. 
Undershrubs. Leaves alternate. Stamens 4 perfect . . . 9. Baica. 
Flowers capitate. Corolla silky without. Stamens 2 perfect 10. TETRAPHYLLUM. 
Cyme lax, few-flowered. Calyx 3-sepalous. Stamens 2 perfect 11. TRISEPALUM. 
*** Capsule linear or elongate-lanceolate, valves (even before dehiscence) 
spirally twisted. 
Calyx distinctly 2-lipped, sub-3-sepulous . . . . . . . 12. PHYLLOBEA. 
