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Nematanthus longipes. Long flower- 

 stalked Nematanthus. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Gesneriace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx liber obliquus ultra medium 5-fidus seu 5-partitus, 

 lobis lanceolato-linearibus subagqualibus, summo paululum 

 minore. Corolla infundibuliformi-campanulata obliqua 

 basi postice gibba., fauce patula, limbo asqualiter 5-lobo. 

 Stamina 4 didynama cum quinto rudimentario aut nullo. 

 Antherce cohaerentes. Annulus hypogynus et glandula pos- 

 tica. Capsula pyramidalis coriacea 1-locularis 2-valvis, 

 placentis 2 parietalibus bilamellatis. Semina innumerosa 

 oblonga. — Prutices Brasilienses simplices aut parce ramosi, 

 supra arbores scandentes scepe radicantes, epidermide nitida 

 cinereo-testacea. Folia opposita (altero stepe minore) petio- 

 lata crassiuscula oblonga aut ovali-lanceolata utrinque acu- 

 minata subintegerrima, juniora ciliata. Gemmatio nuda 

 foliis complicatis. Pedicelli axillares 1 -flori solitarii ebrac- 

 teati Jiliformes penduli. Corollas puniceee amplce. J) C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Nematanthus* longipes ; pedicellis folio longioribus, caly- 



cibus ultra medium quinquefidis. 

 Nematanthus longipes. De Cand. Prodr. 7. p. 544. Gard. 



in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. v.\. p. 178. (and in 



Herb. Braz.J n. 72. (2.) 



The 



* From frsfjia, a-ror, a thread, and «»(k, n /lower; from the pendent thread- 

 like peduncles on which the flowers are suspended. 

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