( 4080 ) 



Nematanthus chloronema. Shorter- 

 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 subaequalibus, summo paululum 

 minore. Corolla infiindibuliformi -campanulata obliqua 

 nasi postice gihba, fauce pat u la, limbo aequaliter 5-Iobo. 

 Stamina 4 didynama cum quiuto rudimentum aut nullo. 

 Anthers cohaerehtes. Annulus hypogynus et gland n la pos- 

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

 placentis 2 parietalibus bilamellatis. Sernhia innumerosa 

 oblonga. — Frutices Brasilienses simpfices aut parce ramosi, 

 supra arbores scandentes stepe radicanfes. epidermide nitida, 

 cmereo-teslacea. Folia opposita (altero scepe minore) petio- 

 lata crassiuscula oblonga aut ovali-lanceolata utrinque acu- 

 minata subintegerrima, juniora ciliata. Gemmatio nuda, 

 folds complicatis. Pedicelli axiltares l-flori solitarii ebrac- 

 teatijilij ormes penduli. Corolla? punicea amplce. D C. 



Specific Character and Sj/nonj/ms. 



Nematanthus chloronema ; peduuculis folium vix superau- 

 tibus, segmentis calycinis corolla subtriplo brevioribus. 



Nematanthus chloronema. Mart. Nov. Gen. Bras. v. 3. 

 p. 47. t. 220. Be Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 544. 



This is doubtless the N. chloronema of Martius, although 

 the leaves are broader than in his plant, and I think 

 different, as a species, from the N. longipes already rigured 

 in the present work, Tab. 4018, and readily recognised 



as 



