C 4089 ) 



Drymonia punctata. Spotted-flowered 

 Drymonia. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Orel. — Gesneriace^e. ) 

 Generic Character. 



Calyx liber, obliquus 5-phyllus, sepalis imbricatis, 2 in- 

 tenonbus. Cor. obliqua campanulato-subringens basi pos- 

 tice gibba, fauce patula, labio superiore bilobo, infer, tri- 

 lobo. Stam. 4 didynama, antheris inter seliberis. Rudi- 

 mentum quinti nullum. Stigma bilobum. Annulus hypo- 

 gynus et glandula postica. Capsula baccans ovata coriacea 

 1-locul. bivalvis, placentis 2 parietalibus bilamellatis. Se- 

 mina oo fusiformia. — Prutices Australi-Americani scanden- 

 tes, hinc inde radicantes aut humifusi. Caules teretiusculi 

 epidermide nitida. Folia opposita petiolata serrata pubes- 

 centia crassiuscula. Pedicelli axillares solitarii \-flori bre- 

 viusculi petiolo subcequales ebracteati. Corollae amplce, fia- 

 vula: aut alba, sapius picta. De Cand. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Drymonia * punctata; foliis ovalibus longe petiolatis serra- 

 tis pubescentibus ciliatis, floribus axillaribus subsessil- 

 ibus, sepalis valde inaequalibus lanceolato-spathulatis 

 serrulatis, corollaE (purpureo-punctatae) limbo patente 

 fimbriato. 



Drymonia punctata. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843. Miscell. 77. 

 Walp. Repert. Bot. 2. p. 716. 



Introduced by the Horticultural Society from Guatemala,, 

 through the medium of their collector, Mr. Hartweg It 



is 



* So called by Martius, hofum*, from its inhabiting woody places, and 

 climbing upon trees. 



