Tas. 5043. 
NIPH/EA ALso-LinEaTA; var. reticulata. 
White-lined Niphea ; reticulated var. 
Nat. Ord. GesNERIACEH.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx semisuperus, equalis, 5-partitus. Corolla rotata, subzequalis ; 
laciniis superioribus paulo minoribus et magis connatis. Stamina inclusa, libera, 
conniventia; 4 fertilia subzequalia, antheris glabris ovatis ;.quintum sterile, car- 
nosum, corolle dorso suo adnatum, deforme. Glandula_perigyne 0. Ovarium 
uniloculare, placentis didymis polyspermis. Stigma simplex.—Herbe Ramondize 
cujusdam caulescentis facie; foliis rugosis in verticillum approximatis; floribus az- 
ilaribus terminalibusque aggregatis, candidis. Lindl. 
Nirz#a albo-lineata; hirsuta, foliis oppositis lineis albis pictis, internodiis 
elongatis, segmentis calycinis rotundatis tuboque hispidis. 
coe albo-lineata. Hook: Bot. Mag.-t. 4282. Hanstein in Linnea, 
4. es 
Var. reticulata; foliis remotis albo-reticulatis, pedunculis in axillis pluribus quasi 
verticillatis. (Tas. Nostr. 5043.) 
v. 27. p. 
cisaibaaiclaccionlh ‘ Se Senate ese are ae 
The original species of Niphea, as figured and descr: 
Dr. Lindley, le. had the 7 pairs of leaves so approximate 
to appear whorled in fours on the upper part of the stem, and the 
peduncles seemed to arise from the apex of the ,in.short, 
Were terntinal. In our WN. albo-lineata, given at fab. 4.282, the 2 
pairs of leaves are rather remote, but the upper 0 
crowded as still to appear to be all terminal; in-our present 
plant, which we take to be a variety of, but larger and hand- 
Somer than that species, the pairs of leaves are still more sy 
and the peduncles show themselves to be in whorls, or rat a 
Pseudo-whorls, from the axils of the distant pairs of leaves. This 
may be the effect of cultivation, but the character of the plant 1s 
thereby improved. The variegated foliage 1s as conspicuous here 
a in the origi i jines anastomose so as to 
€ original albo-lineata, but the de a variety 
at least partially reticulated. Hanstein has mac 
of WV. Wie Mencia, hack he calls 8 reticulata, “ nervis a 
albo-reticulata :? and to this he refers the WV. argyroneura 0 
APRIL Ist, 1858. 
described by : ae 
nes are so far 
