Tas. 6233. 
MONOPYLE RAcEmosa. 
Native of New Grenada. 
Nat. Ord, GESNERACEZ,—Tribe GESNEREX, 
Genus Monopy.e, Moritz ; (Benth, et Hook. f., Gen. Plant., vol, ii., p. 997). 
MoNopyLE racemosa, tenuiter pubescens, caule erecto, foliis petiolatis ovatis Vv. 
ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis serrulatis basi «qualibus acutis, racemo dense 
multifloro erecto, bracteis parvis oblongis recurvis, pedicellis calycem 
equantibus, calycis lobis ovato-rotundatis obtusis patentibus superlore 
minore, corolle albe tubo lato ventricoso inferne gibbo, ore modice con- 
tracto, limbi brevis patentis lobis brevibus recurvis 3 inferioribus irregu- 
lariter inciso-dentatis. 
MONOPYLE racemosa, Benth. in Hook. Ie. Pl. sub tab. 1198. 
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A very handsome gesneraceous plant, referred by Bentham 
to a South American genus, of which no species has pre- 
viously been figured, or perhaps even cultivated in England, 
though, judging from the dried specimens of the six or eight 
known kinds, all are beautiful things and well worthy of 
stove cultivation. In the form ofthe corolla and its toothing 
M. racemosa approaches nearer to the true Gloxinias than to 
the other species of Monopyle, nor has it the unequal pair of. 
leaves or unequally-based leaves that prevail in the latter 
genus. The American genera of Gesneracew, however, pr esent 
unusual difficulties in respect to their limitation, and it 
remains to be seen whether the fruit of Monopyle racemosa 
resembles that of its supposed congeners in its very narrow 
clavate form. 
M. racemosa was raised from New Grenadan seeds by 
Messrs. Veitch, who sent the specimen here figured for 
determination in July of last year. ‘ 
Descr. A rather stout herb, clothed throughout with 
a soft pubescence. Sfem cylindric, dark brown-purple. 
Leaves rather close-set, opposite, petioled, pars equal, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, base equal and subacute, upper 
surface bright pale green; petiole a quarter to half an inch 
long, reddish, with a bright pale-green swollen blotch at 
= base, upon which blotch is an eye-like . purple dot 
UNE lst, 1876. 
