Tab. 7339. 

 PENTARHAPHIA longifloba. 



Native of the West Indies. 



Nat. Ord. Gesnerace^e. — Tribe Gesnere^e. 

 Genus Pentabhai-hia, Lindl. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. vol. ii. p. 1005.) 



Pentarhai-hia (Eupentarbaphia) long) 'flora; frntex 6-8-pedalis, erecta, glabra, 

 foliis lanceolatis v. oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis serratis basi cuneatis 

 supra saturate subtus pallide viridibus, pedunculis supra-axillaribus elon- 

 gatis patentibus apice ad 4-floris, pedicellis adscendentibus bracteolatis, 

 floribus erectis, calycis segmentis elongato-subulatis corolla triente brevi- 

 onbus, corollas tubo 1-1* pollicari incurvo subinflato coccineo, limbi lobo 

 postico erecto bilobo, lateralibus anticoque oblongis patulis, genitalibua 

 longe exsertis coccineis. 



P. longiflora, Lindl. in Bot. Beg. sub t. 1110. Griseb. Fl. Brit W. Ind 

 p. 460. 



P. exserta, Decne in Ann. 8c. Nat. Ser. iii. vol. vi. p. 104, t. 10. Whip. I. c. 

 736 (excl. Syn. Sw.). 



P. florida, Decne, I. c. 106, t. 7. Walp. I. c. 



P. Herminieri, Decne, I. c. 106. Walp. I. c. 



P. Lindleyana, Decne, I. c. 103. Walp. I. c. 735. 



P. montana, Decne, I. c. 105. Walp. I. c. 736. 



P. Swartzii, Decne, I. c. 103. Walp. I. c. 735. 



Conradia ventricosa, Mart. Nov. Gen. & Sp. iii. 38, DC I. c. 



Gesneria ventricosa, Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 89, et Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1026. 



G. corymbosa, Ball, et Bert, ex DC. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 525. 



The genus Pentarhaphia was founded by Lindley in 

 1827 on the Gesneria ventricosa of Swartz, in allusion to 

 the five needle-shaped calyx-segments, Swartz's specific 

 name being at the same time suppressed from (it maybe sup- 

 posed) its being considered inapplicable ; a very arbitrary 

 proceeding, I think, the corolla being really subventricose. 

 Considerable additions have been made to the genus since 

 its establishment, chiefly through the suppression of 

 Conradia, Martius (which was not published till 1829) and 

 the inclusion of several small, too closely allied and sup- 

 posed monotypic genera. About forty species are known, 



Fbbkuarv 1st, 1891. 



