and other species occur on damp rocks by the side of 
streams, 
Drscription.— Herb, perennial. Siem erect, 2 ft. high, 
pubescent. Leaves ovate-oblong, 3-6 in. long, 1-24 in, 
broad, apex subacute, recurved, base subcordate, villous- 
pubescent on both surfaces, nerves 8-10 on each side of the 
midrib, impressed on the upper surface, prominent on the 
lower; petioles 4-1 in. long. Peduneles connate with the 
petioles; pedicels free from one another, 4-8 on each 
petiole. ee deeply divided, segments lanceolate-oblong, 
about 4 in. long. Corolla funnel-shaped, ventricose, bluish 
hlae with a yellow band in front; tube 1 in. or more 
long; lobes slightly spreading. Stamens 2, anterior; 
anthers parallel, slightly depressed at the apex and joined to 
one another by a common appendage, connectives facing 
outwards, Staminodes 3, filiform. Disk annular. Ovary 
densely villous; style exceeding the stamens. Capsule 
(unripe) 2 in. long, villous-pubescent.—T. A. SPRAGUE. 
CuLtivation.—Chirita barbata has been cultivated at 
Kew for the last twelve years, being treated as a biennial 
and grown along with such plants as Sinningia, Achimenes, 
ete. The seeds, which are matured freely by cultivated 
plants, are sown in early spring, and under liberal treatment 
the seedlings grow to a good size by the autumn. Leaf- 
cuttings also may be used for propagation as with Sinningiae 
and other Gesneraceae. They cee freely the following 
spring, well-grown plants being quite attractive when in 
full flower. As a garden plant C. barbata is less beautiful 
than C. Moonii from Ceylon, which grows a yard high and 
has purplish flowers, 4 in. across, freely produced in the 
axils of the whorled ovate-lanceolate leaves; nor is it as 
charming as the Chinese C. depressa, which has the habit of 
a Sinningia and long-tubed blue flowers nestling among the 
fleshy leaves. Both of these plants are grown in the stoves 
at Kew.—W. Warson. 
Fig. 1, section of calyx, showing ovary and disk ; 2, corolla-tube laid open, 
showing attachment of stamens an staminodes ; 3, back of anthers; 4, Sigma: 
5, young fruit :—all more or less enlar 
