Tas. 4829. 
PENTARAPHIA Cuvusensis. 
Cuba Pentaraphia. 
Nat. Ord. GesNERIACEZ.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx tubo obconico 5-10-costato cum ovario connato, limbo su- 
pero, laciniis 5 subulatis estivatione valvatis interdum summo apice inter se 
contortis; corolle tubo ventricoso campanulato vel eylindraceo, ima basi interdum 
constricto, limbo oblique bilabiato 5-lobo, dodis rotundatis subzequalibus magis 
minusve crenato-fimbriatis. Stamina corolle tubo infimo inserta, didynama, ex- 
serta, rudimentum quinti sterile; anthere dorso affixee, biloculares, primum per 
_ paria coherentibus, post anthesin coriaceae. Stylus filiformis, stamina seepius su- 
perans ;- stigma obscure bilobum. Discus epigynus annulatus, primo integer, si- 
nuatus, dein quinquies vel multifariam divisus. Ovarium uniloculare, placentis 
duabus parietalibus subcontiguis bipartitisque multiovulatis; ovulis anatropis. 
Capsula calyce coronata infera, summo apice incomplete bivalvis, valvis medio 
placentiferis. Semina minima, basi et apice attenuata, testa cellulosa tenuis, al- 
bumen parvum, carnosum, album, embryo cylindraceo-oblongus in axi albuminis, 
radicula teres, cotyledones ovate contigue.—Frutices Antillani glabri resinost 
ramosi; ramulis inferne nudis ; foliis ad ramulorum apicem congestis dentatis sti- 
pulatis ; floribus solitariis axillaribus vel sepius umbellatis. Dene. 
PENTARAPHIA Cubensis ; ramis epidermide tenui lamellosa cinerascente vestitis, 
foliis obovatis vel obovato-cuneatis superne crenatis vel dentato-crenatis © 
obtusis inferne integris in petiolum brevissimum attenuatis subtus reticu- 
latis, pedunculis folio brevioribus, calycis segmentis subulatis, corolla tubu- 
losa, capsula obconica quinquenervata. Dene. 
Pentararuta Cubensis. Dene. in Ann. Se. Nat. 8rd Ser. v. 6. p.98. Walpers, 
Repert. Bot. v. 6. p. 735. Lindl. Journ. of Hort. Soc. v. 5. p. 86, cum Ic. 
A warm greenhouse suffices for the successful cultivation of 
this pretty Gesneriaceous shrub, a native, as its name implies, 
of the island of Cuba, where it was discovered by Mr. Linden, 
growing about St. Yago, Pinal de Nimanima. Through Mr. 
Linden living plants have been received at our Nurseries, and 
the Kew Gardens are indebted to Mr. Henderson, Pine-apple 
Place, for our plant here figured. Coming from such a source, 
we cannot doubt but ours is the true plant of M. Decaisne. 
~Duscr. A small shrvd, with erect terete branches, glabrous, as 
is every part of the plant. Zeaves alternate, in shape not unlike 
JANUARY Ist, 1855. 
