Tas. 4843. 
SCIODACALYX Warszewiczil. 
Warszewicz’s Sciodacalyz. 
Nat. Ord. GESNERIACEX.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx tubo cum ovario connato, limbo horizontaliter patente, 
leviter 5-lobo, Jobis wequalibus. Stamina corolle tubo inserta, 4 didynama, in- 
clusa, cum rudimento quinta. Anthere 2-loculares. Corolla in calyce subrecta, 
basi subobliqua, tubo fere recto, inflato, fauce constricta, limbo subzequali patente. 
Ovarium calyci adnatum, annulo crenato cinctum, uniloculare, pluriovulatum. 
Stylus simplex; stigma bifidum. Capsula unilocularis, plurisperma, bivalvis, 
valvis medio placentiferis.—Herbee Americe tropice, stolonibus syuamoso-amenta- 
ceis, perennes, caule erecto, foliis calycibusque villoso-hirsutis, foliis oppositis 
petiolatis oblique ovatis v. cordato-ovatis, acuminatis, grosse crenatis, pedunculis 
axillaribus, umbellam 3-plurifloram gerentibus. 
ScropacaLyx Warszewiczii. Regel, Gartenflora, Jakrg. 1853, p. 258, é. 61. 
GesneRIA Regeliana. Warsz. MSS. 
oe genus Sciodacalyx, Reg., deriving its name from the 
umbrella-like expansion of its calyx, is allied to Hepiella, Reg., 
and Brachyloma, Stanst. We are only acquainted with one spe- 
cies of this fine genus, viz. S. W< arszewiczii, which the collector, 
hose name it bears, discovered in the mountains about Santa 
Marta, New Granada, and transmitted to the Botanic Garden at 
Ziirich, where it was first brought to flower, and whence it was 
diffused over the different gardens of England and the Conti- 
nent. Its chief merits as an ornamental stove-plant consist in 
flowering from July until almost the end of the winter, and its 
-gay-coloured blossoms. 
_ Descr. A perennial herb, three to four feet high, with catkin- 
like stolons. Stem, petioles, leaves, and calyx villoso-hirsute. 
Leaves opposite, with long petioles, oval-shaped or cordate, gene- 
rally with an irregularly-sided base, crenate at the margin, and 
acuminate at the apex. Flowers arranged in axillary umbels, three 
to six. Calyx attached to the ovary, five-lobed ; lobes expanded 
APRIL lst, 1855. 
