Tas. 4866. 
DRYMONIA vittosa. 
Shaggy Drymonia. 
Nat. Ord. GesNERIACEZ.—D1pyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyz liber, obliquus, 5-phyllus, sepalis imbricatis. Corolla obli- 
que campanulato-subringens, basi postice gibba, fauce patula, labio superiore bi- 
lobo, inferiore trilobo. Stamina 4, didynama, antheris inter se liberis ; radimentum 
quinti nullum. Stigma bilobum. Annulus hypogynus et glandula postica. Cap- 
sula baccans, ovata, coriacea, 1-locularis, bivalvis, placentis 2 parietalibus bila- 
mellatis. Semina numerosa, fusiformia.—Frutices Australi-Americani scandentes, 
hine inde radicantes, aut humifusi. Caules teretiusculi, epidermide nitida. Folia 
opposita, petiolata, serrata, pubescentia, crassiuscula. Pedicelli avillares, solitarii, 
uniflori, breviusculi, petiolo subequales, ebracteati. Corolle ample, flavide aut 
alba, sepe picte. De Cand. 
DrymontiA villosa ; villosissimo-lanata, foliis ovatis reticulatim venosis rugosis 
acutis vel acuminatis serratis subtus venis valde elevatis, floribus axillaribus 
subternis brevi-pedicellatis pseudo-verticillatis, calycis superne gibbosi laci- 
niis acuminatissimis sursum inclinatis, corolla villose albze tubo curvato 
compresso intus purpureo-lineato limbo bilabiato 5-lobo lobis rotundatis 
obtusis, stylo staminibus multo breviore. 
Drymonta villosa. Hort. 
Received from Mr. Lowe, of the Clapton Nursery, under the 
name* we have here adopted, but where described, if described 
at all, we are ignorant ; it is reported to have been introduced 
by one of Mr. Van Houtte’s collectors from Surinam. It appears 
a very distinct and handsome species, remarkable for its densely 
villous and woolly clothing. It flourishes in a moist stove, and 
flowers in May and June. 
Duscr. Subherbaceous, a foot or a foot and a half high, much 
branched from below ; dranches erect, obtusely tetragonal, thickly 
hairy and woolly. Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate, acute or 
acuminate, coarsely serrated, villous with spreading hair, strongly 
* This name also appears in the catalogue of plants of the Royal Horticultural 
Society of Belgium. 
AuGuUST IsT, 1855, 
