Das. 6757: 
COBAA PENDULIFLORA. 
Pendulousflowered Cobea. 
Nat. Ord. Poremoytacexs.—PrEntanpRia Monoeynta. 
Gen. Char. Calyz late campanulatus, foliaceus, 5-fidus, sepalorum mar- 
ginibus induplicatim connatis 5-alatus. Corolla campanulata, tubo brevi, 
fauce ampla elongata; limbi lobi breves vy. elongati, nunc loriformes et 
penduli. Stamina 5, exserta, filamentis elongatis alabastro contortis, basi 
villosis. Discus maximus, carnosus, 5-lobus. Ovarium 8-loculare ; stylus 
gracilis, stigmate 3-lobo; ovula pauca v. plurima. Capsula 3-gona, 3-locu- 
is, 3-valvis, oligo- y. polysperma. Semina 2-seriatim adscendentia, im- 
bricata, compressa, in alam expansa.—Frutices Mexici, Nove Granade ef 
Americe centralis incole. Folia alterna, pinnatisecta, in cirrhum desinentia, 
Soliolis 2-3-jugis infimis stipuleformibus. Pedunculi axillares, 1flori, basi 
Soliaceo-bracteati. 
Copxa penduliflora; gracilis, glaberrima, foliolis petiolulatis lineari-ob- 
longis acutis v. acuminatis basi obtusis vy. subcordatis, sepalis lineari- 
oblongis acutis, corolle campanulate lobis loriformibus pendulis un- 
dulatis apice 2-fidis, filamentis longissimis inter lobos corollz longe 
exsertis bislaiwnidiies patentibus, stylo longissimo stigmatibus fili- 
formibus. 
Roszyzrrata penduliflora. Karsten, Fl. Colomb. p. 27, t. 14, 
This very singular and graceful climber at first sight so 
little resembles the common Cobea of our greenhouses that 
it is difficult to suppose it belongs to the same genus; but a 
‘Yeference to the C. macrostema, Pavon (Tab. nostr. 3780) at 
once shows how simple the transition is from one to the 
other, the chief differences being in the immensely long 
corolla-lobes of C. pendulifiora and the much exserted stamens 
of this and of C. macrostema, which project horizontally 
between the corolla-lobes, forming five rays, much as in 
Gloriosa—an arrangement doubtless intended to secure cross- 
impregnation by removing the anthers to the furthest distance 
from the stigma. C. penduliflora is a native of the mountains 
of Caraccas, at an elevation of 6000 feet, where it was dis- 
FEBRUARY 1st, 1869. 
