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COLUMNEA SCANDENS. CLIMBING 

 COLUMNEA. 



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Clafs and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. tubulofa, incurva, ringens : labio fuperiore 

 indivifo, fornicator inferiore 3-partito, breviore. Cap/. 1- 

 locularis. Sent, nidulantia. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



COLUMNEA fcandens : foliis ovatis acutiufculis integris fub- 

 villofis pedunculo folitario longioribus, calycis laciniis 

 corollifque pubefcentibus : labio fuperiore indivifo. Hort. 

 Kew. ed alt. v. 4. p. 68. 



COLUMNEA fcandens; foliis ovatis acutis integernmis fub- 

 villofis, laciniis calycis integris corollifque pubefcentibus, 

 labio fuperiore indivifo. Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 396. Swartz 

 Obf. 249. Perfoon Syn. 2. p. 164. 



COLUMNEA fcandens. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 3. p. 27. /. 48. 



COLUMNEA fcandens phceniceo flore; fruBu albo. Plum, 

 Gen. 28. Icon. 89. /. 1. 



COLUMNEA rotundifolia. Salijb. Parad. Lond. 29. 



Desc. Stem knotted, downy. Leaves oppofite, elliptical, 

 more or lefs round, margin reflexed and fomewhat cr.rped, 

 which gives an appearance of being crenulate, thick, mining, and 

 roughifh with (hort ftiff hairs on the upper furface, paler and 

 downy on the under: when dry the under fide becomes white. 

 Peduncles axillary, folitary, one-flowered, rounded, villous, 

 longer than the petiole. Calyx five-cleft : Segments equal, ereft, 

 deeply toothed, clothed with red hairs towards the bafe. Corolla 

 tubular, hairy, bright fcarlet : limb two-lipped : upper lip quite 

 3 n ° entire, 



