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COLUMNEA HIRSUTA. HAIRY CoLUMNEA. 



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 Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Gesneriace^:. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. profunde 5-fidus. Cor. tubulosa, curvata, limbo 

 bilabiato, labio superiore fornicato, inferiore 3-fido, laci- 

 niis divaricatis. Antherce connexae. Capsula subbaccata, 

 unilocularis, polysperma, receptaculis 2 parietalibus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Columnea * hirsute ; foliis ovatis acutiusculis crenato-ser- 



ratis superne hirtis, laciniis calycinis denticulatis lan- 



ceolatis corollisque hirsutis. 

 Columnea hirsuta. Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 2. p. 1080. 



fVilld. Sp. PI. v. 3. p. 396. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. I. 



v. 4. p. 68. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 342. 

 Achimenes major, &c. Browne, Jam. p. 270. t. 30. f. 3. 

 Hapunculus fruticosus, &c. Sloane, Jam. v. I. p. J°. p. 



100./ 1 



Descr. Stem suffrutescent and climbing, according to 

 Swartz, branched, branches thick, obtusely quadrangular, 

 Pubescenti-scabrous, the extremities soft and herbaceous. 

 Leaves opposite, each pair generally unequal in size, three 

 to four inches long, borne on rather short, thick footstalks, 

 fleshy, ovate, rather acute, with a strong midrib and several 

 lateral veins, the margins crenato-serrate, the upper side 

 dark green and hairy, the lower pale green, with fewer 

 J hairs. 



hairs, 



. * Named in compliment to Fabius Columsa, an Italian Botanist of the 

 s 'xteenth century. 



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