09[) CXIX. GESNERACE^E. 



OiiDO CXIX. 



Kn^K Gen, 715. LindL Veg. Kingd. 671- CraTANDEACKjE ; Jack, Lind!. Introd. Nat, 



Svst, 235, 



Floi-es lieniiiiphroditi, iiTegulares v, rariiis regulares. Calyx sajpius ganiosopalus, tiibo 

 partiiu V. omuino ovario adiiato semisuperns, v. omnino inferus, dentibus lobis v- seg- 

 mentis 5, rarius 4, a?stivatione valvatis apci-tis v, rarius imbricatis, sepalis 2 aiiticis y. 

 omiiibus rarissimc a basi liberis. Corolla gamopetalaj nunc tubo subnullo rotata v. 

 late campaniilata, nunc sajpiiis tubo cylindraceo ventricoso V- supeme ampliato recto v. 

 incurvo ; limbus obliquus v, rarius sub^qualiter patens, ssepius \y\\i& minxis 2-labiatuSj 

 lobis 5 rarius 4 sa^^ius bUis inibricatid, 2 posticis restivatione iuterioribus v, rarius ex- 

 terioribus. Stamina inho y, basi corollfe affixa et lobis alterna, 4 v. 2 (antica rarius 

 postica) sola perfecta, posticis 1 v. 3 v. rarius 2 anticis cum postico ad staminodia fili^ 

 formia clavata v. minima reductis v. rarius deficicntibus ; filauienta filifurmia v. varie 

 incrasssata v. appendiculataj superne arcuata v. rarius recta. Anthe^^ce per paria con- 

 niventes v- cohajrentes, v- oiuues apicibus in quadram v. orbem cohffirenteSj v, rarius 

 erectse et liberie, 2-Ioculai'es, loculis parallelis divergentibus v. divaricati-s^ intrursum 

 V, lateraliter rima longitudinali dehiscentibus, distinctis v, apicibus in nuuni confluen- 

 tibus, DUcits hypogynus \\ perigynus annularis v, 1-lateralis, integer v. 5-lobus, v. c 

 glandulis squamisve carnosis 5 requalibus v. una postica integra v, 2-fida cum v. absque 

 3 luinoribus conipositus. Ot:arinm inforuni semi-inferum v- superum^ lloculai'e, pla- 

 centis 2 parietalibus ssepius 2-fidis nunc paruni prominulis^ nunc valde prominulis in 

 laminas 2 latas revolutas in medio loculo approxiniatas v. contiguas divisis ovarium in 

 loculos 2 V, 4 impcr£ecte divjdentibus, larissinie in centro ovarii basi v. ultra medimu 

 coluerentibus, IStylus simplex^ ssepius longiusculus, stigmate terminali dilatato capitato 

 concavo v- breviter 2-lameIlato, laniellis 2-labiatim v. rarius lateraliter apertis- Omtla 

 sajpius nunierosibsimaj minuta, anatropa, placentas undique v. juxta margines revolutos 

 densisainie obtegentia. Frmtus capsularis v. rarius camosus, calycis lobis coronatus v. 

 calyce sfepius peraistente inclusus v, stipatus, rarius caiyce deciduo denudatus, in Geme^ 

 reis apice inter calycis lubos 2-valvis v. raiiiis rima dorsaK a basi deliisccns, in Cyrtandrcis 

 nunc indehiscens V, transverse ruptus nunc loculicide v- rarius iilacenticidc 2-valvis, v, 

 utraque ratione 4-valvi3, valvis placentas integras medio v. partitas margine auferentibus, 

 rarissimc a placentis demum sulutis. Si^mina uumerosaj Uiinima, funiculis capillaceis v- 

 brevissimis affixa, stepius pendula v, liorizontaliaj ovoidea oblonga fusiformia v- lincaria, 

 testa oblique striata v. foveolato-reticulataj interdnm apice basique in apiculum brevera v. 

 filum longum producta. Albumen cainusum, sicpius parcunij rarius in Gesnereis satcopio- 

 sum, V. in Cyrtandreis pluriniis pcrparcum v- 0, Emhryo rectus, albuuiine dum adsit 

 hand v. vix brevier, subteres, cotyledonibus brevibus, radicula (an semper ?) supera v. ad 

 hilura spectante, 



Herbic fruticea v, rarius arbores. Caulis in lierbaceis s^ei^e brevis simplex v. parum 

 ramosus v, subnullus, rliizoniate nunc tuberoso nunc repente et sa:po propagulas squamis 

 obtectas emittente, interdum elatior et ramosus ; si frutesceus erectus v. super arbores v, 

 rupes scandens V* reptans radicansque. Folia opposita, asqualia v. disparia, v. altero nano 

 stipuliformi (piasi alterna, v. (alteru omnino abortiente^ revera alterna, v. caule subnulio 

 radicalia v. ad apicem caulis brevis conferta, nunc ample membranacea nunc coriacea v. 

 camosa, integerrimav. dentata indivisa. Floras in pedimculis axillaribua terminalibuave 

 solitarii, irregulariter cymcsi, unilateraliter racenu>si v. pedunculo comntuni subnulio 

 fasciculati, aiepe speciosi. Bractete sub pedicellis par\'fe v. rarius foliaceii3 ; bracteubu in 

 pedicellis raraj. CoroUae color varius, siepe coccineus violaceus v, Ciiemleus interdum 

 flavuSj rarius albus. 



