Qesnerecn.] CXIX. GESNERACE^. 3001 



Stamina basi tubi affixa, filameiitis filiformibus : aiithora; conniventea v, cohasrentes, 

 parvulse, loculis distinctis contigiiia brevibus v. fere globosis supra rima dehiscentibus. 

 Disci glanduloi 5, distincte, linearesv. oblonga?. Ovarium Hcnii-inferum v. fere iiiferuni ; 

 stylus elongatusj validus, stigniate dilatato concavo v, breviter 2-laniellato. Capsula infera, 

 obovoidea, mcmbrauacea, vertice inter calycis lobos convexo v. breviter conico 2-valvis. — 

 Hurba; sa;piiis ImniileSj simi>liceSj villosajj radice v. rhizomato rcpente. Fulia opposita^ 

 petiolata, membranacea, fequaliav, disparia. Racemi terminales v. axillarea, nunc fere ad 

 umbellas brevi-pedunculatas reducti, nunc elongati, bracteis oppositis ; pedicelli tennes, 

 oppositi v. in una tantum bractca cujusque paris evoluti. Florus tenuri, pallide violacei 

 purpurascentes v, albi (nee coccinci ?). 



Species onumeratEe 16, iionuullie inter se ninns affiiies, niontiuni America tropicse incolap, a 

 Peruvia usque ad MeKicum. Hanst in Lmntsa, xxvii. 718, sxsiv, 437, P<fp}y. et Endl. Nov. Gen. 

 €t Sp. U 207 {Trcmraiia). Bot, Mag. f, 4254, FL dcs Serres, L 832. 



14. Xsoloma, Benth, PL llartw. 229. (Gesnerse sedioj pro genere admv£sa a Dane* 

 Bev, Hort. 1848, 4G5, et a Kegel in BoL Zeit 1851, 893. Kcehleria, Hegel in Flora, 1848, 

 250.)— Calyx txibo campanulato v. subturbinato adnato ; lobi 5 ovati, obtusi v, ac^itiusculi, 

 parum in^uales, in alabastro aperti (v- imbricati i). Corollas tubus basi sub^qualis v, 

 oblique affixus, cyliudraceuH veutricosus v, suporne aiupliatus, rectus v. parum declinatus 

 V, sabincurvuSj fauce aperta v, contracta ; limbi lobi 5, patentes v. erecto-patentes, sub- 

 sequales, seepius breves, Stamina prope basin v, ima basi corolla affixa, inclusa v- sub- 

 exserta ; antlierLe apicibus conniveutibus v> coluiirontibus quadratai, loculis aequalibus 

 parallelis distinctis oblongis v, brevibus a basi ad apicem apertis ; staminodium parvum 

 V, 0, Discus e glandulis 5 oblongis v. latis distinctis. Ovarium semi-inferum v. basi 

 brevius altiusve iiumersum ; stigma srupius distincte 2-lamelLitum, lamellis oblongis 

 ovatis V, latis interdum diu v- perfecte in stigma concavum integrum connatis. CapsuTii 

 ultra medium v- fere ad apicem inferum, vertice conico "v, rostrato ssepe obliquo intra 

 lobos caiycinos 2-vahis, Semiua numerosissima. — Caulcs e radicibus v, rliizomate 

 repente fibroso v- propagulas squamatas emittentc nee tuberoso nunc herbacei simplices 

 V- parum ramosi, ssepius validiores et villosiores quam in Achime^ie, nunc elatiores suffiru- 

 tescentes v- fere fniticosi. Folia opposita^ s;t;pius molliter villosa Gesnerce. Flores 

 sa^pissimc coccinci aurantiaciv, picti, nunc in axillis solitarii v. pauci longe v. breviter 

 pedicellati, nunc in pedunculo communi asillaii brevi v, elongato fasciculati v, snbumbel- 

 lati, nunc plures breviter pedicellati, ad axillas folioruiu floralium gradatim ad bracteas 

 reductorum raccmum longum terminalem subfoliatum fonnantes. 



Species fere 60, Americfe tropicte imprimis occidontalis a Uolivia et Peruvia uscluc ad llexicum 



iucolae. 



Genus nunc cum Achimene nunc sscpius cum Genncra confu^um, ab auctoribus variis ad corolla 

 furmam v- stigmatis indolom charactcres vuldc inocrtob varie diffractum, sed in integrum serratum 

 nobis videtur melius definitum et nnigiri natursc conscnticns, Ab AchiTuaie facile glandulis dieci 

 tt stepius habitu distiuguitur, a Oc^aera, dgoento ilaiiateinioi ihi^ioniaLe non tuberosoj gldnJuIis 

 posticis disci disoretis, ovario et priefccrtim caphula altiiis immcrais et etigmate magis dilatato v. 

 2dobo- Nee eectiones distinctas limitire nobis successit. Species interim in series se^^uente^ ad 

 inflorescontlam et habituin di^stribui possunt, 



1; Tf/d<sa. Pedunculi ad axillas soUtarii, 1-2-flori, saepius clongati, Calycis lobi late ovati, 

 obtusi, CoroUse tubus rectus v, declinatus, parum ventricosus; Umbus obliquus, postice brevior. 

 Hue AcJi'wienes picta^ But, Mag, t, 412G, Bot. Keg. 1845, J:. 42, -Trans, HorL Soc. ser. 2, iii- t. 3 

 (Tyb^a, Bene. Bev. Hortic, 1848, 468. GiBSLBau, Begel in Flora, 1849, 181) ; Sciadocalyx War- 

 ac^ttji^Wi, Kegel, Gartenfl, iii. 257, t. 61, V\. dcs ycrrcs, t, Q\\. Bot. Mag. t. 4843; ct species 

 tertia inedita, cum varietatibus pluribus v. stirpibus hybridis in operibus hortulanorum delinoatis- 



CALTCOSTBiiMA, Haiist, in LinncBa^ xxix, 506, est species Columbiana, infloresccutia et calyce 

 TydcB^j corolla majore rectiore, tube ventricoso, limbo subsequali ut in plerisque Brachylomatihus, 

 Speciem Tyd^m affiniorcm molliter villosissimam pedicellis brevioribua legit Spruce, sub d, 4379. 



2. Brachyhma. Peduiiculi axillares, siepius oo-fioti, nunc brevissimi floribus fasciculati^, nunc 



