1004 CXIX. GESNERACE^. lGesnere(v. 



culati. CoroUie limbus subaequalis, lobis 5 patentlbus. Species omnes Erasilianie. Bot. Mag. t. 



2725, 2776, 3612, 3787, 3995, 5115. Bot. Reg. t. 329, 1032, 1110, 1202, et 1841, t. 63. Ft. des 

 Serres, i. 1039. 



In G.pcndiiUna, UoL^k. Uot. ilag.t, 3744, et Hanst, in Mart. FL Bras, viii. t, 61, inflorcscentia 

 Corytholoniatis, flores potiiis Eitgesnerce, In G. Lcopoldi, Scbeidw., H, des Serres, t. 701, inflore- 

 fsccntlii Eugesnerw, flores potius Coryiholomatts, et species noiiimllas cujus icone3 supra citantur fere 

 peqno juro ab Ilansteijiio ad Etfgesneram a Decaisnco ud Cortjtholoma referuntur. 



4, Corytholo7na. Caulia foliatus. nores in axillis pedicellati, solitarii v, pauci, v. ad npicem 

 caulis subumbeUati v- interriipte racemosi, folils flomlibus ad bracteas reductis, CoroU® labium 

 posticiim erectum, concavum, lobis anticis magis patentibiis aMjuilongum v, paullo longius v, lobi 

 omnes breves subaeqiiales. Species pler^que Brasilianse, paucae Guianse, Columbise x. Peruvife 

 orient^ilis incolse. Bot. Mag. t. 3576, 3602, 4242. BoU Big. t 1138, 1279. Mart Hov. Gen, et 

 Sj>. i. 213 ad 215. FL des Serres, ^ 168- Cohttholoma, Bene, m Bev. Hortic. 1848, 466. 



G. siricta^ Hook, Bot. Mag. t. 3738, fere medium tenet inter Corytholoma et Bircceam^ 



5. BircfBa, a Coryiholomate parum dlrersa, coroUse labio postico majore fc^pius abruptc deflexo 

 in lobos auticos incumbonte demum erecto. Hanst in Mart, FL Bras, viii, t, 62. Link, et Otto, Ic. 

 PL SeL t. 25. Bot. Mag. L 3041, 3659, 3886, 4240. BoL Beg. i. 343, 1037, 1785. FL des Serres, 

 i. 1042, 1122. DiRCJEA, Bene, in Rev. Hortic. 1848, 466. 



Forniae pluriniie Lortonscs nonmdise hybrids inter sectiones diversas in operibus hortnlanorum 

 depietse sunt. G. BonJdaril Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5070, nobis nonnisi ex ieone nota, est species 

 pulcherrima valde incerta, forte 'Simmigia^ nisi liybrida hoitensis. 



T9. Sinoing-ia, Nee$ in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1, vi. 297, (Gloxinite spp. plurinue hortnL)— 

 Calyx tube brevi late turbinate adnato 5-angulato v. 5-alato; limbus foliaceus, alte 5-fidus v. 

 5-partitus, lobis imbricalis amplis v. rarius parvulis. CoroUee tubus basi 3uba3riualis v. postice 

 gibbusj elongatus, mine late cylindraceus, nunc supeme ventricoso-ampliatus v. fere cam- 

 panulatus; limbi lobi 5, lati^ patentes, suba^quales v. antico majore 2 posticis minoribus. 

 Stamina basi coroll;t? affixa; inelusa; anthcrpe latee, apicibus colucrenteSj loculisad inar<>ines 

 connectiyi latiusculi divergentibus v. divaricatis apice confluentibus- Disci glanduke 5 

 distiucta^ v. 2 posticre magis approximatse v. connate). Ovarium semi-inferum ; stylus 

 apice dilatatuftj stigiuate coiicavo integro v- bre-vdter 2-lobo. Capsula vertice convexo v, 

 conico inter calycis lobos 2-valvis. — Herbse siepius humiles etsi valida\ pubescentes v, 

 villosLe. Caules e rliizomate tuberose aimplices v. paium ramosi interdum subnulli. 

 Folia opposita, si"epiiis ampla, longe petiolata, floralia sumuia ad bracteas reducta. Flores 

 speciosi rarius i^arvuli, ad axillas solitarii v. fasciculatij brevitcr v, longe pedicellati. 



Species ad 16, BrasiliacBe. Hanst, in Linn^a^ xxxiv. 279, 281 (Ligeria et Simn?igia). 

 Genus in seetiones sequentcs dividitur; 



1. Steiiogaslra. Subacaules, foliis pcdunculisque e tubere oriuudis. Coroll£e tubus late cylin- 

 draceus, superno s;t'pe incurvus pnrum dilatatns. llimst. in Mart. FL Bras. viii. 386 {LigerKB sect.). 

 MarL Nov. Gen. el Up. t. 225, f. 2 {Tapina). Bot. Mag. f. 2690 (Gloxijiia). Bot. Beg. t. 1004 

 {(iloxiiiia). SxExoGASTitA, }Ia?i3t, in Linjuea^ xxvi. 205. Bot, Mag, t, 5253. FL des Serres, 

 t. 1533. 



2. Eusinniitgia. Caulis foliatus. Corollai tubus snperne ampliatns, parum obliqnus. Mart, 

 yov. Gen. et S/?. iii, t. 220 {Gloxinia), Sinnikgia, Hanst. in JAmKta, xxxiv. 238, 281, et in Mart. 

 FL Bras. Viil 391. Bot. Mag. t 4212, 4054, Bot. Beg. L 997, 1112, 1134, 



3. Ligeria. Caulis foliatus. Corollas tubus oblique anipliatus fere eampanulatus- GL0Xl^"I^, sp. 

 BoL Mag. t. 1937, 3206. 3934, 3943. BoL Beg. L 213, U27, et 1844, L 48. Maund, Botanik t. 

 105, 149. Ligeria, Bene, in Bev. Horde. 1848, 463. Hanst, inLinn<Ea, xxxiv. 237, 279, et in Mart. 

 FL Bras. yiii. 387, t. 63. Tapina, MarL Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 59, L 225, /. 1. Ham^L in MarL FL 

 Bras. viii. 390 {Ligerim sect., ovario ex Mart, omnino supero, ex Hanst. basi calyce immcrso, 

 spcciniina nobis dcsunt). TArxJxoTts, DC. Trod. vii. 544. T. Carolin<B^ "WaivT. Bot. Pr. Maxim, 

 Beise, 72, t, 9. Bot. Mag. t. 5623, inter Ligeriam et Eusinnhgiam fere medium tenet. Biglandu- 

 jAKiA, Seem, in Gard. Chrm. 1808, 738 (Rusanovia, Beget, Garteiifi. xxi. 33, L 712), ad Eusinnin- 

 giam referenda videtur. Forma? bjbridie numcroste intt^r species v. seetiones diversas, in diari:a 

 hortnlanorum depicta? inveniuntur, 



Tainrnx villosa, Gardn, in Uook. Ic. t, 469, est Anetanihi species. 



