1000 CXIX. GESNEJIAOE^. ^ [Gesmra^. 



5. Sifiiantheni, Don. Ciuilis luuuills, sinipU'x V- tleciinib<iis, ^ubntniosu-s iMritis elongatu^. 

 Pediceili breves, fasciculati, nirius eloiigati l^flori. Corolla tubulosa rarius caiupanuktii v. ventri- 

 cosa, staminibus inclusia v. coroU-im ro:i superantibus. Hook. Ic, PL t. 874- Bot. Mag, t. 4380 

 {Gcsiiera). FL des Serres, L 178 {Rhi/tidoiyhi/lluni), OrHiANxiu:, Hansf. in Limuea, sxvL 205. 

 llENRiNCQiriA, Dciie. Iloriic. Franc, xiv. t 11, ex Hanst. Conradia, Griiseh. FL Brit, W. Ind. 461 ; 



Cat. PL Cub. 200. 



Ckouisaxthera, (Erst. Gesn. Cenir. Amer. 35, plaiita tenerrima, vix poUicaris, ciijiis corolla ct 



stamina ignota, ab Hacst, in LinnG&a, xxxiv. 232, 243, ad Paitarhaphiam reducitiir. 



22. Rhytidopliyllum, 2^laii:. Noi\ Gen. et Sp. in. 38. — Calyx tubo adiiato tuvbinato v, 

 fere hemisx^hiA^rico vix costato ; lobi breves. Corolla tubus inciirAiiSj supeme ampliatns ; 

 limbTis suT>£equalis, lobis brevibus latis erecto-patentibus. Stamina supra basin corolhe 

 afiixaj incliisa V. breviter exaerta, filamentia ba^i saepe dilatatis ; antherye cohterentes, 

 loculia parallclis distinctis, cuuuectivo dorsali crassiusculo. Discus annularis^ integer v, 

 obsoletus. Ovarium fere omnino infeniiu, vertice convexum ; stylus elongatns, stigmatc 

 concavo v, obscure 2-lobo. Capaula infera, vertice convexo inter lobos calycinos breviter 



2-valvis. Frutices v. arbusculiis, villoaiv. albo-lanati, rarius fere glabrati. Folia altonia, 



breviter pctiolata, stepiua elongata, Integra v. crenata^ raolliter rugosa v, scabra, ^unc 

 scaberrima et subtus lanata, petiolo interdum utrinque auriculato quasi stipulate, Pe- 

 dunculi axillareSj elongati, I'lgiduli, cymoso-multiflori, floribus sa^pc moUitor villusis v. 

 lanatis. Corolla extus si^pc vire;^ccnsj intus varie colorata, 



Specie-g ad 10, Indiiu oecideiitalis ct Columbine iiicolio, HansL m Ltjuicsa, xx:i.\y. S08. Grisch, 

 Cat. PL Cub. 108. Hot. Mag. t. 3562. Gesnert^ sp. Linn.; Diet. Sc. Nat t. 77- Bot. Mag, t. 

 1023, Genus vis a Pentarhaphia distiiigiienduni caljcis lobis abbreviatis, staminibus coroUee altius 

 adnati:^, et pauUulum liabitu, et forte meliuii* ad wcctioiicni rcducendum. 



TrIBUH II. CYRTAIffDRSLE. 



23. Tussacia, Beichb. Icon. Exot i. 28, t 41, (Chrysotlicuiis, Dcm, in Rev. Hortic. 

 1849, 242.)— ^Calyx liber, ample campanulatuSj coloratus, 5-angulatu3 v, S-alatus, ore 

 truncatus dcnticulatus v. breviter 5-lobu3, Corollfe tubus latiusculus, cylindraceuSj sub- 

 incurvus, basi sub^qualis v, postice gibbus ; limbus obliquus, erecto-patens, late 5-lobus, 

 Stamina inia basi corolla; affixa, incluaa, filamentis cuniplanatis lil)eri3 v. basi brevissime 

 connatis ; untliera; libene, loculis parallelis distinctis a basi ad apicom dehiscentibus. 

 Disci glandula postica magna, Integra v. 2-fida, additis interdum 1-2 anticis parvis. 

 Ovarium supenim ; stylus elongatus, stigmate dilatato niox 2-lobo. Fructus calyce 

 inclusus, compresso-globosus ? pcricarpio hand crasso, demum 2-valvis? (perfectc luaturuni 

 non vidimus), — Herbse e rhizomate repente simplices v, ramosse, pubescentes v. yillosse. 

 Folia opposita, ayepe ampla, snmma floralia ad bracteas reducta. Peduncnli in axillia 

 superioribus mnbellatira plnrifiori, umbellis (interuodiis intlorescenti<'B bre%'issimis) in 

 corymbum terminalem foliis breviorem dispositis. Calyces Sc'epius coccinei ; corollre flavm 

 lineis purpiireis pictse, 



Speciea 4 v. 6, Indiiie oecidciitalid, GuiaiiK ct Columbian fncolfe. Hanst, in Linna-a, nzxW. 337, 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1140 (Besleriu). 



In icoDo Betehciibacbii funx corolla* contracta delineatur, scd cvklenter ad florom nondiun per- 

 fecte evoluhim, 



24. Episda, Mari. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 39. — Calyx liber, alte S-lidus v. 5-partitu8, 

 lobis segmentisve integris v, rarius dentatis herbaceis Siepius angustis, Corollic tubus 

 rectus V- curvus, basi fequalia v. j)ostic3 gibbus v. calcaratus^ cylindraceua v, auperne 

 pauUo rarius valde ampliatua ; limbus obliquus v, subfeqnalis, lobis 5 rotundatia patenti- 

 bus. Stamina prope basin tubi aftixa, Slamontia basin versus complanatis plus minus 

 connatis inmembranam antice corolke breviter adnatam postice fissain ; antliero; apicibus 

 subcohjerehtes, loculis parallelis distinctis coijtiguis a basi ad apicera late apertis ; sta- 

 minodium parvum libernm. Disci glandula postica magna, Integra v. emarginata, anticm 



