1008 CXIX. GES5ERACE-^. [Cyrta^idrca. 



Species enumerat^e H, America tropicse incolae- Hanst. in Lmn(ea, sxsiv. 352, Jacq, Hort 

 Schmtbr. t. 290 (Besleria). JSot. Eeg. 1838, i. 4- FL des Serres, t 388- Ex his species paiicas 

 gemiinas cxamii;aro potuiraus, calyi^is lobis latia acutiuscnlis integris clentatisve et corollfie tubo 

 amplo. lllis addidit Hanstcin species 7 Costaricenses noLis ignoUs, quarum 3 culycis segnientis 

 loDge acurainatis ct 4 Cdljcis segmeiitis obtusis ovatis obovatisve et species inedite Culumbianse 2 

 V. 3 Imc etiam referenda vidcntiir. Genus sEepius antheris elongatis facile distinctmn, sed quoad 

 liiine characterem ulterius cum AUoplecti soctione Etythravthe comparandum- 



26, Alloplectus, MaH. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 53, t, 223. (Lophiaj Desv. in JIaui. Frod, 

 FL lud. Occid. 47- Crantzia, Scop. Introd. 173, ex DC\) — Calyx liber, 5-partitus, !=^eg- 

 mentis amplis coloratis integris dentatis cristatisve. Coroihe tubus cylindraceiis v- ven- 

 tricosus, rectus v. incurvus, ad faucem ssepe contractus, basi postice obliquus gibbus v, 

 calcaratus ; limbus patenSj subjoqualis v. x^^i'um obliquus, lobis 5 brevibus rotimdatis. 

 Stamina basi coroUje affixa, inclusaj filameutis basi dilatatis in vaginam postice fissam 

 antice plus minus corollie adnatam connatis ; antherse liberse v. primum leviter cohje- 

 rentes, oblongo-lineares v. saipius breves^ loculis pai'allelis distinctis contigiiis v. parum 

 discretis a basi ad apicem dehiscentibus : staminodium liberum. Disci glaudula postica 

 magna, anticfe parvfe v, ssepius 0, Ovarium superum ; stylus elongatus, stigmate dila- 

 tato concave y, 2-lobo, Fructus globosus v, ovoideus, subbaccatus^ interdum demum in 

 vulvas 2 coriaceas dehiscens, — Fruticos suffniticesve, glabi'i pubescentcs v, villosi, caule 

 siepe scandente radicante, nunc erectohaud tamen elato- Folia opposita, subfequalia (v. 

 rarius disparia ?), Flores ad axillas fascioulati v. rarius soiitarii, subsessiles v. pedicellati^ 

 rarius in pedunculo brevi umbellati v, capitati. Bractese nunc parvs^j nunc amplai 

 i n'olucrantesf|ue. Calyx s:epe coccineuSj corolla albida, sed color in speciebus pluribua 

 i^notus, 



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Species ad 30, America tnjplcse a Br^i^iiia usque ad lodiam oceidentalem et Amerlcam eentralem 

 iLc:»!2e, Hanst, in Linmea, xxxlv, 361, H i% Mart. Fl. Bnt,^. viii. 40'), t. C6, Jacq. Sti?^p. Ame?\ /. 

 119 {Besleria). Bot. Mag. L 4216, 4371, 4452, FL des Serres, t 588, 827- 



Genus polymorph urn, imprimis oalyce et ssepius habitu ab Episcia distioctum, Cdumne^B acccdcns, 

 sfcpius tamcii ab utroque genere ttaminibus distiiictum, a pluribus auctoriljiiij, iu gcnex-a numerosa 

 divisum, sed meiiiis a iransteinio 1, c. lata sententia restitutum, 



Saccoplectus, PftiONOPLECTUs, Caloplectos, Corytoplectus ct Calycoplectus, (Emt. Gesiu 



Cntr. Amer. 43 ad 46, genera pleraque jiionotypica, ad Allojjkctos typieos pertinent, calycis seg* 

 jnenlis prinim ini:cqu;ilibus, corolla} tubo s^pe curvo parum v, valde ventricoso et antlieris brevibus, 

 Characteres ab QCrstedio imprimis in calycis segmeutorum forma petiti sunt Hue ctiam portinet 

 IIeintzia, Karst, Ausw. Gew. Vene^. 34, t II. Bot. Mag. t 4774, FL des Serres, L 718, 



CALANTHU3, (EfsL Gesii. Ceiitr. Amer. 47, t. 4, videtur species ab A. tenui, Benth., distincta pedi- 

 cellis in axilHs pluribus ; utraquc species ab A. cristato baud generice separanda, 



Ot-ossoloma, Hanst. in LimKea, xxvi. 209, (ErsL Gesn, Ctntr. Amer, t. 7, est species A. speeioso, 

 Poepp., subaffiuis, corolla clongata tubo superno valde ampliato. 



PxERYGULO^^tA, Hausi . in Linna-a, xxvi, 211, ab auctore in Liuua?a, xxxEv. 396 ad Columuea^u 

 relata cum speciebus 2 pariter Jamaiceosibus a Griseb, Fb Brit, W, Ind, 464 deseriptis, nobis multo 

 meb'iis sub Alloplet-to militate videntur, ubi speciem pnorom cullocavit Hooker, Eot, Mag, t. 4250 

 (FL des Series, t, 392) inter affinitates A. cristatL Ad candem serlcni portinere videtur Polv- 

 TUTSAsiAj IlansL in (ErsL Gesn. Centr. Avier. 50, a nobis noo visa, 

 ■ Macrochlamys, Dene, in liev.Horiic. 1819, 243, species paueas includit caule cpiphytioo v. scan' 

 dento, foliis integerrimisssepius niajusculis glabrisque, calyce involucrato, segmentis valdc insequali- 

 bua integerrimis, coroIJte tubo parum ventricoso, sectionem forinantes antlieris longiusculls Br?/- 

 ^?*f>H2> accedentem. Hie includendi A. circhinaius.'Msivt. he. t, 223, A, Patrisii, DC, a&nesqiw. 

 I'^BYTHEAXTKra, (EtsL Ges7i, Centr, Amer. 46, t, 3, distinguitur corolla? lobis anticis parvis acutis, 

 sed ex Hansteinio forte e specimine manco simiilatis. Anisoplkctits, (Erst. Lc. 46, est A. pendidus, 

 Pcepp. et En-Jl, Nov, Gen, et Sp. t. 20r), peduoculis longissimis pendulis apice oo-floris insignis. 



Adsunt species 2 e Columbia (JFar et Spruce n. 6216) calycibus setis longissimis moliibus plu- 

 mosis densissime involutis quasi muscosis, sed corolloe omnico Alloplecli, nee ut in TrkhantM 

 appendiculatfe. 



