Cyrtandrea.] CXIX. GESNERACE^. - 1000 



T(q)eifiotes CV^roK?;^, Wawra, supra fid Sbuiivgiaya {Ligerwin) rclafa^ &i ovnrlum ot capsula oii]- 

 nino supera, quod diibitamus, forte ad Allophctum transfereiida foret. 



27. Trlchantha, flooA:, Ic. PL t. GG6, GG7- — Calyx liber, coloratus, ciliato-plumosiiSj 



5-partitu3, segmcntis alte in lobos paiicos lineari-snbulatos divlsis- CoroUre tubus elon- 

 gatus, basi postice gibbus fere saccatus, supeme parum ventricosus ; limbns levitcr 

 obliquuSj lobis 5 brevibus subiequalibus, sinubus extua appendicibua claviformibus pateii- 

 tibus instructis. Stamina basi corollce aftixa, subinclusaj filanientis basi dilatatis in 

 vaginam breveiu postice fissam dorso ad medium corolhTi adnatam connatis ; staminodium 

 libenim ; antlier^e liberie, conniventes, loculis parallelis disUnctis snbdiscretis a basi ad 

 apicem late apcrtis- Disci glandula postica magna, anticic i>arvaj v. 0, Ovarium snpo- 

 rum ; stylus elongatn?, apice levitcr clavatus, stigmate snb-2-lobo, Fructus _ • . . — 

 Frutices caulo tenni elongato repente et radicante v, super arborea scandente, partibus 

 novellls inflorescentiaque pills longis articulatis sfcpius kermesinis vestitis. Folia oppo- 

 sita, valde disparia, altero ovato v, oblongo acurainatOj altero srcpius nano. Flores ad 

 axillas solitarii v. fasciculati, pedicellati, ebracteati. Corolla sordide violaceaj limbo 

 tubique striis v. angulis 6 longitudinalibus flavidis. 



Species 2, Columbiaiioe, Bot^ Mag. f. 5428, Genus ab Ilansteiaio in Linnsea, xxxiv, 387, ad 

 Cohtmneam relaturu^ nobis tanien pluribus notis Alloplecto affinius videtiir, et corollffi appendices in 

 ordine insignes sunt. 



Aliai duae species Gesiieraccarum in licrbario Kcwciisi ad^uTit, calycis scgmeatis ut in Tri- 

 chantha plumoso-disseetifi, sed corollls perfectis in speciminibus deficientibus affinltates nimis iiicerta? 

 remanent. 



28. Columnea, Linn, Gen. n. Tf)2j7)rojjar(t.— Calyx liber, alte 5-fidus v. 5-partitns, seg- 

 mentis acutis integris v, latcraliterinciso-dentatia* Corollfe tubus basi postice leviter gib- 

 bus V. snbeequaliSj rectus v. incurvus, seepe ventricosus ; limbus nunc valde obliquus nunc 

 subyequalis, lobis ercctis v, pra^sertim lateralibus anticoque patentibus, antico intcrdum 

 brcviore et alte soluto. Stamina basi tubi affixa, filamentis basi dilatatis et in vaginam 

 postice fissam a corolla liberam (v, dorso breviter adnatam?) connatis ; antherf^e apici- 

 bus in quadram coha^rentes, loculis parallelis distinctis contiguia a basi ad apicem late 

 apertis ; staminodium libenim. Disci glandula magna postica integra v. 2-partita, additis 

 interdxim 2-3 parvia discretis. Ovarium superum ; stylus elongatus, apice parum incras- 

 satus, stigmate integro v, 2-fido, Fructus scepius baccatus, indehiscens, calyce inclusus 

 (v, demnm in valvas 2 coriaceas dehiscens ?). Semina funiculo longiusculo affixa. — 

 Fnitices suffruticesve scandentes radicantesqiie v. crecti. Folia oppoaita, subpequalia v, 

 valde disparia. Flores ad axillas solitarii v. plures, pedicellati v. subsessiles, ebractcati 

 V. bracteis involucrati. CoroUpe coccine^e kermesins^ v, flavcscentes- 



Specios nolie ad 60, Anioric^e tropicfe a Brasilia usque ad Indiam occIdenUdoni et Amerlciun 

 centralom incolfe, Hmist. in Linn^cr, xxxiv. 383 (excL sjyp. paticis). 



Genus nunc quoad folia v. inflorescentiam nunc quoad coroUam polymorphuin, nee limitibiis certis 

 ab Alloplecto difetinguenduni^ scd paucis speciebus exceptis sflrvandmn vidotur quale ab Hansteiiiio 

 1- c. propositum, et in sectiones sequent^s dividendum, quarura prior et ultima? dute ab Alloplecto 

 imprimis calyce distinguenda?, 3 cfoterse corolla; forma, onines ex Hansteinio a gcneribu^s fiuiliniis 

 bene separata vagina staminea a corolla libera nee anttee altius adnata; hie vero cliaraotcr nobis 

 Bsepe incertus videtur, 



1. Collandra. Folia valde disparla, altero elongato ina^quilaterali v, falcato, altero nano fero 

 stipaliformi, Flores siibscssiles, bracteis stipati. Calycis segmentii angusta, sfepins dentata v. 

 crinita. Corolla recta, limbo brevi subsequali. Species ad 10. Bot. Mag, t. 429i, Ualbergaria, 

 Tnssac, Ft. Ant. i. 141, t. 19, Collandra, Lciuaire in Fl, de9 Serves, 1817, sub f. 223 ; Jard. FL 

 t. 214. 



2. Crgptocoluninea, Hanst. Folia inflorcscentia et bpactc<'B Collandra;, Corolla Eucolumnea. 

 Species ad 6, plcrasque ineditae. Karst, Fl. Colnmb. t. 154,/. 2. 



3. Eucolumnea. folia Eequalia v. parum disparia, interduni paryula, Flores breviter pedicelkti, 

 cbracteati, Calycis scgnieata int^fra v, incisa (interdum colorata fere Alloplccti), Corolla angusta, 



