lOlG CXIX. GESNERACE^. [Cyrtandfefe. 



n, 5060 e monte Canelos in Ecuadoria et Schlimiaija n- 543 ex Ooafia insignia sunt corolla lobo 

 antico latissime expanso, posticis ftub-4-plo longiore, Umc sectioni forte referenda etiani Hi/po- 

 cyrta gibbosa^ Pwpp- et Endl. Nov, Gen. et Sp. t. 202, a nobis nou visa, 



Parabksi^bia, (ErsL Gesn. Cenir. Amer. 52, t, 6, et GASTKRAsxHOPSia, (Erst. I.e. 55, t. 10, / 1 

 ad 13, species continent 4 centro-Aniericanas a nobis non yipas, ex iconibiis Gasieraniho iloribiis 

 coccineis et habitu sinillibns, sed eorollis ecalcaratis, 



Cremosperma, Bentli, PL Hariw. 234, sectio prima intuitu distinctissima sed cnlyce campanulato 

 semi-S-fido, antheris oonflnentia 1-locuIaribns et disco mcmbranacco, onmino Bcshrue convcnit, 

 Herbse sunt huniiles viUosEe, brevit^aulcs v, prostrata3 ct ramosse fere siiffrntcsccntes, floribus parvis 

 ad apicem peduncnli. axillaris umbellatis, Di-seus in una specie annularis intrgcT, in altera oc-den- 

 talus, in tertiavaldo elevatus truucatus membranaceus sed dimidiatus ovariuin seraicingcns. Species 

 adsuut 3 Columbians, {Goudoty Hariu-eg^ Jameson^ n. 379 ; Spruce n. 5072.) 



PoDOBESLKRiA scctionCHi format licsUriis convenientcm sbiminibus ct eharaeteribus alils e^sentia- 

 libus etsi discus interdum imperfectus. Herbse sunt humiles amplifolise; peduncnlis elongatis 1- 

 V, QO-floris, corolla ut in Gastei^aniho basi saccate subcalcarato tubo valde ventricoso ore pirvo fere 

 HypocyrtiB. Hue pertinent specimina Purdieana (pedunculis 1-floris) ct Spruceaoa n. 3904 et Linde- 

 niana 960 pedunculis co-floris, 



44. Rliynclioteclium, Blume^ Bijdr. 775, (Corysanthera, Wall Cat. Herb. Ind, n. 

 jG4:ll. Cheilosandiaj Griff. Herb, et iii Lindl Veg. Kingd. 672. Cliiliandra, Griff, NottiL 

 iv, 150; Ic. Fl. As, t, 438.)— Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis angiistis apertis- Corollas 

 tubus brevis, late campamilatus, basi suba^qiialis ; limbus sub'2-labiatusj labio postico 2- 

 lobo, antico longiore 3-lobo, lobis omnibus rotundatis patentibus. Stamina 4, basi corolla) 

 affixa eaque brevioraj filamentis crassiuscule filiforniibua inflexis ; antherte coniiiventes, 

 locxilis siibparallelis in umim subinflatum confluentibus, valva exteriorc concava interiore 

 multo minora ; staminodiuni minimum. Discus annularis, integer, nunc parum promi- 

 nulus. Ovarium superum, ovoideum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parum dilatato integro. 

 Fructus parvus, ovoideua v. subglobosus, acutus v. obtusus, indehiricens, pericarpiu 

 duriusculo- Semina parva» ovoidea. — Suffrutices moUiter villosi hirsuti v, sublanati, 

 caule sajpius crassiusculo ascendente simplioi. Folia ampla, opposita v. rarius 3-natim 

 vcrticillata. Cymre ad axillas v, nodos defoliatos pedunculate, ssepius flr)ribund£ej densa; 

 V- laxe trichotomn?. Flores parvi^ rosei v. albi. 



Species ad 6, Indiaa orientnlis et Archipclngi Malayani incolEe, BC. Prod, ix, 285, Griff. Ic. PL 

 As, t 439- Clarke, Comm. et CyrL Beng. t 91 ad 93. Bof, Mag. L 5832, 

 Genus BcsUrics valde affine, imprimis corollas forma distinctum. 



45. Isanthera, Kees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 82, — Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis 

 oblongo-linearibus obtusiusculis apertis. Corolla subrotato^ampanulataj alte 5-fida, lobis 

 latiiisculis subrequalibua. Stamina 4, basi corollse affixa eaque breviora, filamentis a basi 

 dilatata "breviter filiformibuB inflexis; antbene conniventes, loculis divergentibus apice 

 demum confluentibus ; staminodium breve. Discus annulariSj panim prominulus. Ova- 

 rium breve, superum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parum dilatato integro ; placentae undique 

 ovuliferft; v. in media facie interiore anguste nudfe. Fructus parvus, ovoideus v. suT:^Io- 



bosus, caiTiosuIus, indehiscens (rarius demum 2-valvis ?), Semina parva, ovbidea. 



Herbte suffruticesve moUiter villosi, caule e basi dura v, lignescente ascendente v. erecto 

 simplici. Folia ampla, alterna, Cymjie axillares, breviter v. rarius longiuscule pedun^ 

 culatse. Bractere lineares, Flores parvuli, albi; 



Species adsunt 4, Indi^ orientalis et Archipelagi Malayani incolge (ins. PhiHppinarum, Cnmhig n. 

 506), BC Prod, ix, 279. Walp. Ann. iii. 99. Wight. Ic. t. 1355 (quoad antheras erronea). Griff. 

 Jc. PI As. t. 435. /. discolor, Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersb. xix. 538, Mel. BioL ix. 372, e Formosa 

 nobis ignota, ex char- dato a genere pauUulum differre videtur antheris globosis Moculariljus et 

 indumento foHorum farinaceo. 



46. Staurantnera, Bmth, Scroph. Ind. 57- (Miquelia, Blumc in Bull Sc. Phys et 

 Nat. Neerl 1838, 94, ex Erull Quintiiia, Endl Gen. 1408. Anomorbegmia, Meissn. Gen. 

 PI 303; Comni, 212, Cyananthus, Griff. Xotul iv. 154.)— Calyx late campanulatus, per 



