Cyriandrem.] CXIX. GESNERACE^. 1017 



anthesin expansiiSj membranaceuSj late 5-fiduSj siniibus qnancloqn© plicato-dilatatis. 

 Corolla subrotato-campanulataj tubo brevi lata basi postice brovitor calcarato v. suV 

 sequali ; limbus Slabiatus, labio poytico 2-fidu (an romper i) exterioiej antico majore o- 

 lido- Stamina perfecta 4j ima basi corolLc affixa «aque breviora, tilamentis crassiusculis 

 incurvis ; antherfe supra stigma cohferenteSj loculis divergentibus apico conliuentibua ; 

 stauiiiiudium Sii^pius deest. Discus 0. Ovarium breve, iiberum ; stylus brevis, crassus, 

 stigmate crassn 2-fido ; placental? undique ovalif^r;»\ Capsnla dcpresso-glubosa, calyce 

 fttipata, membranacea, medium versus transverse rumpcnda^ evalvia, Semina minnta, 

 foveulata. — Hurb^e parum ramostu- Fulia anqjla, niumbranacea, ad nodoii solitaria v, 

 altero nano stipuHformi opposita- Flores mediocrea v. majusculi, ciorulei, laxc cymosiv, 

 unilateraliter racemosij pedunculo communi terininali v. folio majori opposito. 



Species 2 v. 3, ludia^ orieiitalls et Archipclagi Malayan! incola-- DC. Prod. ix. 278. lilttme^ 

 Itumphia, i\\ 33, t 189 {AnoTnorhegmia), Griff. Ic. rL As. t 437. Clarke, Conim. et Cyrt. Beitg. t. 

 89 €t 89 his. Bot. Mag. t, 5409, 



Corollas cpstivatio ex Blumeo contorta, in floribiis (pcrpnucis) a nobis oxaTinnafis lobos 2 posticos 

 exteriores vidiniiLs; verisIniiiiLer variiibiliy C!>L 



47- siaekia, Gi%ff. NotuL iv. 158 ; 1g, PL At^. i. 433. — Calyx 5-partituSj segmentis 

 oblongo-Ianoeolatis meinbranacuis. Corolla late subrotato-campanulata, alte 5-fida, lobi^ 

 latis parum inreqiialibus valde imbricatig. 2 posticis interioribus. Stamina perfecta 4, ima 

 basi corollai affixa, filamentis brevibus crassiusculis ; antlierse magnfe^ apicibus arete 

 supra stylum cob£erenteSj loculis divergentibus apice confluontibus. Discus 0, Ovaiiujii 

 ovatum, in styhim brcvem desinens^ Ktigniate parum dilatato, Fructus .... — Herba 

 longe rufo-pilosa. Folia in caule brevi simplici conFerta, longe petiolata, anipla^ cordato- 

 ovata. Flores par^'i, brevissime pedicellatij raeemo subscorpioideo in capitulum cunfurto, 

 pedunculo communi elongato axillari peliolum tamon vix cxcedente. Jiracteu; sub capi- 

 tulo oppositffij orbiculat^. Corolla alba, calycem parum excedens. 



Species 1, Himalayse orientalis incola. Genus quoad ciianictcres floris et habitnm mMium inter 

 Stauyanthcram et Ej^ithema tonerc vidctur, a priore imprimis calyce, ab lioc stiminibus diversiim, sed 



fructn ignotu loeny adliuc cjUodanunodo incerltis, 



48, Epithema, Blame, Bijdr. 737- (Aikinia, Br. in Wall PL As, Pur. iii. 65, (. 288.)— 

 Calyx campanulatuSj membranaceusj5-fiduB,Iobis valvatis. Corollre tubus brevig, latus, basi 

 ajquaUs ; limbus 2-labiatus, labio poatico erecto-patente 2-fido, antico patente longiore alte 

 3-fidoj lobis subjequalibus. Stamina perfecta 2 postica, filamentis leviter dilatatis et cum 

 staminodiis 2 anticis basi subconnatis ; antherte apicibus cohserentes, loculis divaricatis in 

 unum confluentibus ; staminodia antica vix filamentis antheriferis breviora, posticum miiii- 

 nnmi v. 0. Discus elevatus, membranaceus, unilatcralisj nunc ovarium semicingens v. antice 

 parum interruptus. Ovarium superum ; stylus filiformis^ stigmate parum dilatato ; placentfe 

 undique ovuliferee- Capsula membranacoa, calyce inclusa, medio transversim mmpenda. 

 Semina oblongo-fusiforinia, utrinque acutiusculaj funiculi^ capillaceis* placentis s^epe jKist 

 pericarpixim delapsum intra calycem diu persi stantibus aftixa, — Herbie annufe v, rhizomate 

 perennij humiles, tenene v. succulent*'©, pubescentcs, caule simplici v- breviter ramoso. 

 Folia solitaria v, pauca, alterna v, sub pedunculo spurie opposita, membriinacea, late cor- 

 data, Kacemi ad apicem pediincnli terminalis dense unilaterales, subscorpioideij fere in 

 capitulum congesti, floribus paivis breviter pedicellatis, Bractea; parviu v. 0, 



Species descrlptae 6, Indite orientalis et Arcbipelagi Malayani incolae, inter se yalde aftines nee 

 onmes reveia distincta?. DC Prod, ii, 279, 564- JVal^K Ann. iii. 99. Wight, Ic. t. 135^. Clarke^ 

 Comm, et CyrL Bctjg, i. 90, His addentur species 2 magis distincfse, altera in ins, Philippinis lecta, 

 Cuming n. 1265, altera in Africa? tropica; ins. rern^ndo Po a Mannio lecta. 



49, BCoDophylleea, P. Br. in Beniu PL Jav. Par. 121, ex char. — Calyx alte 5-fidu8, 

 bjbis oblongis mcmbranaceis imbricatis. Corolla; tubus cylindraceus v< abbreviatus am^ 

 pUatusque ; liipbus patens, 2-labiatuSj labio postico 2-fidOj antico 3-fidoj lobis parum 



