362 FLORA OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



B. lutea ; pericarpium carnosum ; semina minuta, numero- 

 sissima, albuminosa, testa tenui. 



907. Alloplectus Patrisii, DC. Prod. 7. p. 545. — British 

 Guiana, Schomburgk. 



908. Centrosolenia Mrsuta, gen. nov. — Banks of the Rio 

 Parama, Schomburgk. 



Char. Gen. — Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis serratis. Co- 

 rolla tubulosa basi postice calcarata, fauce parum ampliata in 

 limbum brevera latissime 5-lobura expansa. Stamina prope 

 basin tubi inserta, didynama cum rudimento minuto quinti, 

 inclusa. Annulus hypogynus obscurus, glandula postica 

 maxima. Ovarium oblongo-conicum, hirsutum. Stylus apice 

 dilatatus, subcapitato-stigmatosus. Fructus capsularis ? 



C. hirsuta : Caulis seu rhizoma abbreviatus, radicans. Folia 

 subradicaliapetiolata, ovali-oblonga, obtusa, duplicato-crenata, 

 basi subcordata, utrinque pilis longis hyalinis hirsuta, 3-4 

 poll, longa, 1-li poll, lata, petiolo 1-3-pollicari hirsute Pe- 

 dicelli i-1-pollicares, axillares, solitarii v. plures in pedun- 

 culo communi brevissimo conferti, hirsuti. Calycis laciniae 

 3-4 lin. longge, oblongo-lineares, supeme serratoe, hirsutee. 

 Corolla sesquipollicaris, hirsuta, roseo-alba, tubo fere recto, 

 limbo fere Nematanthi. 



I regret that the imperfect state of the flowers do not 

 allow of a more ample description of this interesting plant, 

 of which, as well as of most of the Gesneriacece, the col- 

 lection contained but single specimens. As a genus, Centro- 

 solenia is evidently allied to Nematanthus, but the spur of 

 the flower, coupled with the habit and the toothed segments 

 of the calyx appear sufficient to distinguish it. 



909. Tapina? sp. n. — A single specimen without flower, 

 from the Rio Parama, Schomburgk. 



909. Episcia? mimuloides, sp, n., caule scandente radicante 

 superne petiolis pedunculisque brevissime velutino-pubenti- 

 bus, foliis petiolatis oblique ovato-oblongis acuminatis basi 

 incequaliter acutis superne sparse pilosulis subtus ad venas 

 pubentibus, pedicellis in pedunculi brevi pluribus v. in 

 axillis supremis solitariis, calycis 5-partiti segmentis ovato- 



