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Plate XLVI. fig. 1, portion of the corolla, cut open ; fig. 2, ovary and style; fig, 3, summit 
of the style; fig. 4, ovary, transverse section. 
GESNERIACER. 
536. GesneriA spicata, Humb. et Kunth—DC. Prod. vy. 7. p. 531.—Nicoya. 
537. GEsNERIA rhynchocarpa, sp. n., caule herbaceo elato tomentoso-hirsuto, foliis ternatim ver- 
ticillatis oppositisve breviter petiolatis ovatis acuminatis basi ineequaliter rotundatis cuneatisve 
supra hirsutis subtus tomentosis, pedicellis in quaque axilla subgeminis petiolo longioribus, calycis 
lobis triangularibus acutis, corolla tubulosa parum ventricosa villosissima lobis brevissimis, capsule 
rostro incurvo truncato,—Isthmus of Darien, Columbia. 
Rami vel caules adsunt sesquipedales, fere a basi floriferi. Folia inferiora 3-4 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata, 
crassiuscula, leviter crenata, penninervia, petiolo 3-4 lin. longo, superiora floralia gradatim decrescentia, summa 
vix calyces superantia, Pedicelli in verticillo vulgo 6, 2 in quaque axilla, pedunculo communi subnullo, singuli 
4-6 lin. longi, tomentoso-hirsuti.. Calyces campanulati, 3 lin. longi, lobis parte integra subbrevioribus. 
Corolla 10-11 lin. longa, parum incurva, basi et apice paullulum contracta, lobis 5 brevissimis latis retusis 
subpatentibus, 2 superioribus tamen paullo longioribus et altius connatis. Glandule perigyne 5 ovato-lanceo- 
late, obtusee vel truncate. Stamina inclusa, glabra, antheris connatis; quinti rudimentum parvum. Ovarii 
pars libera conica, recta, apice truncata, villosa. Stylus basi pubescens, apice bilamellatus, lobis intus stigmatosis. 
Capsula calyce parum aucto semi-inclusa, parte libera valde incurva, valvulis medio placentiferis. Species affinis 
G. tubijlore, Cav., sed in hac lacinie calycis angustee dicuntur et corolla longior. 
538. GEsNERIA petiolaris, sp. n., caule herbaceo erecto tomentoso, foliis oppositis ternatimque 
verticillatis, inferioribus longe petiolatis ovali-oblongis vix acuminatis basi cuneatis vel angustatis 
crassis utrinque tomentosis, floralibus parvis, pedicellis numerosis in axillis fasciculatis, verticillis 
remotis vel supremis approximatis racemosis subsecundis, calycis lobis triangularibus acutis, corolla 
tubulosa villosa superne ampliata, limbi lobis ovatis patentibus, capsule rostro incurvo truncato.— 
Island off the coast of Veragua. 
Caules pedales vel paullo altiores, obtuse tetragoni, tomento brevi tenui seepe rubescentes. _—_ radicalia 
petiolo suo breviora, caulina inferiora 3-4-pollicaria, apice acutiuscula vel vix obtusa, crenata, basi — et 
plus minus angustata, supra viridia vix tomentosa, subtus densius tomentosa seepe rubentia, petiolo 1-2 = 
longo; floralia in pare vel verticillo infimo subconformia, cetera multo minora, summa benotenatornsia, 
Pedicelli in axillis foliorum floralium nunc 1-2 nunc 6-10, ineequales, longiores semipollicares. Calyx 2 lis 
longus vel fructifer paullo major, laciniis latis acutis tubo suo sequilongis. estes at te lin. longa, basi 
constricta, supra medium ventricosa, ad faucem parum contracta, lobis linea paullo longioribus. —s 
corolla breviora, cum rudimento quinti. Glandule et stylus G. rhynchocarpe ; capsula pariter —— 
brevius incurvo-rostrata. a 3 Ss 
539. GESNERIA incurva, sp. n., herbacea, erecta, hirsuta, foliis Petiolatis subfalcato-o | Ob- 
longisve acuminatis crenatis basi valde inaequaliter angustatis supra hirsutis subtus — 
pedicellis 1-3-nis folio florali parum brevioribus, calycis lobis lanceolatis acutis, corolla 192 @ se" 
incurva vix ampliata ore 5-crenato, capsule rostro vix calyce longiore wetegsh Ancuryo.—Aisle 0: 
Gorgona, 
