* REHMANNIA chinensis. 



Chinese Jlehmannia. 



DID VN A MIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Scrophulariace^. 



KEHMANNIA, Libosch. Cah/x campaiiulatus, 5-fidus. Corolla 

 ringcns, tubuloso-ventricosa : limbo .5-Iobo: lobis suba;qualibus 2 superioribus 

 reflexis. Stamina didynaina. Anfherce terminales : loculis divergentibus 

 muticis. Stir/ma bilamellatum. Capsula ovata, polysperma, uiiilociilaris, 

 bivalvis ; valvulis in media parte septiferis, marginibus liberis. Scmhia albu- 

 minosa, ovata, membiana spoiigiosa reticulata involuta. Fisch. ^ Meyer bid. 

 Sem. hort. Petrop. p. 30. quibusdam mutatis. 



R. chuiensis, Fisch. ^' Meyer. I. c 



Digitalis glutinosa, Gotrln. in nov. comment. Acad. Imp. Petrop. xiv. p. 



.544. /. '20. 

 Gerardia glutinosa, Bunr/e enum. pi. chinens. p. 49. 

 Rehmannia glutinosa, Libosch in herb. Imp. Petrop. 



Herba perennis, glutinosa, pilosa, palmaris ad bipedalem, omni parte 

 liindo-purpurascens. Folia oboimta, inceqnaliter grosse dentata, altenia, 

 snrsum decrescentia. Racemus laxus, in plantd cultd S-\0-Jiorus, bast 

 foliosus, in spontanea contractus. Flores inferiores in uxillis bructearuiu 

 foliacearum longe pedunculati, snperiores subsesiiles. Calyx villosissiynus, 

 campannlatus, quinquedtntatua. Umbo panlh nbliquo. Corolla tubulosa, 

 villosa, SKSquiiincialis ; tubo extus fusco-jttrpureo ventre liitescente ; limbo 

 ferrugineo, venoso. hasi sangiiineo, 5-lobo ; laciniis rotundatis, superioribus 

 latioribiis paulh reflexis, inferiore lineari cceteris multo angustiore utrinque 

 plicatd. Stamina 4, didi/nama, versus basin lubi inserta, inclusa, glabra, 

 antherarwn lobis subparallilis 7nuticis. Ovarium ovatum, nniloculare, 

 placentis duabns did ij mis reflexis polyspermis ; stylus Jiliformis ; stigma 

 bilamellatum, lobis aqualihus. 



This plant was sent from the Imperial Garden at St. 

 Petersburgh to that of the Horticultural Society in the year 

 1835; and the reported size of the flowers excited great 



* An unexplained name. 



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