* DRYMONIA bicolor 



Two- coloured Woodivort. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Gesnerace^e. 



DRYMONIA Martins. Calyx liber, obliquus, 5-phyllus ; foliolis 

 imbricatis, duobus interioribus. Corolla obliqua, campanulato-subringens, basi 

 postice gibba, fauce patula, labio superiore bilobo, inferiore trilobo. Stamina 4, 

 didynama, antheris inter se liberis. Rudimentum nullum. Annulus hypogy- 

 nus et glandula postica. Capsula baccans, ovata, coriacea, unilocularis, bival- 

 vis ; placentis duabus parietalibus bilamellosis, seminibus numerosis fusiformi- 

 bus. Martins nov. gen. Sf sp. pi. 3. 57. 



D. bicolor ; foliis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque acutis denticulatis subtus discolori- 

 bus, floribus solitariis axillaribus, sepalis cordatis foliaceis serratis, corolla? 

 laciniis serrulatis. 



Besleria serrulata. Jacq. hort. schonb. 3. 21. t. 290. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 267. 



Corolla ochroleuca, glabra, dorso tumida, citb deliquescens ; basi valdh 

 obliqua ; gibbis duobus in palatum. Ovarium pubescens. Stigma carnosum, 

 bilamellatum : labiis subcequalibus canaliculatis serrulatis. 



A West Indian plant, inhabiting close, shady, damp 

 woods, where it creeps upon the ground or climbs up the 

 trunks of trees by the aid of numerous roots which it pushes 

 forth from its stems like ivy. 



The accompanying drawing was made in the hot-house 

 of Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, in September, 1836. 



Although not a showy plant, it may be found useful to 

 cover the back wall of a hot-house, or any similar place 

 where there is not light enough for other plants to grow. In 

 such situations it spreads rapidly like ivy. No plant is more 

 easily cultivated than this. It succeeds best when trained 



* From cpvfxovia, woodland ; tbe species inhabit forests. 



