columnea. GESNERIACEAE. 405 



nata, quinti rudimentum nullum?, annulus hypogynus obscurus, glandula postica magna 

 emarginata, anticis minimis. — Crescit in Andium Popayanensium jugo occidentali. 



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4. 1 LUCIDA ( L C - 715 ' n °" ' 3 - 6l 4 - 



Sectio II. VERAE Bth. 1. c. 232. 



Corollae tubus incurvus, faux hians valde obliqua, limbi labium superius reclum 

 emarginalum, lobi laterales labio superiori alte adnati obliqui incurvi, infimus deflexo- 

 patens. Filamenta basi in tubum postice fissum coalila. 



[Huc pertinent species no. 1—6 in DC. 1. c. 542. et no. 1. in Wlprs. 1. c. 715.] 



5. C. STRIGOSA Blh. 1. c. 232. no. 1262. — Ramulis, petiolis pedunculisque adpresse pi- 

 losis; foliis ovatis breviter acuminalis, apice remote serrulatis, basi inaequalibus, supra 

 sparsim et subtus ad venas strigoso-pilosis; pedicellis folio brevioribus; calycis laciniis 

 lanceolatis acutis scrralis; corollae hirsutae tubo amplo incurvo, limbi lobis latis obtu- 

 sissimis. 6 — Frutex 6— 8-pedaIis, affinis C. eampanulalae , folia minora, basi vulgo 

 hinc resecta saepeque ternatim verticillala, pedunculi 1— l'/>-poIlicares, calyces 7 lin. 

 longi, corolla vix pollicaris, minus ampla quam illa C. campanulatae, lobo infuno an- 

 gusliore, discus annularis distinctus, glandulis 5, quarum duae posticae majores. — 

 Crescit in Columbia ad radices monlis Tunguragua, altitudine 11000 pedum. 



6. C. CAMPANULATA Bth. 1. c, p. 232. — Ramulis, petiolis pedunculisque patentim et 

 dense hirsutis; foliis ovato- vel oblongo-ellipticis, brevissime acuminalis, apice subser- 

 ratis, supra strigosis, subtus ad venas hirtis; pedicellis folio brevioribus; calycis laciniis 

 ovato-lanceolatis inciso-serralis; corollae hirsutae tubo amplo incurvo, limbi lobis latis 

 oblusissimis. i^? — Frutex 3— 5-pedalis, ramuli novelli pilis longiusculis dense hirsuti, 

 annolini glaberrimi subtetragoni, cortice laevi carnoso?, folia breviter petiolata 3—4- 

 pollicaria, supra sparsim et adpresse, infra ad venas brevius pilosa, pedicelli 2— 2'/>-pol- 

 licares, apice valde incrassati et incurvi, calycis tubus brevissimus, toro adnatus, lobi 

 parum inaequales foliacei 8—9 Iin. longi, corollae bipollicaris tubus campanulatus, usque 

 ad originem lobi inferioris pollicaris, galea latissima emarginata, lobi 3 inferiores late 

 ovati, quorum duo laterales incurvi cum galea alte connati, inferior dependens semipolli- 

 caris, genitalia galeam aequantia, discus annularis, glandulis 5 irregularibus, posticis 

 paullo majoribus, ovarium villosissimum, stylus apice incurvus infundibuliformi-dilalatus. 

 — Crescit inter pagos Zipaquira et Pacho in sylvis et ad cataractam Tequindama in 

 Columbiae provincia Bogotensi. 



7. C. MACRANTHA Bth. 1. c, — Ramis glabriusculis; foliis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis, 

 basi inacqualibus, pilis adpressis conspersis; pedicellis axillaribus solitariis folia supe- 

 rantibus; calycis laciniis longe lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis remole serratis glabriuscu- 

 lis; corollae pilosulae amplae incurvae lobis obtusis, lateralibus late ovatis, inferiore 

 oblongo-elliptico. 6<^/? — Frutex 4— 6-pedalis ad nodos certe radicans, rami subtetra- 

 goni purpurascentes carnosuli? glabri vel pilis paucis appressis hinc inde conspersi, pe- 

 tioli 2—4 lin. longi torluosi, folia cujusve paris subaequalia, 3—5 poll. longa, 1—1 '/> poll. 

 lata, integerrima, breviter et acute acuminata, basi rotundata, hinc saepius breviter re- 

 secta carnosula, pilis brevibus appressis in pagina superiore sparsis, in inferiore rariori- 

 bus, pedicelli semipedales et longiores tenues penduli, versus apicem incrassati, calycis 

 tubus brevis, toro carnoso hemisphaerico adnatus, limbus quinquepartitus, segmentis sub- 

 coloratis pollice longioribus, basi 2—3 lin. latis, glandula postica majuscula emarginata, 

 discus caeterum fcre obsolelus, ovarium toro carnoso impositum ovato-conicum villo- 

 sissimum, corolla 2'/. poll. longa, basi vix gibba. — Crescit in declivitale occidentali 

 Andium Quitcnsium. 



t Icones addendae. 

 C. SCHIEDEANA Schlchtd. - (DC. I. c. 542. no. 6.) — Hook. Bot. Magaz. t. 4045. — 



Paxton, Magaz. of bot. IX. 31. (c. ic.) 

 C. SPLENDENS?? Paxton 1. c. X. 147. (c. ic.) 



