68 FLORA TELLUR. 



blackish. — Tlie real G. Tliunbergia lias a dou- 

 ble calix, the inner camp, multident. cor. camp. 

 The Th. repens or Srptas repens of Loureiro is 

 probably a peculiar Genus Septilia Raf. 



998. DisTEiuA Raf. (2 ster.)cal. 5fidijs ineq. 

 ext. bibract. coloratus, cor. ventricosa bians 4 

 loba, lobo inf. latissimo, stam, 2 fertilia, 2 ste- 

 rilia, stig. 2 clavatis. Fades Tliunhergia, — 

 Type D. angulosa Raf. Martynia do Lam. 

 Mart, diandra W. P. often figured, fol. opp. 

 cord, angul. ped. axil, multifl. Mexico. — Of 

 family SESAMIDES Raf. 1815 with capsule 

 4locular, several G. Seramum, Martynia, Cra- 

 niolaria, Basonca, Dysosmon &c. Craniolaria 

 of L. wrongly united to Martynia differs by a 

 double calix, the inner tubular spathaceous. 

 Gran, annua L; but his Cran. fruticosa has 

 been united to Gesneria ! while it forms a G. of 

 Gesnerides Petramnia Raf. Basonca Raf. has 

 tubular cor. base of tube gibbose around, type 

 B. longiflora, Martynia do Ait. — M. perennis 

 has become the G. Gloxinia, and thus every sp. 

 of Martynia was the type of a Oenus ! my Dy- 

 sosmon fl. ludov. differs from them and Sesa- 

 mum, by corolla unilabiate. 



999. Aemana Raf (nymph) cal. tubul. Sfidus, 

 cor. infund. limbo camp. ineq. 51obo. Stam. 4. 

 didyn. Ovario immerso glandulis 5, stig. capit. 

 umbilic. caps, uniloc. 2placeatas later. Scaposa 

 — Typo Aim. hirsuta Raf Gloxinia do Lindl. 

 b. reg. 1004, fol. ovat. rugosis hirsutis crenatis, 

 scapis agreg. Ifl. Brazil, fl. blue. Of family 

 Pedalides differing from Gratiolides by seeds 

 not central. Totaly unlike Gloxinia of family 

 Gesneridis, that has calix superior Sparted, 

 nearer to Cyrtandra that has 2 sterile stamens: 

 while habit and capsule like Ramonda 1068, 



