88 1CONES PLANTARUM. 
oar gece sub anthesi 2 lin. longus, lobi 5, tubo breviores, 
patentes. in. longa, bre tubuloso-campanulata, limbo 
subpatente vais obliquo, lobis 5 lag latis p: sequalibus. 
Stamina 4, didynama, basi corolle affixa, filamentis brevibus ; anther 
. , loenlis parallelis distinetis, connectivo latiusculo apice 
breviter endiculato. Discus obsoletus. ariwm semi-inferum, 
pig brevis, stigmate breviter 2-fido. Capsula ultra medium infera, 
cum rostro supero incurvo-conico 2-valvi semipollicaris. Semina nor- 
malia ert numerosa. 
This plant has at first sight much of the aspect and inflorescence 
of the Gesnera allagophylla, but the flowers are much smaller, and 
differ widely in their structure as well as in oe showing rather an 
sae with Monopyle and Phinwa.—G. Brn 
an Sebati? (the throat ge grr narrow, and the limb too large and 
sprea ‘ing), Corolla cut open, showi estamens. 3. Two stamens (the tip of 
the ites Lar omitted). _4, Calyx and peti: 5. Fruit. 
Pirate 1200. 
NERIACANTHUS PURDIEANUS, Benth. 
ACANTHACEA, Tribe JusticiER. 
Neriacanthus, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. 1096. 
N. Purdieanus, Benth., species wnica. 
Has. Jamaica, on rocks near Christiana, Manchester, rare, Purdie. 
Frutex pulcherrimus, gen partibus novellis pube minuta cane- 
scentibus ceterum glaber. Folia opposita, petiolata, obovata v. oblonga, 
14-24. pollicaria, “obttsiontias, basi contracta, coriacea, marginibus re- 
curvis, pennivenia, venis paucis subtus prominulis, Flor ores lilacini, ad 
axillas bractearum o positarum solitarii, sessiles, in spicam brevem 
terminalem dispositi. Bracteze herbacew, ellipticee, obtusissime, 6-9 
segmentis lineari-lanceolatis subsqualibus. U 8-9 
longus, cylindracens, ad fancem parum oriiomger™ — patens sub- 
planus; lobi 5 obovati, postici semipollicare lo majore, 
Sta 
didynama, tubo inclusa; anther lineares, 1-loculares, mutice ; sta- 
minodium posticum breviter filiforme. Stylus filiformis, apice integer. 
Ovula in quoque loculo ovarii 2. Capsula ignota. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla cut eres = the stamens and pistil, 3. Stamen. 
4, Pistil. 6. Ovary, lorgitudinal sectio 
