38 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
few have its 5-merous flowers. The whole plant assumes a fine vinous-red 
colour in at which it has retained for forty years in the herbarium.— 
J. D. Hoo 
‘ig. 1. Flower. 2. Section of corolla. 3. Stamen. 4. Ovary, disk, ser and a? 
5. ‘Transverse section of fruit. 6. Ripe fruit. 4. aed section of ditto. 8, Seed:— 
magn ified. 
PraTeE 1050. 
LIMNOSIPANEA SPRUCEANA, Hook. f. 
Rusiaces, Tribe RONDELETIER. 
Limnosipanea, Hook. f. gen. RA age tubus ovoideus, his- 
pidus; lobi 5, Ianceciati, subfoliacei i, nts basi glandulosi, persistentes. 
Corolla hypocraterimorpha, tnbo gracili intus glabro, fauce glabro tenuiter 
pubescenti v. villoso; lobi 5, patente 8, sjeeneniaitel, oblongi, obtusi, con- 
torti. Stamina 5, farce corollz inserta, filamentis filiformibus ; anthers 
oblong», exsertze, dorso affixee. Discus conicus. Ovarium 2-localare stylus 
filiformis, stigmatibus recurvis intus papillosis; ovula numerosa, lacentis 
septo medio aflixis inserta. Capsula ee ey oi hee sé ineaiati, loculicide 
2-valvis, powspe rma. Semina minuta, a angulata, on reticulata, albumine 
terete, basi simplice, superne e 2-3-chotome ramoso. Folia 3-co-natim verticil- 
lata, superiora rarius omnia opposita, oblonga v. linearia. Stipule obsolete. 
Flores parei, in fasciculos bracteatos terminales et in dichotomiis ramorum sitos 
dispositi, rosei, 2-bracteolati. 
is. Spruceana, Hook.f. ; caule e basi decumbente erecto gales foliis 
mersis iain verticillatis anguste linearibus acuminatis, emersis 3—6- 
natim verticillatis multo bre vioribus ovatis ovado leneotaiate acuminatis 
pedunculis floriferis erecto-patentibus elongatis ea corollz rosez fauce 
pubescente.—Sipania limnophila, Spruce, n 
Has. Amazon river, marshy and sandy = near Para, Spruce (1851). 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla, laid open. 3. Stamens. 4. Ovary and 2 calyx-lobes. 5. 
Transverse section of ovary :—all magnified. 
This curious genus differs from Sipania in its remarkable habit, obsolete 
sdipalie, and exserted stamens. The other species known 
Schom » Hook. f. ; caule simplici foliisque paucis oppositis 
oe obtusis sparse hispido-pilosis, floribus paucis, calycis lobis 
lineari- -elongati 
Has. “see Guiana; Rovuma river, Schomburgh, 464 (744). 
L. palustris, Hook. f—Sipania palustris, Seem. Bot. Herald, Voy. 136, 
Has. Panama, Seemann; New Granada, Santa Martha, Goudot. 
