Gardneriane. N. QO. Gesneriacec. 
TAB. TDLXIX. 
TapiIna vitiosa. Gardn. 
Herbacea simplex erecta villosa, foliis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis 
utrinque obtusis vel acutiusculis grosse serratis supra dense 
pilosis subtus preecipue ad nervos villosis, pedunculis axilla- 
ribus 1-floris, calycis tubo brevi, lobis 5 lanceolatis, corolle 
tubo brevi hinc basi gibbo. 
Tapina villosa. Gardn. Herb. Brasil. n. 3875. 
Has. In dry clefts of rocks near the summit of the Serra de 
Natividade, in the north of the province of Goyaz, Brazil, 
February, 1840. 
Herba pusilla, 1-5 uncialis, tota villosa, villi articulati. Radix 
carnosa, squamosa, fibrosa, fibrillis villosis, fuscis. Caules 
_ solitarii, simplices. Folia 1-14 poll. longa, 8-9 lin. lata. 
_ Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, uniflori, internodo longiores. 
Calyz liber, tpariti Whe a subsequalibus, lanceolatis. Corolla 
_ hypogyna, infundibuliformis, | 
. Stylus simplex, apice 
aS Stigma Ghipltebo-bilobens. Fructus non vidi. 
This I little plant agrees with the characters of Tapina in 
