PLATE 2788. 
RHABDOTHAMNOPSIS SINENSIS, Hemsi. 
GESNERACES. Tribe CyRTANDRE, 
Rhabdothamnopsis sinensis, HWems/. in Jowrn. Linn, Soc., Bot., vol. 
xxxv. p. 517 (species wnica). 
wculus debilis, a basi ramosus, ut videtur procumbens, Lonicere 
hana sesquipollicaria, basi semper plus minusve cuneata, apice 
cuta, obtusa vel rotundata, preter partem tertiam inferiorem crenulato- 
Sarate: simul in margine ciliolata, bring wo primum parce puberula, 
deinde glabrescentia. lores circiter 1} poll. longi, axillares, solitarii, 
graciliter pedicellati ; pedicelli quam folia nunc longiores nunc bre- 
viores, ebracteolati. Calycis pubescentis segmenta 5, equalia, lineari- 
lanceolata, circiter 3 lin. longa, acutissima. Corolla 14-1} poll. longa, 
puberula, intus glabra, tubuloso- -campanulata ; tubus leviter curvatus, 
prope basin circiter 2 lin. diametro, sursum sensim dilatatus, 4-5 lin. 
diametro, longitudinaliter striatus ; limbus oblique bilabiatus, lobis 
rotundatis, iis labii inferioris longioribus. Stamina 2, antica, tubo 
inclusa ; filamenta infra medium tubo affixa, dilatata, apice incrassata ; 
antherse coherentes, dense barbatee. Discus leviter oblique cupularis. 
Ovarium elongatum, stylusque pubescens, distincte biloculare, ovulis 
numerosissimis ; stylus filiformis, vix exsertus, stigmate distincte 
bilamellato. Capsula pubescens, immatura cum stylo persistente 
sesquipollicaris, matura absque stylo circiter pole, valvis tortis. 
issima, oblonga vel ovoidea, 4+—} lin. longa, utrinque 
apiculata, Siveciab- reticulata. 
Cutna: Tachienlu, Szechuen, Pratt, 147; Yunanfu, Yunnan, 
Ducloux, 120. 
estern China is exceedingly rich in Cyrtandree, many of them 
very beautiful. The genus Rhabdothamnopsis was founded on the pre- 
sent plant, which in general appearance strongly resembles Rhabdo- 
thamnus Solandri, also a monotype and the only representative of 
the Cyrtandreze in New Zealand. Structurally it is near Bea and 
tr sere ie Borrinc Hems.ey. 
g. 1, part of aes disk, and peer 2, corolla laid peat showing the stamens and 
stain odes ; 3, the stamens ; 2 long tudinal section of © ary ; 5, dehiscing capsule ; 
seeds. All except 5 enlarged. 
