Purdieane. N. O. Gesneriacez. 
TABS. DCLXX XIX, DCXC. 
Conrapia catycosa, Hook. 
Fruticosa glabra, foliis oblongis serratis levibus petiolatis basi 
acutis apice acuminatis subtus discoloribus, pedunculis axilla- 
ribus solitariis unifloris folio sublongioribus, laciniis calycinis 
subulatis longissimis corollam obliquam subcampanulatam 
superantibus, staminibus styloque longe exsertis, capsula 
elongata cylindraceo clavata sulcata. : 
Has. Jamaica; Sedburgh, Manchester, Mr. Purdie. 
This is a very fine and undescribed species of Conradia 
(Mart. not Nutt.) with large flowers, solitary on each peduncle, 
remarkable for the great length of the calycine segments, which 
much exceed the corolla, and the very protruded stamens and 
style. It forms a shrub, 5 to 10 feet high, according to Mr. 
Purdie, flowing copiously in December. Leaves 46 inches, 
long, firm, but rather membranaceous, glabrous, smooth to the 
touch, pale, and sometimes rather rusty beneath, where the 
pinnated veins are prominent and darker coloured, and the vein- 
lets are reticulated. Petioles an inch or an inch anda half long. 
Peduncle rather stout, about as long as the leaf, but including 
the flower (for the calyx with the tube often measures 2} inches 
longer.) The club-shaped sulcated capsules, with the long per- 
sistent segments of the calyx (resembling the legs of some 
insect) have a singular appearance. 
