Piate 2254. 
BOURNEA SINENSIS, (liv. 
GESNERACEA. Subtribe DipymMocarpen. 
subeequilongis. Stamina 4lobis corolle alterna, 2 v.3 v.omnia d 
plus minus exserta; antherm liber distantes, oblongo-elliptice, 
dorsifixe inappendiculate; filamenta anguste linearia glabra sub 
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brevem angustatum, stigmate obtuso bilobulato; placentee intruss 
bifide, laminis ovuliferis recurvis. Capsula linearis apice acuminata 
ad basin gradatim angustata, loculicide dehiscens, valvis medio 
placentiferis haud tortis. Semina...... —Herba acaulis, foliis longa 
B. sinensis, Oliv. (sp. unica). 
Has. China, Prov. Kwangtung, in the Lo-fan Mountains, 3,00 
feet, Bourne and Atkinson’s Native Collector ; com. C. Ford (No. 324). 
Folia majora 4-5} poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata; petiolus 14-5 poll. 
longus, plus minus adpresse setuloso-hirtus. Scapus 4-7 poll. longus. 
Flores 5-6 lin. longi. Capsula 1-1} poll. longa. 
existing taxonomics of the Tribe. The nearest affi f Bournea 
would seem to with Oreocharis, from which differs in the 
tetramerous calyx, the 4-lobed corolla (of whi ne segmen - 
the entire corolla indeed is s orter, or scarcely longer, than the st 
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fortunately, ro seeds are left in the capsules of a previous year which 
remain attached to the specimen. The generic name commemorates, 
at Mr. Ford’s request, the services rendered to botany by Mr. A. 
Bourne, H.B.M. Vice-Consul at Canton, to whom the roe! Herbarium 
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Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Corolla, laid open. 3. Anther, back and front view. 4. Ovary 
and disk. 5, Transverse section of ovary. All enlarged, 
