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Plate 2428. 



COLUMNEA FILIPES, OHv. 

 Gesnerace/E. Subtribe Columnee^. 



C. (§ Ortholoma) filipes, OHv. (sp. nov,) ; fruticosa, epiphytica, 

 sericea, foliis valde disparibus majoribus dependentibus elongatis leviter 

 falcatis linear!- v. oblongo-lanceolatis sensim acuminatis breviter petio- 

 latis aureo tinctis, floribus axillaribus solitariis Jonge graciliterque 

 pedunculatis, calycis 5-partiti segmentis anguste linearibus acuminatis 

 sericeis, corollse purpureo-punice?e tubo ventricoso laxe piiosulo basi 

 geniculatim gibboso calyce subduplo longiore, labiis subiequilongis 

 segmentis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis tubopaulo brevioribus, 

 antheris quadratim coha^rentibus. 



Hab. Colombia : Prov. Antioquia, 7500 ft. alt., Kalhreyer. 



Folia adpresse sericea 5-8 poll, longa, 6-9 lin. lata ; petiolus 2-3 

 Im, longus ; folia minora rudimentaria. Fediinculi 4^-6 poll, longi. 

 Calyx 1-1^ poll, longus. Corolla 3 poll, longa. » 



For excellent specimens of this fine species, which have rested for 

 some years amongst our undetermined Gesneracece^ we are indebted to 

 Messrs. Veitch, for whom it was collected by Mr. Kalbreyer in 1880. 

 It is clearly allied to (7. acuminata, Benth., differing in the much 

 narrower acuminate leaves, long narrow segments of the corolla-limb, 

 and the conspicuous obliquity of the base of the tube of the corolla, 



D. Oliver. 



■Fig. 1. Stamens. 2. Pistil and unilateral disk. Enlarged. 



