GESNERIACE/E. IX. COLUMSEA. X. MITRARIA. XI. DRYMONIA. XII. KLCOIA. 



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rind. 3. p. 27. t. 48. Ker. hot. reg. 805. Plum. gen. 28. t. 

 89. f. 1. Stem quadrangular. Leaves petiolate. Flowers 

 solitary. Corollas scarlet, melliferous, hairy. The plant is 

 called by the French in the West Indies Liane de Strop. 



1 ar. p ; flowers yellow ; fruit white. 1? . w . S. Columnea 

 scandens flore lutescente, fruetu albo, Plum. gen. 28. 



Climbing Columuea. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 climbing. 



2 C. HIRSU'TA (Swartz, prod. 94. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1080.) 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, serrated, hairy above ; calycine seg- 

 ments denticulated, and are, as" well as the corollas, hairy. Ij . 

 ^. S. Native of Jamaica, at the roots of trees on the mountains in 

 dense woods. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 366. Archimenes, &c. 

 Browne, jam. 270. t. 30. f. 3. Sloan, hist. I. p. 157. t. 100. f. 

 1 . Leaves petiolate. Corollas villous, purplish, or pale red. 

 Flowers usually twin. 



Hairy Columnea. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. J 780. Shrub climbing. 



3 C. RU'TILANS (Swartz, prod. p. 94. fl. ind. occid. 2. p. 1083.) 

 leaves ovau -lanceolate, denticulated, rather scabrous, hairy, and 

 coloured beneath ; calycine segments jagged, and are, as well as 

 the corollas, \ illous. '- . ^. S. Native of the interior of Ja- 

 maica, on the trunks of trees, in dense woods. Corollas 

 reddish yellow. 



Red-leaved Columnea. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 climbing. 



4 C. HISPIDA (Swartz, prod. p. 94. fl. ind. occid. 2. p. 1083.) 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, denticulated, hairy ; calycine segments 

 lanceolate, entire, pilose ; stem pilosely scabrous. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of the \\ est of Jamaica, on shady rocks. Calyx blood- 

 red. Corolla scarlet. ? Fruit white. 



Hispid Columnea. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



5 C. OVA'TA (Cav. icon. 4. p. 62. t. 391.) stems creeping and 

 scandent ; leaves ovate, crenated, rather hispid above, and some- 

 what tonientose beneath. I? . w . S. Native of San Carlos de 

 Cliiloe. Peduncles terminal, solitary. Calycine segments tri- 

 dentate. Corolla scarlet, beset with white hairs. Capsule 2- 

 celled, ex Cav. 



Ocaie-leaved Columnea. Shrub creeping. 



6 C. SCHIEDEA'SA (Schlecht, in Linnaea, 8. p. 249.) stems 

 simple ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, clothed with silky 

 villi ; calycine segments ovate-lanceolate, entire, and are, as well 

 as the corollas, spotted and villous. I/ . S. Native of Mexico, 

 on old trees near Misantla, and near the Hacienda de La 

 Laguna. Stems nodose, smoothish at bottom, but clothed with 

 purplish villi at top. Leaves on short petioles, largest ones 5 

 inches long, and 1 J broad. Corolla 2 inches long, clothed with 

 glandular villi, variegated with yellow and brown. Berry glo- 

 bose, white. Seeds oblong, acutish at both ends. 



Schiede's Columnea. Shrub. 



N.B. What is C. stellata, Loir. coch. p. 384. ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 650. 



X. MITRA'RIA (from pirpa, mitra, a mitre; in reference to 

 the mitre-formed bractea which covers the calyx.) Cav. icon. 

 6. p. 57. t. 579. Mart. nov. gen. bras. 3. p. 6'6, 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx inferior ; limb 

 5-parted, equal, calculated by a 2-lobed, mitre-formed bractea. 

 Corolla tubularly-ventricose ; upper lip of limb 2-lobed ; lower 

 one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted, with the rudi- 

 ment of a fifth behind; anthers free. Berry 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded. Habit of Columnea. Stems scandent. Leaves ovat'e, 

 acute, serrated. Flowers axillary. Corollas scarlet. 



1 M. cocci.NEA (Cav. 1. c.) F? . w . S. Native of San Carlos 

 de Chiloe. 



Scarlet- flowered Mitraria. Shrub scandent. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 650. 



XI. DRYMONIA (from pt//w>e, drymos, an oak wood ; in 

 allusion to the plant growing on trees in woods.) Mart. nov. 

 gen. bras. 3. p. 57. Gesneria species, Jacq. et Kunth. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx free, oblique, 

 5-leaved ; leaflets imbricate, 2 interior. Corolla oblique, cam- 

 panulately sub-ringent, gibbous at the base behind ; throat 

 spreading ; upper lip 2-lobed ; lower one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, without any rudiment of a fifth ; anthers free. 

 Hypogynous disk, bearing an ovate gland behind. Capsule 

 baccate, ovate, coriaceous, 1 -celled, 2-valved ; placentas 2, pari- 

 etal, bilamellate. Seeds numerous, fusiform. Shrubs climbing, 

 and fixed by strong roots to trees, or lying upon the earth. 

 Stems flexile, nearly terete, with a shining epidermis, inordi- 

 nately branched. Leaves opposite, petiolate, serrated, pubes- 

 cent from simple hairs, like all the herbaceous parts of the plant, 

 thickish. Peduncles axillary, solitary, shortish, bractless. Co- 

 rollas large, painted. 



1 D. CALCARA'TA (Mart. 1. c. p. 58. t. 224.) leaves ovate, 

 rounded at the base, cordate, acute at the apex, and are, as well 

 as the obliquely cordate-ovate, toothed segments of the calyx, 

 downy ; segments of corolla denticulated ; anthers spurred at the 

 base, fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro, 

 along the river Japura, on trees. Corolla large, white, striped 

 with yellow, and spotted with purple. Calyx large. 



<S/)urre<i-anthered Drymonia. Shrub climbing. 



2 D. SPECTA'BILIS (Mart. 1. c. p. 59.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, obsoletely toothed, clothed with adpressed pili : calycine 

 segments ovate-oblong, obsoletely denticulated, clothed with 

 adpressed hairs ; segments of corolla crenulated, fringed, ex 

 Bonpl. Fj . S. Native of New Granada, in woods on the banks 

 of the river Smiths, between Villa La Sequia and the town of 

 Popayan, at the altitude of 600 hexapods. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long. Corolla large, white, campanulate, downy outside ; limb 

 reddish. 



Shotry Drymonia. Shrub climbing. 



3 D. JACQCI'NI ; leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends, 

 hairy, toothed ; calycine segments serrated ; limb of corolla 

 sharply serrulated. ^ . S. Native of the West Indies. Bes- 

 leria serrulata, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. p. 21. t. 290. I/eaves 

 hairy, greenish above, and brownish purple beneath. Calyx 

 large green. Corolla cream-coloured. 



Jacquin's Drymonia. Fl. ? Clt. 1806. Shrub climbing. 



4 D. ? GRANDIFLORA j leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, cre- 

 nated, densely pilose above, villous beneath, as well as on the 

 brancblets ; peduncles axillary, elongated, many-flowered ; ca- 

 lycine segments ovate-oblong, acute, quite entire, densely pilose : 

 corollas campanulate, villous ; throat open. Jj . S. Native of 

 New Granada, in humid woods between Paramo de San Fortn- 

 nato and Fusagasuga, at the altitude of 1000 hexapods. Bes- 

 leria grandiflora, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 401. 

 Leaves purplish beneath. Calyx purplish. Corolla campanu- 

 late, sub-gibbous at the base, villous outside, white, and glabrous 

 inside : limb bilabiate, spotted with red. Anthers cohering 

 cruciately with the rudiment of a fifth stamen. 



Great-jlomered Drymonia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 650. 



XII. KLU'GIA (named after Fr. Klug, M.D.) Schlecht, in 

 Linnaea, 8. p. 248. 



LIK. SYST. Didynanua, Angiospermia. Calyx free, penta- 

 gonally 5-winged, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular : limb bilabiate : 

 upper lip large, roundish entire : lower one small, 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 4, nearly equal, without any rudiment of a fifth. An- 

 thers approximating by pairs. Hypogynous disk narrow, glan- 

 dular. Capsule membranous, free, 2-valved ; placentas 2, 



