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GESNERIACE^E. XXIII. CHIRATA. XXIV. CYRTANDRA. 



many-seeded ; dissepiment parallel. Seeds naked, acute at both 

 ends. Perennial hairy herbs. Stems simple. Leaves opposite, 

 unequal in size. Peduncles axillary, opposite, bibracteate, 

 usually 1 -flowered. Flowers large red, or purple. 



1 C. URTICIFOLIA (Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 

 90.) leaves elliptic, acute, nearly equal, serrated ; peduncles 1- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calycine segments linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse. 7/ . G. Native of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. 

 Didymocarpus speciosus, Wall. mss. Stem ascending, rooting at 

 the base, tetragonal, hairy. Leaves often 4 inches long. Brae- 

 tea ovate-oblong, bluntish, remote from the flower. Flowers 

 reddish purple, size of those of Digitalis purpurea. 



Nettle-leaved Chirata. PI. to 1 foot. 



2 C. ptfMiLA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 90.) leaves unequal, 

 elliptic, bluntish, serrated, red beneath ; peduncles 2-flowered, 

 about equal in length to the leaves. TJ..G. Native of Nipaul. 

 Stem low, tetragonal. Larger leaves 2 inches long, and 1-J. 

 inch broad. Peduncles bibracteate in the middle. Very like 

 the preceding, but much more humble, and the flowers smaller. 



Dwarf Chirata. PI. \ foot. 



3 C. BIFOLIA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 90. Royle, ill. himal. 

 t. 70.) stem 2-leaved, pubescent ; leaves very unequal in size, 

 pubescent, crenated, the one small and petiolate, and the other 

 large, cordate, sessile; peduncle terminal, 1-flowered. Tf.G. 

 Native of Nipaul and Kamaon, Wall. ; from Jurreepanee up- 

 wards towards Mussooree, and near Simla, Royle. Didymo- 

 carpus bifolia, Wall, in lit. Calosacme amplectens, Wall. cat. 

 no. 800. Stem filiform. Largest leaf 2 inches long, and ] 

 broad, rounded at top. Flowers like those of the preceding, 

 reddish purple, but smaller. 



Two-leaved Chirata. PL \ foot. 



4 C. MACROPHY'LLA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 56. t. 72.) root 

 creeping ; leaves on long petioles, ovate-cordate ; scape elon- 

 gated, few-flowered ; corolla cylindrical, ventricose in the mid- 

 dle. 11 . G. Native of Nipaul, on Sheopore, in shady woods. 

 Corolla yellow. Stamens 5, the 3 sterile ones subcapitate. 

 Anthers oblong. 



Large-leaved Chirata. PL 2 feet. 



5 C. GRANDIFLORA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 43. t. 50.) stem 

 ascending ; leaves ovate, acuminated, pilose ; peduncles axillary, 

 few-flowered. If. G. Native of Nipaul, on the high moun- 

 tains in humid places, upon rocks. Flowers large, rose-coloured. 

 Calyx 5-nerved, 5-angled, 5-cleft, inflated. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, pilose. Stamens 5, the 2 lower fertile, bearing reniform, 

 cohering, 1 -celled anthers; the 3 sterile ones subulate, pilose, 

 and subcapitate. Stigma funnel-shaped, 2-lobed. Seeds small, 

 subulate, naked, acute at both ends. 



Great-flowered Chirata. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocarpus, p. 

 658. 



Subtribe III. 



CYRTA'NDRE.5t, (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 the genus Cyrtdndra, in the fruit being baccate, and in the 

 seeds being erect.) Fruit baccate. Seeds pendulous, naked. 



XXIV. CYRTA'NDRA (from Kvproc, kyrtos, a curve ; and 

 avnp avBpos, aner andros, a male.) Forst. gen. 3. no. 1. Jack, 

 in Lin. trans. 14. p. 25. t. 2. f. 1. a. g. Blum, bijdr. 767. 

 Gaud, in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 446. t. 56. &c. Besleria 

 species, Forst. prod. no. 236. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, 

 nearly equal, or sometimes somewhat bilabiate. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, having the tube widened upwards ; the limb 5-lobed 

 and sub-bilabiate. Stamens 5, ex Blume, 4, ex Jack, 2 of 



which are antheriferous, the other 2 or 3 sterile ; cells of an- 

 thers parallel. Stigma obtuse, or capitate, often emarginate. 

 Fruit baccate, longer than the calyx. Lobes of dissepiment with 

 revolute, seminiferous margins. Seeds naked, usually pitted, or 

 dotted. Shrubs or herbs with erect or procumbent stems. 

 Leaves opposite, those opposed to each other unequal in size, 

 one of them being almost abortive. Flowers capitate, or in 

 fascicles, rarely solitary, axillary, bracteate, or involucrated, 

 white, or of a dull purple colour. 



I. Stems herbaceous, procumbent, or erectish. Flowers white, 

 capitate, almost inclosed in the large one-leaved involucrum. 

 Species natives of Java and Sumatra. 



1 C. GLA'BRA (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 28. Blum, bijdr. p. 

 768.) almost stemless ; leaves alternate, (the opposed ones being 

 very small, and almost abortive,) on long petioles, broad-ovate, 

 sometimes subcordate at the base, serrulated, glabrous ; heads 

 of flowers on short peduncles, involucrated ; involucrum large, 

 campanulate, closely embracing the flowers. "]}.. S. Native of 

 Java, in the humid parts of woods in the provinces of Bamtam, 

 Buitenzorg, &c. Blume. Interior of Bencoolen, Jack. Flowers 

 large, white, with a pale yellowish throat. Antheriferous fila- 

 ments thick. Leaves about 7 inches long by 5 broad. 



Glabrous Cyrtandra. PL \ to \ foot. 



2 C. PE'NDULA (Blum, bijdr. p. 768.) stem creeping at bot- 

 tom ; leaves opposite, on long petioles, elliptic-oblong, acumi- 

 nated, serrated, smooth above, but rather villous on the nerves 

 beneath ; heads of flowers involucrated on long peduncles, 

 pendulous. 7f. S. Native of Java, in humid places on the 

 mountains. Flowers dirty white, dotted with purple at the 

 bottom. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, split on one side. Sterile 

 stamens 3, minute. Nearly allied to C. bicolor. 



Pendulous-flowered Cyrtandra. PL creeping. 



3 C. BI'COLOR (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14 p. 27.) stem erectish, 

 creeping at bottom ; ? leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, cordate 

 at the base, glabrous above, villous and purple beneath, about 

 the length of the petioles ; heads of flowers on peduncles which 

 are shorter than the petioles, embraced by a deciduous involu- 

 crum. If. S. Native of Sumatra. Leaves on long petioles, 

 9-10 inches long, the opposite ones nearly abortive. Peduncles 

 reflexed, bearing each a head of 6-10 flowers. Corollas large, 

 white. Sterile filaments 2. 



Trvo-colour ed- leaved Cyrtandra. PL erectish. 



4 C. PI'CTA (Blume, bijdr. p. 769.) stems procumbent at bot- 

 tom ; leaves remote, opposite, one of which is almost abortive, 

 on long petioles, broad-ovate, acute, a little attenuated at the 

 base, or subcordate, serrated, but rather villous on the nerves 

 beneath ; heads of flowers involucrated, axillary, almost sessile. 

 If . S. Native of Java, in humid places on the mountains. 

 Flowers large, white, having the throat dotted with purple. 

 Stigma dilated, obtuse. Sterile stamens 3, minute. Nearly 

 allied to C. maculdta. 



Painted-fio\vered Cyrtandra. PL procumbent. 



5 C. MACULA' TA (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 26.) plant low ; 

 leaves opposite, one abortive, the other roundish cordate, acute, 

 serrated, glabrous above, and rather villous beneath, petiolate ; 

 heads of flowers involucrated, axillary. If. S. Native of 

 Sumatra. Leaves 4 inches long by 4-J- broad. Calyx tubular, 

 5-toothed. Corolla white, with a large purple spot on each of 

 the 3 lower lobes. Sterile stamens 2. Fruit oblong. Seeds 

 disposed round the lobes of the dissepiment. 



Spotted-fiowered Cyrtandra. PL low. 



6 C. HU'MILIS (Blum, bijdr. 769.) stem procumbent, creep- 

 ing ; leaves approximate, opposite, on long petioles, oval oblong, 



