GESNERIACE^E. XXIV. CYRTANDRA. 



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obtuse at both ends, rounded at the base, serrated, glabrous 

 above, but rather downy on the veins beneath ; heads of flowers 

 axillary, involucrated, sessile. 11 . S. Native of the island of 

 Nusae-Kambanga, in woods. Corolla pale yellowish. Filaments 

 of the fertile stamens rather villous on the back. Stigma emar- 

 ginate. Nearly allied to C. picta. 

 Humble Cyrtandra. PI. creeping. 



7 C. MACROPHY'LLA (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 25. t. 2. f. 1. 

 a. g.) erectish ; branches 4-sided, with rounded angles, and two 

 opposite sides deeply furrowed ; leaves roundish-ovate, serrated, 

 glabrous, the opposite ones abortive, on long petioles ; peduncles 

 shorter than the petioles ; flowers capitate, nearly sessile, sup- 

 ported by a 1-leaved involucrum. T. S. Native of the inte- 

 rior of Sumatra. Leaves dark green above, and whitish 

 beneath. Corollas white. Sterile filaments 2. Stigma funnel- 

 shaped. 



Large-leaved Cyrtandra. PI. 1 foot. 



8 C. HIRSU'TA (Jack, 1. c. p. 27.) plant ascending, pilose ; 

 leaves elliptic-ovate, cordate at the base, crenated, pilose on 

 both surfaces, on long petioles, the opposed ones generally 

 abortive ; heads few-flowered, involucrated by a 2-parted invo- 

 lucrum. I/ . S. Native of Sumatra. Stem terete. Leaves 5 

 inches long, and 3 broad ; petioles as long as the leaves, em- 

 bracing the stem at the base, and uniting with the base of the 

 opposite one. Peduncles axillary, reflexed, villous. Corolla 

 white, pilose outside. Stigma thick, depressed. Sterile fila- 

 ments 2. 



Hairy Cyrtandra. PI. ascending. 



9 C. INCOMPTA (Jack, 1. c. p. 29.) plant erect, shaggy with 

 brown hairs ; leaves elliptic-ovate, serrated, on long petioles, 

 the opposed ones abortive ; heads of flowers propped by a 2- 

 leaved involucrum, densely woolly. I/ . S. Native of Sumatra, 

 where it is called Langkavang by the Malays. Leaves villous, 

 6 inches long. Peduncles shorter than the petioles. Corolla 

 villous ; limb nearly equal. Ovarium embraced by a nectarial 

 ring. 



Undecked Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



10 C. AU'REA (Jack, 1. c.) showy, erect; stem thick, 4-sided, 

 pilose from adpressed hairs ; leaves opposite, roundish ovate, 

 acuminated, serrated, clothed with silky pili, on long petioles ; 

 heads of flowers dense, nearly sessile, involucrated. Tf.. S, 

 Native of the interior of Bencoolen, at the foot of Gunong 

 Bunko. Leaves both perfect. Involucrum closely investing 

 the head of flowers. Corolla yellow, sub-campanulate : limb 

 nearly equal. Stigma bilabiate. 



GWrfen-flowered Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



11 C. PELTA'TA (Jack, 1. c. p. 30.) leaves peltate, ovate, 

 acuminated; heads on very short peduncles, involucrated. If. 

 S. Native of Sumatra. Stem ascending, terete, smooth. 

 Leaves on long petioles, the opposite petioles, abortive, bluntly 

 serrated, smooth, paler beneath, 8-10 inches long. Corolla 

 white, funnel-shaped ; limb rather irregular. Sterile filaments 

 2. Ovarium embraced by a nectarial ring. 



Peltate-leaved Cyrtandra. PI. ascending. 



2. Stems herbaceous. Peduncles bibracteate, \-2-3-flomered. 

 Florvers not capitate. Species natives of the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



12 C. CORDIFOLIA (Gaud, in Freyc. voy. pt. hot. p. 446. t. 

 56.) leaves roundish-ovate, acute, obliquely cordate, toothed, 

 hairy above, but clothed with villous tomentum beneath, rusty ; 

 peduncles 3-flowered ; calyxes clothed with rusty villi. Tf . S. 

 Native of the Sandwich Islands, from the altitude of 100 to 300 

 hexapods, along with the following species. 



Cordate-leaved Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



13 C. GRANDIFLORA (Gaud. 1. c. p. 447. t. 55.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, narrowed at the base, obsoletely denticulated, cili- 

 ated, smoothish above, but paler beneath, with the nerves and 

 veins clothed with powdery down ; peduncles 2-leaved and 2- 

 flowered at the apex ; calyxes glabrous. TJ. . S. Native of 

 the Sandwich Islands. 



Great-jlorvered Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



14 C. LESSONIA'NA (Gaud. 1. c. t. 54.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated, narrowed at the base, denticulated, puberulous above, 

 but clothed with silky tomentum beneath, rusty; peduncles 1- 

 flowered, bibracteate ; calyx rather villous, 5-parted, with the 

 edges of the segments undulately inflexed. If. S. Native of 

 the Sandwich Islands. 



Lesson's Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



15 C. TRIFLORA (Gaud. 1. c. t. 52.) leaves oblong, sub-acu- 

 minated, cuneated at the base, somewhat doubly serrated, gla- 

 brous ; nerves and veins clothed with adpressed down beneath ; 

 peduncles 3-flowered; calyxes smoothish. If. S. Native of 

 the Sandwich Islands. 



Tkree-Jlomered Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



16 C. BIFLORA (Forst. gen. 3. no. 1.) leaves ovate, quite 

 entire ; involucrum caducous, inflated ; peduncles 2-flowered. 

 If. G. Native of Otaheite. Besleria bi flora, Forst. floral, no. 

 236. 



Tno-flowered Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



17 C. CARNOTIA'NA (Gaud. 1. c. t. 53.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, running into the petioles, remotely serrulated, hairy 

 above, and clothed with soft tomentose pubescence beneath, 

 canescent ; peduncles few-flowered, subdichotomous ; calyxes 

 villously pubescent. If. . S. Native of the Sandwich Islands. 



C'arnoli's Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



18 C. PALUDOSA (Jack, 1. c. p. 447.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated, narrowed at the base, coarsely serrated, glabrous, paler 

 beneath; peduncles 1-flowered. If. S. Native of the Sand- 

 wich Islands. 



Marsh Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



19 C. MENZIE'SII (Hook, et Am. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 

 91.) leaves 4 in a whorl,? oblong, short-acuminated, cuneated 

 at the base, somewhat denticulately ciliated towards the apex, 

 rather scabrous above, glabrous beneath, but the nerves and 

 veins are clothed with adpressed down ; peduncles bearing 

 many flowers, which are disposed in an umbellate manner ; 

 calyx hairy, with subulate teeth. If . S. Native of the Sand- 

 wich Islands. 



Menzies's Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 



3. Stems suffrulicose, erect. Corollas bilabiate, dirty pur- 

 plish, or dirty yellow, for the most part small, and disposed in 

 fascicles. Habit different from the other sections, and have 

 more resemblance to the Didymocarpus frutescem. The spe- 

 cies of this section might form a distinct genus, on account of 

 their bilabiate corolla and longer fruit, and in the whole super- 

 fices of the lobes of the dissepiment being seminiferous. 



20 C. PILOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 770.) stem ascending, simple, 

 tetragonal at top ; leaves opposite, obovate-oblong, sharply ser- 

 rated, sessile, pilose above, and strigose on the veins beneath ; 

 fascicles many-flowered, on short peduncles, axillary, involu- 

 crated by foliaceous bracteas. fj . S. Native of Java, in 

 humid places on the mountains of Salak, Cede, Seribu, &c. 

 Flowers dirty yellow, having the lower lip reddish inside, and 3- 

 lobed : upper lip emarginate, smaller. Sterile filaments 3, 

 small. Allied to C. rubiginosa. 



Pilose Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 



