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GESNERIACEjE. XXIV. CYRTANDRA. XXV. WHITIA. 



21 C. RUBIGINOSA (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 32.) stem erect, 

 4-angled, bristly in the young parts ; leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 obovate-lanceolate, acuminated, acutely serrated ; the nerves 

 pilose on the lower surfaces ; peduncles axillary, fascicled, 1- 

 flowered, and, like the calyxes, clothed with clammy pili. ^ . S. 

 Native of Sumatra. Bracteas linear, acute. Corolla of a dusky 

 purple colour, pilose outside : lower lip of 3 small shallow 

 lobes : upper lip bifid, shorter. Stigma bluntly bilabiate. 

 Berry cylindrical. Sterile filaments 2. 



Rusty Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 



22 C. SULCA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 770.) stem erect, tetragonal, 

 furrowed above, clothed with brown tomentum ; leaves opposite, 

 petiolate, oblong, long-acuminated, unequally narrowed at the 

 base, unequally and sharply serrated at top, smoothish above, 

 but rather villous on the nerves beneath ; fascicles of flowers 

 almost sessile, axillary, bracteate. I? . S. Native of Java, on 

 Mount Megamendung. Corolla dirty purple : upper lip 2- 

 lobed : lower one larger and 3-lobed. Sterile filaments 3, 

 small. 



Var. ft ; leaves larger ; flowers white. ^ . S. Native of 

 Java, on the Seribu mountains. 



Furrowed Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 



23 C. NEMOROSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 771.) stem erect, tetra- 

 gonal, downy at top ; leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong, acu- 

 minated, obliquely attenuated at the base, unequally and deeply 

 serrated, rather downy on the veins on both surfaces ; fascicles 

 of flowers pedunculate. Tj . S. Native of Java, in groves. 

 Calyx sub-bilabiate : lower lip bifid : upper trifid. Corolla 

 bilabiate : upper lip emarginate, brown : lower lip 3-lobed, 

 and larger, dirty white, and brownish in the throat. The fertile 

 filaments are thickened at top ; and the middle one of the 3 

 sterile shoitest. 



Grove Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 



24 C. ROSTRA'TA (Blum, bijdr. 771.) stem almost terete, 

 erectish ; superior leaves alternate, those opposed being very 

 small, petiolate, oblong, beaked, unequally attenuated at the 

 base, and unequally and sharply serrated at top, glabrous above, 

 but rather villous on the ribs beneath ; fascicles of flowers 

 pedunculate, axillary. Tj . S. Native of Java, in woods on the 

 Seribu mountains, and on mount Salak. Corolla dirty purple, 

 rather villous outside, sub-bilabiate, with a gibbous throat. 

 Sterile filaments 3. Nearly allied to C. nemorbsa and C. sul- 

 cata. 



Var. ft ; flowers purple and white, fj S. 

 Beaked-\ea.ved Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 



25 C. FLAVE'SCENS (Blum, bijdr. p. 77*!.) stem terete, erect- 

 isli ; leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at 

 both ends, unequally and remotely serrated, downy on the veins 

 beneath ; flowers solitary, axillary, almost sessile. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of the Island of Nusae-Kambanga, in humid places among 

 bushes. Corolla sulphur-coloured, funnel-shaped, bilabiate, 

 rather villous outside. Sterile filaments 2, minute. 



Yellowish-fiowered Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 



26 C. COCCI'NEA (Blum, bijdr. p. 772.) stem erect, tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves opposite, on long petioles, oblong, acuminated, 

 glandularly serrated, oblique at the base, having the ribs for the 

 most part blood-coloured beneath, smooth ; fascicles of flowers 

 pedunculate, axillary, umbellate. (j . S. Native of Java, in 

 woods in the interior. Calyx ventricose, 5-cleft, sub-bilabiate. 

 Corolla somewhat bilabiate, scarlet, sometimes whitish-brown. 

 Sterile filaments 3, minute. Berry elongated, beaked. 



/Sear/ei-flowered Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 



27 C. CELE'BICA (Blum, bijdr. p. 772.) stem erect, tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves opposite, on long petioles, elliptic-oblong, acu- 

 minated, unequally attenuated at the base, crenulated, glabrous, 



but clothed with cobwebbed down while young ; fascicles of 

 flowers panicled, axillary. ^j . S. Native of the Celebes, in 

 woods. Allied to C. coccinea, from which it differs in the 

 fascicles of flowers being panicled. 

 Celebes Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 



28 C. GRA'NDIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 773.) stem erect, nearly 

 terete ; leaves opposite, on long petioles, elliptic-ovate, acute, 

 sometimes obliquely cordate at the base, doubly and glandularly 

 serrated, sometimes tomentose beneath on the nerves and veins ; 

 fascicles of flowers pedunculate, axillary, involucrated ; invo- 

 lucrum bifid. ^ . S. Native of Java, in the higher woods on 

 mounts Cede and Salak. 



Var. ft ; leaves deeply serrated, fj . S. 

 Great Cyrtandra. Shrub. 



29 C. ARBORE'SCENS (Blum, bijdr. p. 773.) stem erect, tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves large, opposite, elliptic-oblong, running into the 

 petioles at the base, unequally toothed, smooth above, but 

 rather tomentose beneath ; heads of flowers pedunculate, invo- 

 lucrated ; involucrum large, foliaceous, bifid. Jj . S. Native 

 of Java, in the province of Tjangor, on the mountains, in humid 

 parts of woods. 



Arborescent Cyrtandra. Shrub. 



30 C. CUNEA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 773.) stem erect, tetragonal ; 

 leaves opposite, the one smaller than the other, petiolate, cune- 

 ate-oblong, acuminated, obsoletely denticulated at top, smoothish 

 above, but rather strigose on the veins beneath ; umbels axil- 

 lary, on long peduncles, fy . S. Native of the Moluccas. 



Cwneate-leaved Cyrtandra. Shrub. 



31 C. FRUTE'SCENS (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 31.) stem 

 erect ; leaves opposite, lanceolate, serrated, glabrous, petiolate ; 

 peduncles axillary, generally 3-flowered, not so long as the 

 petioles. J? . S. Native of Sumatra. Leaves 7-9 inches long. 

 Bracteas linear at the base of the pedicels. Calycine segments 

 subulate. Corolla purplish: lower lip longer, 3-lobed ; lobes 

 shallow. Sterile filaments 2. Stigma dilated, sub-bilabiate. 

 Berry cylindrical : lobes of the dissepiment revolute, and semi- 

 niferous on their whole surfaces, like most of the other species 

 in this section. 



Shrubby Cyrtandra. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation of the herbaceous species 

 see Streptocdrpus, p. 658, and for the shrubby species see Ryli- 

 dophyllum, p. 550. 



XXV. WHTTIA (evidently dedicated to some person of 

 the name of White, of whom we know nothing.) Blum, bijdr. 

 p. 774. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, deeply 5- 

 cleft, equal. Corolla funnel-shaped, having the tube widened 

 upwards ; limb 5-lobed, irregular, sub-bilabiate. Stamens 5, 2 

 of which are antheriferous and hardly exserted, and the other S 

 setaceous and sterile. Cells of anthers unequal in the insertion. 

 Stigma somewhat funnel-shaped. Fruit baccate, silique-formed : 

 lobes of dissepiment fleshy, and bearing the seeds on their revo- 

 lute edges. Seeds naked, striated, surrounded by thin pulp. 

 Climbing shrubs, with opposite, simple, entire, oblique leaves ; 

 those opposed to each other of unequal size. Fascicles of flow- 

 ers axillary, bracteate, on short peduncles. This genus differs 

 from Cyrtdndra, in the calyx being small, and divided nearly to 

 the base, not tubular ; in the stamens being exserted, not in- 

 closed ; in the insertion of the anthers being unequal, not paral- 

 lel ; in the stigma being funnel-shaped, not capitate nor emargi- 

 nate. 



1 W. OBIONGIFOLIA (Blum, bijdr. p. 774.) leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous ; fascicles of flowers on short peduncles ; brae- 



