GESNERIACE.E. XXVI. RHYNCHOTECHUM. XXVII. LOXONIA. XXVIII. CEXTRONIA. XXIX. UTANIA, &c. 663 



teas lanceolate ; fruit elongated. 1? . S. Native of Java, in 

 mountain woods, where it is called Lida-bebek. 



Oblong-leaved Whitia. Fl. Year. Shrub climbing. 



2 W. CARNOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 775.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 rather tomentose beneath ; fascicles of flowers on short pedun- 

 cles, axillary, involucrated by Z bracteas ; fruit oblong. I? . w . 

 S. Native of Sumatra, and of Java, in woods on the Seribu 

 mountains. Cyrtandra carnosa, Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 30. 

 Stems obscurely 4-sided, smooth. Largest leaves 7-8 inches 

 long : the opposite ones small, roundish-cordate. Corolla 

 white. 



Fleshy Whitia. Fl. Year. Shrub climbing. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 

 650. 



XXVI. RHYNCHOTECHUM (from puyxoe, rhynchos, a 

 beak; but the application is not evident.) Blum, bijdr. 775. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-cleft, equal. 

 Corolla with a short campanulate tube, and an unequal, 5-lobed 

 limb. Stamens 4, somewhat didynamous, inclosed; anthers 1- 

 celled, free. Style incurved ; stigma obtuse. Fruit baccate, 

 globose, girded by the calyx : lobes of fleshy dissepiment revo- 

 lute and seminiferous. Seeds naked. This genus differs from 

 Cyrtandra in all 4 stamens being fertile ; in the anthers being 

 1 -celled, and in the berry being globose. 



1 R. PARVIFLORUM (Blum. p. 775.) stem simple, terete ; 

 leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, serrated, rather villous be- 

 neath ; corymbs dichotomous, axillary ; pedicels subfasciculate. 

 fj . S. Native of Java, on the Seribu mountains. 



Small-Jlorrered Rhynchotechum. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 

 650. 



XXVII. LOXO'NIA (from Xofre, loxos, oblique ; flowers. ?) 

 Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 4. Blum, bijdr. 776. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx tubular, an- 

 gular, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 5-lobed, unequal, 

 somewhat bilabiate limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, inclosed ; 

 anthers sagittate, with divaricate lobes. Stigma bilamellate. 

 Fruit baccate ? inclosed in the calyx, and probably dehiscent, 2- 

 celled ; lobes of dissepiment revolute, seminiferous. Seeds 

 naked, pitted. Herbaceous plants, with opposite leaves : the 

 opposed ones small, generally unequal sided. Flowers race- 

 mose. 



1 L. DISCOLOR (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 40.) leaves gla- 

 brous above, but purplish and retrorsely scabrous beneath ; ra- 

 cemes simple, elongated. T . S. Native of the interior of 

 Bencoolen. Stem tomentose, purple, terete, rather flexuous, 

 recurved. Leaves opposite, bifarious : the one minute and reni- 

 form, the other subsessile, semiconlate, ovate-oblong, falcate, 

 acuminated, 4-5 inches long, slightly serrated ; serratures re- 

 curved, in old leaves almost obsolete. Calyx covered with red 

 hairs. Corolla of a delicate yellowish-green colour, streaked 

 with purple inside. 



Tivo-coioured-\ea\eA Loxonia. PI. ? 



2 L. HIRSU'TA (Jack, 1. c. p. 41.) hairy; leaves semi-ovate, 

 broad ; peduncles 2-4-cleft ; flowers racemose. If. . S. Native 

 of Sumatra and the interior of Bencoolen. Stem recurved. 

 Leaves on very short petioles : the one small and semicordate, 

 the other semi-ovate, acuminated, slightly serrated, about 5 

 inches long, and 2 or 2 broad. Peduncles dividing into 2 or 

 4 unilateral racemes. 



Hairy Loxonia. PI. ? 



3 L. ? DECU'RRE.NS (Blum, bijdr. p. 776.) leaves opposite, ob- 



long, acuminated, cuneated at the base, decurrent, serrated, gla- 

 brous ; flowers in fascicles, axillary. If.. S. Native of Java, 

 on the Seribu mountains, in humid places. 



Z)ecurrent-leaved Loxonia. Fl. Feb. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocdrpus, p. 658. 



XXVIII. CENTRO'NIA (from vrpov, kentron, a spur; 

 back of anthers spurred at the base.) Blum, bijdr. p. 776. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx spathaceous, 

 cleft on one side. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a bilabiate, nearly 

 equal limb ; upper lip 2-lobed : lower lip 3-lobed, spreading. 

 Stamens 4, inclosed; anthers 1 -celled, spurred on the back at 

 the base, free. Style thick ; stigma capitate. Fruit baccate, 

 silique-formed ; lobes of fleshy dissepiment revolute, semi- 

 niferous. Seeds naked. A small, rather fleshy, parasitical 

 plant, furnished with ovate obtuse stipulas and bracteas. 



1 C. MIRA'BILIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 777.) #. S. Native of 

 Java, on Mount Salak, in humid parts of woods. 



Shomy Centronia. Fl. Sept. Oct. PI. small. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Streptocdrpus, p. 658. 



XXIX. UTA'NIA (an alteration from its vernacular name 

 Tjankuda-Utan.) Kuhlia, Reinwdt. herb, ex Blum, bijdr. p. 

 777. but not of Kunth. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-cleft ; seg- 

 ments imbricate, permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 5- 

 lobed, nearly equal limb. Stamens 5, exserted ; anthers incum- 

 bent, bifid at the base. Style erect ; stigma capitate. Fruit 

 baccate, olive-formed ; lobes of fleshy dissepiment revolute, 

 seminiferous. Seeds naked. A branched shrub, with rather 

 large, opposite, oval leaves, which are acutish at both ends, 

 quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous, and undulated. Panicles ter- 

 minal, drooping ; pedicels subcorymbose. 



1 K. MORiNDvEFOtiA ; Tj . S. Native of Java, at the foot of 

 Mount Salak, where it is called Tjankuda-Utan. Kuhlia morin- 

 dcetolia, Blum, bijdr. p. 777. 



Morinda-leated Kuhlia. Fl. Year. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 

 650. 



XXX. FIELDIA (named after Baron Field, F.L.S., &c. 

 late Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.) Cuii- 

 ningh. in Field's New South Wales, p. 363. icone. Hook. exot. 

 fl. t. 1. p. 232. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx deeply 5- 

 parted, permanent, inclosed in a spath-formed bractea, which is 

 cleft on one side. Corolla tubularly ventricose ; limb 5-lobed, 

 equal, somewhat bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, with the 

 rudiment of a fifth ; filaments dilated ; anthers 2-celled, round- 

 ish. Stigma bilamellate." Berry white, spongy, fleshy, 1-cell- 

 ed. Seeds small, numerous, dotted, attached to two fleshy, pa- 

 rietal, bilamellate placentas. A climbing, radicant shrub, almost 

 parasitical upon the trunks of trees, clothed with dense rusty 

 down when young. Leaves simple, opposite, remote : those 

 opposed to each other, unequal in size, elliptic, acute at both 

 ends, deeply serrated in the upper half, downy, of a deep green 

 colour ; petioles downy. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 -flow- 

 ered. Flowers pendulous, greenish-white. 



1 F. AUSTRA'LIS (Cunningh. 1. c. Hook. 1. c.) 17 . w . G. 

 Native of New South Wales, on the Blue Mountains, Caley, in 

 1804 ; and upon naked rocks on the Five Islands, Cunningh. in 

 1822. 



