661 GESNERIACE.E. XXXI. LOXOTIS. XXXII. GLOSSANTHUS. XXXIII. PLATYSTEMMA. XXXIV. OURISIA. 



Southern Fieldia. Shrub creeping. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidojjhyllum, p. 

 650. 



Sublribe IV. 



LOXOTIE V ^E (this subtribe agrees with the genus Loxotis, 

 in the seeds being erect.) Capsule 2-valved or circumcised. 

 Seeds erect, naked. 



1. Capsule 2-valved. 



XXXI. LOXO'TIS (from Xo&e, loxos, oblique ; corollas.) 

 R. Br. ex Benth. scrop. ind. p. 57. Antonia, R. Br. but not of 

 Pohl. Wulfenia species, Wall. 



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

 Corolla with a tubular base, and a short, bilabiate limb. Sta- 

 mens 2, fertile ; anthers cohering : sterile ones wanting, or very 

 minute. Herbaceous plants. 



1 L. OBLI QUA (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 57.) calyx shortly 5- 

 cleft ; segments broad-lanceolate, bluntish. Tf. . ? S. Native 

 of Nipaul and Silhet ; common on the Himalaya. Wulfenia 

 obllqua, Wall. tent. fl. nap. p. 45. t. 35. 



OWijue-flowered ? Loxotis. PI. erect. 



2 L. INTERMEDIA (Benth. 1. c.) calyx 5-cleft beyond the 

 middle ; segments lanceolate, very acute. I/ . ? S. Native of 

 Martaban, at Moolmyme. Wulfenia intermedia, Wall. cat. no. 

 408. Habit of the preceding, but the young leaves are often 

 pubescent. 



Intermediate Loxotis. PI. erect. 



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



XXXII. GLOSSA'NTHUS (from yW<ra, glossa, a tongue ; 

 and avOoe, anthos, a flower ; in allusion to the large concave 

 lower lip of the corolla.) Klein, mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. 

 57. Wulfenia species, Wall. 



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

 cleft. Corolla tubular at the base : limb bilabiate ; upper lip 

 very short : lower one large, convex. ? Stamens 4, fertile ; 

 anthers cohering. Capsule 2-valved.* Herbaceous plants. 



1 G. MALABA'RICA (Klein, mss. ex Benth. 1. c.) stem divari- 

 cately branched ; leaves and inflorescence of Loxotis. I/ . ? S. 

 Native of Malabar and the Nielghery mountains, in the Indian 

 Peninsula. Wulfenia Notoniana, Wall. tent. fl. nap. p. 46. cat. 

 no. 409. 



Malabar Glossanthus. PI. 



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



XXXIII. PLATYSTE'MMA (from TrXaruc, platys, broad; 

 and <rrep.fia, stemma, a garland of flowers ; in reference to the 

 broad corollas.) Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 41. t. 151. 



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

 equal. Corolla rotate, very flat, without a tube: limb bilabiate, 

 5-lobed : lower lip larger, 3-lobed, contracted at the base : 

 upper lip obcordate. Stamens 4, very short, equal ; anthers 

 large, reniform, 1 -celled. Style very long and thick ; stigma 

 capitate, entire. Ovarium roundish-ovate, 2-celled. Ovula 

 densely inserted in twin placentas. Small, pilose, rock, 1 or 

 2- leaved herbs. Flowers few, large, blue, terminal, on long 

 pedicels, twin or subumbellate. Corollas flat, hence the generic 

 name. 



1 P. VIOLOI'DES (Wall. pi. rar. 2. p. 42. t. 151. Royle, ill. 

 himal. t. 70. f. 2.) leaves 2, opposite under the peduncles, one 

 smaller than the other, but none radical ; peduncles 2-flowered, 



one from the axil of each leaf. I/ . G. Native of Upper 

 Nipaul, upon rocks among moss, Wall. ; from Jureepanee up- 

 wards, towards Mussooree ; and near Simla, Royle. Plant 2-6 

 inches high, downy. Leaves sessile, orbicularly cordate, sinu- 

 ately toothed. 



Violet-like Platystemma. PI. 2 to 6 inches. 



2 P. MA'JOR (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 42.) stem longer, fur- 

 nished with one ovate-cordate, acute, sharply and sinuately- 

 toothed leaf; peduncles umbellately bifid, each division bearing 

 2 flowers, besides 1 or 2 solitary flowers from the bifurcation. 

 Tf.. G. Native of Kamaon. Bracteas 2, opposite, small under 

 the divisions of the stem or peduncles in both species. 



Larger Platystemma. PL \ to f foot. 



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



XXXIV. OURI'SIA (named after Ouris, once Governor of 

 the Moluccas, who received this plant from Commerson, who 

 had given it his name.) Comm. ex Juss. gen. p. 100. ed Usteri, 

 p. 112. Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 44. t. 185. R. Br. prod. p. 

 438. Poppig, et Endlicher, nov. gen. 1. p. 2. Dichroma, Cav. 

 ann. des scienc. 3. t. 32. icon. 6. p. 59. t. 282. Chelone spe- 

 cies, Lin. fil. suppl. and Willd. 



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

 equal. Corolla funnel-shaped : limb 5-cleft, nearly equal ; seg- 

 ments obtuse. Stamens 4, didynamous. Stigma capitate, 

 emarginate or 2-lobed. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves 

 septiferous in the middle. Placentas globose, adnate to the dis- 

 sepiment. Seeds numerous, with an aril-formed, reticulated 

 testa. Creeping herbs, with opposite leaves, and terminal and 

 axillary, bractless peduncles. 



SECT. I. OURI'SIA (see genus for derivation.) Poppig, et 

 Endlicher, nov. gen. 1. p. 2. Calyx sub-bilabiate. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped ; tube widened a little in the middle, and curved : 

 limb erect, hardly equalling a sixth part of the tube. 



1 O. MAGELLA'NICA (Juss. 1. c. Gaertn. 1. c. Poppig, et 

 Endlicher, 1. c. t. 4.) stem creeping ; radical leaves cordate- 

 ovate or elliptic, doubly serrated, on long petioles ; cauline 

 leaves reniform, opposite, half stem-clasping ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, solitary, elongated, 1 -flowered; calyx ciliated: upper lip 

 tridentate : lower one bifid. 1(..G. Native of Chili, on the 

 Andes, among rocks ; and of the Straits of Magellan, in the fis- 

 sures of rocks. Chelone ruelloides, Lin. fil. suppl. 271. Fors- 

 ter, in Comm. goett. 9. p. 35. Willd. spec. 3. p. 226. Corolla 

 purple. 



Magellan Ourisia. PL 3 to 6 inches. 



SECT. II. DicHRdMA (from Stc, dis, double; and ^pupa, 

 chroma, colour ; in reference to the scarlet colour of the corolla, 

 and green of the other parts of the plant.) Poppig, et Endlicher, 

 nov. gen. 1. p. 3. Calyx equal : segments hardly cohering at 

 the base. Corolla funnel-shaped : limb spreading, equal in 

 length to a third or half the length of the erect cylindrical 

 tube. 



2 O. INTEGRIFOLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 439.) glabrous ; stem 

 creeping ; leaves subovate, quite entire ; peduncles terminal, 

 generally solitary ; calyx deeply 5-cleft, equal. If. G. Native 

 of Van Diemen's Land. This differs from 0. Magellanka, in 

 the calyx being equally 5-cleft, and in the corolla being shorter. 



Entire-leaved Ourisia. PI. creeping. 



3 O. COCCI'NEA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 169. Poppig, et Endlicher, 

 L c.) radical leaves cordate, doubly crenated, violaceous be- 



