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neath, downy above ; petioles and stem villous ; peduncles 

 panicled, equal to the calyx in length, but 6 times shorter than 

 the corolla, pilose. !. G. Native of the South of Chili, in 

 shady places at the river Rucal ; and of Chiloe, in humid shady 

 places. Dichroma coccinea, Cav. icon. 6. p. 59. t. 282. Co- 

 rolla scarlet. Seeds minute, ovate. 



Scarltt- flowered Ourisia. PI. -J to 2 feet. 



4 O. FA'LLESS (Poppig, et Endlicher, nov. gen. chil. 1. p. 3. 

 t. 5.) radical leaves orbicularly cordate, crenated, smoothish ; 

 petioles villous ; tops of stem sub-panicled ; peduncles equal in 

 length to the calyx, and almost twice shorter than the tube of 

 the corolla, which is regular, all quite glabrous. I/ . G. Na- 

 tive of the South of Chili, on the Andes at Antuco, in rocky 

 places. 



Pale Ourisia. PI. i to i foot. 



5 O. MICROPHY'LLA (Poppig, et Endl. 1. c. p. 3. t. 7.) suffruti- 

 cose, glabrous : leaves oval, sessile, closely and quadrifariously 

 imbricated, coriaceous ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered, 

 short ; stamens one half shorter than the tube. ^ . G. Native 

 of the South of Chili, in the fissures of basaltic rocks on the 

 Andes of Antuco. A small, branchy shrub, with the habit of 

 Erica. Corolla rose-coloured, or lilac. 



Small-leated Ourisia. Shrub. 



6 O. ALPI'SA (Poppig, et Endl. 1. c. t. 6.) radical leaves 

 cordate-oblong, doubly crenated, and are, as well as the petioles 

 and stem, villous ; peduncles corymbose and equal ; calyxes 

 one-half shorter than the tube of the regular corolla, quite 

 glabrous. 11. G. Native of the South of Chili, on the top of 

 Pico de Pilque, among the Andes. Corolla scarlet. 



.Jlpine Ourisia. PI. i to i foot. 



7 O. POLYA'NTHA (Poppig, et Endl. 1. c. p. 4.) suffruticose ; 

 branches downy ; leaves oval, sessile, by remote pairs, mem- 

 branous ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, elongated; 

 stamens length of tube. J? . G. Native of the South of Chili, 

 on the Andes, in cold places. Corolla scarlet ; limb yellow 

 inside. 



blany-Jlon'ered Ourisia. Shrub. 



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



2. Capsule circumcised. 



XXXV. AIKI'NIA (named in honour of Arthur Aikin, 

 F.L.S., Secretary to the Society of Arts.) R. Br. in Wall. pi. 

 rar. asiat. 3. p. 65. t. 288. Epithema, Blume, but not of 

 Jack. 



LIK. SYST. Diandria, Monagynia. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, 

 equal. Corolla hypogynous, irregular ; limb spreading ; upper 

 lip bifid : lower tripartite, with nearly equal segments. Stamens 

 4, the 2 superior ones fertile, with cohering anthers : lower 2 

 sterile. Stigma capitate. Capsule girded by the calyx, 1- 

 celled, circumcised ; placentas 2, free, seated on adnate, parietal 

 pedicels, seminiferous all over. Seeds erect, with elongated 

 funicles. Annual, rather pilose herbs. Leaves cordate, a little 

 toothed : lower usually one or more alternate : superior ones 

 nearly opposite. Spikes unilateral, circinate while young, and 

 head-formed, but corymbose while bearing the fruit, peduncu- 

 late : pedicels disposed in a double row along the rachis, 

 crowded, bractless, but the racemes are involucrated by one 

 roundish cucullate leaf each at base. Flowers small, "blue. 

 Nearly allied to Loxotis. 



1 A. BRUNONIS (Wall. 1. c. 3. p. 66. t. 288.) leaves petiolate ; 

 peduncles solitary, or many. . F. Native of the Island of 

 Timor, near Colping. Gratiola involucrata, Roxb. fl. ind. 1 . p. 

 ] 38. ? Plant branched, or simple. 



Bronn's Aikinia. PI. i foot. 



VOL. IV. 



2 A. HORSFIE'LDII (R. Br. 1. c. p. 66.) leaf solitary, sessile, 

 terminating the stem ; peduncles solitary, many. 0. F. Native 

 of Java. Epithema, Blum. 



HorsfeM's Aikinia. PI. J foot. ? 



3 A. CARSOSA ; leaves petiolate ; peduncles solitary, or many 

 seriate ; racemes capitate ; bractea small, ovate ; corollas ex- 

 ceeding the calyx a little. 0. F. Native of Nipaul. Epi- 

 thema carnosum, Benth. scroph. ind. p. 57. Pasderotoides car- 

 nosa, Wall. mss. 



Fleshy Aikinia. PI. foot. ? 



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



XXXVI. STAURANTHE'RA (from <n-avpo c , stauros. a 

 cross ; and avQijpa, anthcra, an anther ; in allusion to the an- 

 thers cohering in a cruciate manner.) Benth. scroph. ind. 

 p. 57. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx subrotatelv 

 campanula te, 5-plicate, very broadly sub-10-cleft. Corolla 

 ample, oblique, with a very short tube, spurred behind at the 

 base, subquinquefid at top. Stamens 4, fertile ; anthers heart- 

 shaped, cohering cruciately. -Capsule circumcised. Ramifi- 

 cation of stem, and obliquity of leaves, like that of Glossanthus. 

 Leaves large, wrinkled. Racemes ditrichotomously panicled, 

 8-20-flowered. 



1 S. GRASDIFLORA (Benth. 1. c.) % . ? S. NatM e of Penang, 

 Wall. Glossanthus ? grandiflorus, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 

 6395. 



Great-JUnvered Stauranthera. PI. branched. 



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



f A genus hardly known whether it belongs to the order 

 Bignoniaceee or the present. 



XXXVII. AMPHICO'ME (from a/i^i, amphi, on both sides ; 

 and trw/ji), kome, a head of hair ; in reference to the seeds being 

 furnished with a tuft of hairs at both ends.) Royle, ill. himal. 

 t. 72. f. 1. Incarvfllca species, R. Br. ex Royle, 1. c. 



LIK. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx tubular, pen- 

 tagonal ; angles stifFer than the membranous ciliated sides, 5- 

 toothed ; teeth subulate, slightly hairv. Corolla tubular near 

 the base, ventricose above ; limb 5-lobed : lobes short, rounded, 

 ciliated, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 4, didynamous, with 

 the rudiment of a fifth. Cells of anthers converging, each fur- 

 nished about its middle with a small tail-like process ; filaments 

 terminated above in a broad, membranous process. Stigma 

 bilamellate. Capsule long, slender, silique-formed, 2-valved, 

 but only opening on one side ; dissepiment free, opposite the 

 valves, bearing on both sides along the margins suspended seeds. 

 Seeds oblong, rough, slightly winged at both ends, and termi- 

 nated in a much divided coma of fine hairs, exalbuminous. Em- 

 bryo straight, almond-shaped ; radicle above. Cotyledons folia- 

 ceous. A diffuse shrub, with impari-pinnate, alternate leaves, 

 and axillary and terminal racemes of flowers. 



1 A. ARGC'TA (Royle, 1. c.) ^ . G. Native of Himalaya. 

 Incarvillea arguta, Royle, 1. c.) Leaflets opposite, on short pe- 

 tioles, 3-4 pairs, lanceolate, acuminated, unequal at the base, 

 dentately serrated. Corollas red. 



Sharp-serrated-leaved Amphicome. Shrub 3 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, p. 

 650. 



ORDER CLXXV. LABIA'T^E (so named from labium, a lip ; 



in consequence of the two-lipped corolla.) Juss. gen. p. 110. 

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