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A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



narrow or short. .. 



E. Fls. axillary 4. Achimenes. 



(Consult also 

 Scheeria.) 

 EE. Fls. alternate in a 

 terminal, leafless 



raceme 5. N.egelia. 



BBB. Disc glandular or the 

 glands rarel.v connected 

 by an obscure ring : 

 glands distinct, usually 

 5 and equal, posterior 

 glands large, the other 

 3 smaller or wanting., 

 c. Capsule inferior to the 

 middle or higher. . . . 

 D. Anther cells confluent 



at apex 6. Sisningia. 



(Gloxinia of Florists.) 

 DD. Anther cells distinct. 7. Isoloma. 

 CC. Capsule shortly im- 

 mersed at base, al- 

 most superior 8. Gesneeia. 



AA. Ovary wholly superior : fr. 

 capsular or baccate, un- 

 known in Conandron and 



Saintpaulia 



B. Anther cells parallel and 



distinct 



c. Disc with a large pos- 

 terior gland, the 

 others small or want- 

 ing 



D. Filaments free among 



themselves 9. Episcea. 



DD. Filaments connate in- 

 to a sheath which 

 Is split on the pos- 

 terior side 



E. Calyx segments 

 broad and colored, 

 entire, dentate 



cristate 10. ALLOPLECTDS. 



EE. Calyx segments 

 acute, entire or In- 

 ciseddentate. ...11. Columnea. 

 CC. Disc annular, elevated, 

 almost cup-shaped... 

 D. Perfect stamens 2. ..12. Agalmyla. 

 DD. Perfect stamens 4. ..13. -Eschynanthds. 

 BB. Anther cells divaricate or 

 diverging, rarely sub- 

 parallel 



c. Disc O 



D. Anthers free 14. Ramonda. 



DD. Anthers cohering in a 

 tube extending be- 

 yond the cells. ...15. Conandron. 

 CC Disc a ring (rarely 

 dimidiate in Chirita). 



E. Lvs. opposite 



F. Stamens 4 16. Besleria. 



FP. Stamens 2 17. Chirita. 



EE. Lvs. radical (rarely 

 opposite in Strep- 



tocarpusl 



F. Stamens 4 18. HABERLyEA. 



FF. Stamens 2 



G. Corolla tube 



long 19. STREPTOCARPnS. 



GG. Corolla tube 



short 20. Saintpaulia. 



104. PEDALIACE.E. 



A. Fls. In terminal racemes ; 

 anther cells divaricate: 

 connective small, not 



glandular. 



B. Corolla tubes swollen 



above the short base. . . i. Martynia. 

 BB. Corolla tube very long, 

 slender and cylindrical 

 with a bell-shaped 



throat 2. Craniolaria. 



AA, Fls. axillary ; anthers dorsi- 

 fixed, cells parallel or di- 

 vergent at base : connec- 

 tive often crowned by a 



gland 



B. (Tapsule truncate at apex, 

 the angles awned or 

 horned 3. Cebatotheca. 



105. ACANTHACE^. 



A. Corolla lobes convolute, or 

 rarely the interior in- 

 most 



B. Filaments connate in 



pairs at the Ijase 



c. Capsule subterete 1. Ruellia. 



cc. Capsule c o m p r e ssed 

 parallel to the sep- 

 tum 2. D.EDALACANTHCS. 



BB. Filaments equidistant or 

 subconnate at the base 

 in pairs : calyx lobes ob- 

 tuse 3. Sanchezia. 



BBB. Filaments crowded or con- 

 nate at the base on the 

 posterior wall of the 

 tube, or 2 posterior fila- 

 ments affixed a little 



higher 



C. Calyx ample, membran- 

 ous or colored 4. Whitfieldia. 



CC. Calyx segments linear, 



not colored 5. Strobilanthes. 



AA. Corolla expanded into a 



single obovate lip 



B. Calyx of normal texture ; 

 posterior segment 3- 



nerved 6. Blepharis. 



BB. Calyx usually cartilagin- 

 ous : posterior segment 



3-5-nerved 7. Acanthcs. 



AAA. Corolla limb subequal or 

 bilabiate, the 2 posterior 

 lobes or the posterior lip 

 inner, or in Barleria 



strongly imbricate 



B. Corolla of 5 flat lobes, not 



bilabiate 



c. Stamens 4 



D. The corolla lobes var- 

 iously imbricated, 

 lateral ones usually 



outer 



E Anthers all 2-celled..8. Barleria. 

 EE. Anthers all 1-celled.n. Cros.sandra. 

 DD. The anterior corolla 

 lobe outside, pos- 

 terior one inside.. . 

 E. Anthers all 1-celled.lO. Stenasdrium. 

 EE. Anthers all 2-celled 

 (In C h a m « ran- 

 themum. the pos- 

 terior anthers 

 sometimes 1- 



celled) 



p. Tube swollen Into 

 a long or broad 



throat 11. Aststasia. 



FF. Tube long slen- 

 der, scare ely 

 swollen at apex.l2. Cham-eranthe- 



cc. Stamens 2 MUM. 



D. Ovules In each cell 2.13. Eranthemum. 

 DD. Ovules In each cell 



.3-8. 



BB. Corolla bilabiate or sub- 

 equally 4-cut 



c. Ovules In each cell 3 



or more 14. Phlogacanthus. 



CC. Ovules in each cell 2. . 



D. Fls. with 2 or 4 



bracts longer than 



calyx 15. Peristrophe. 



DD. Fls. without such 



bracts 



e. Stamens 4. anthers 



all 1-celled 16. Aphelandea. 



EE. Stamens 2. anthers 



2celled. 



p. Anther cells un- 

 like, one larger 

 or affixed high- 

 er. (In Jacob- 

 inia cells often 



subequal) 



G. The lower an- 



