MACLOSKIE I GESNERIACEyE. 729 



sisting of 2 united lobes, other lobes spreading ; stamens 4, inserted at its 

 base, anthers cohering into a cross. 

 Only 2 species, viz: 



I. ASTERANTHERA CHILOENSIS Hansk. 



The upper lip of the corolla consisting of 2 dorsal lobes, united even to 

 the apex ; the lateral lobes not adnate to it. Tube subgibbous at the base, 

 narrow. Stamens distinct at the base, with a rudiment of a fifth. Leaves ? 



W. Patagon. (Dusen). 



2. A. OVATA Hansk. (Cav. sub Columnea.] 



Stem fruticose, subscandent, rooting. Leaves petiolate, lower surface 

 rusty-tomentose. Pedicels shorter than the flowers. Anthers elegant, in 

 form of a cross. 



Chiloe I. ; Patagon, by Lake Otway. 



2. MITRARIA Cavan. 



Climbing or low shrubs, with opposite leaves, ventricose corolla, con- 

 tracted at the throat, and with short lobes ; 4 perfect, exserted stamens, 

 not cohering ; and superior ovary. Bracts subconnate at one side, en- 

 closing the calyx. 



Species i, viz : 



M. COCCINEA Cav. 



Habit of Fuchsia. Leaves with few serrations. Flowers solitary, long- 

 pediceled, axillary. 



(Fig. in Eng. & Prantl, iv, ^b, p. 162.) 

 Chonos Archip.; Patagon., by Lake Otway. 



3. SARMIENTA Ruiz & Pav. 



Creeping or climbing, glabrous shrub, with small, fleshy, opposite 

 leaves, and white, pediceled flowers, solitary in the axils. Calyx free, 5- 

 partite, its segments narrow. Corolla-tube long, ventricose, contracted 

 above, its limb with 5 rounded, spreading lobes, slightly oblique. Sta- 

 mens inserted near the base of its tube, 2 posterior perfect, with a short 

 staminode between them, and 2 anterior, rather long staminodes. Ovary 

 superior, with a long style. Capsule circumscissile. 



Species i, viz : 



