XXIX. 
COLUMNEA ROTUNDIFOLIA. 
Round-leaved Columnea. 
ORDO NATURALIS. | 
Scrophularie. Juss. Gen. p. 117. 
Sect. III. Genera Scrophulariis affinia, oppositifolia. 
oo profunde 5-fidus. Corolla longissima : Tubus dorso basis super pectictons reniforme gib- 
imbus ringens ; labio superiore fornicato; inferiore 3-partito, eae duabus versus 
Soa divaricatis. Filamenta 4, toro basique corolle simul inserta, in vaginam dorso g Aeriter 
breviter coalita, inde filiformia, parum didynama. Anthere post anthesin nea Perica 
pium albidum, subglobosum, I-loculare Colis 2 parietalibus late 2-lobis, polyspermum, suc- 
dem 
culentum, secundum Swartz um dehiscens. Stigma 2-lobum. Fruttculé repentes et ad 
truncos arborum scandentes. Caulis carnosus. Foliain quibusdam g grandia laminis swpius ser- 
ratis, carnosa. Flores pulchre p psc) solitarit vel bini. Pedunculi axillis alternis rarius 
oppositis, Bracteis2 ad basin. An corolle figura parvi estimata in eodem ordine cum Besleria, 
Gloxinia et Cyrilla recensendum genus! 2 
C. foliorum laminis late ovalibus, integerrimis : pedunculis 5-6 lineas Jongis: calycis laciniis — 
dente leno alterove profundo: corolla labis superiore yix emarginato 
Sponte nascentem in Ins. Trinidad, legit D. ‘Buchanan, 
Floret apud nos ab Octebri in F Nebruarium. 7 re 
Of this beautiful ey at least seven Aiatine species are wert in Sir Joseph Banks's | 
Herbarium. ‘That now figured, which was sent by k. W oodford, Esq. from his = choice col- 
lection near Rikecnecs rith the name of Scandens, is ieee ‘them: but I ca find no serra- 
tures in the leaves, either of the dried or fresh specimen. Willdenow indeed § in transcribing 
Swartz’s specific character of his Scandens, has anes foltis integris to folits ere EN, and 
if Swartz’s plant is the same with ours, very properly so In the real Scandens o mier and 
Jacquin, the leaves are more ovate, always dentated ; peduncles shorter ; divisions of the calyx 
more wedge-shaped, scarcely at all dentated; and the upper lip of the corolla evidently emargi- 
nated. In this plant the Stem is slender, creeping, roundish with very short hairs. Leaves oppo- 
site: Petioles two lines in length, nearly cylindrical, hairy: Lamine pale green, about an inch 
x round, scarcely acuminated with the point itself 
sh hairy on beth sides, fleshy. ¥ lowers solitary, from the ma a ge agri 
a carmine, divided into two obtuse lob 
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REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
1. The gibbous base of the Corolla. 
2, The Filaments united at the base. 
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he Germen and Style. 
4. Trmmerstte section of the Seed Vessel. 
