460 GESNEKIACE^. 



— Hab. Jamaica!, Wacf.,-M'Nai, Al, Pd., March, along rocky roads, S. Mary's, between 

 Bath and Port Antonio. 



6. B. tomentosum, Mart. Stem suffruticose, glandular-mllous ; leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, scabrous above, villous beneith j peduncles equal- 

 ling or exceeding the leaves ; calyx-tube oampannlate-obconical, as long as the bluntly mu- 

 cronnlate, at length deltoid lobes ; corolla greenish-yeUow, variegated with purple spots (or 

 purple) scabrous-tomentose ; stamens included ; summit of the capsule convex. — SI. 1. 104. 

 /. 2.— Gesnera, L.—V-Z' high ; leaves 8"-4" (-1'), calyx-lobes 1'", at length 2'", coroUa 

 8'"_10"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., on rocliy river-banljs, common ; [Cuba!, Haiti !]. 



5. PENTAEHAPHIA, Undl. 



Calyx-limi 5-partite to the base; tube turbinate, 10(-5)-costate, Corolla 2-lipped: 

 tube campanulate-infundibular or incurved-clavate. Stamens inserted near the base of the 

 corolla, exserted : anthfir-cells ovoid-oblong, at length recurved. Ovary inferior. Capsule 

 medianicide at the convex, free summit. — Glabrous, resinous shrubs ; leaves scattered, ^e- 

 tioled, rigid: veins costate ; ^<si.\mii\^few{-\)-floteered, axillary. 



P. craniolaria, Decs, (from Swartz's specimen) is n& congener, but wiH prove a distinct 

 genus, distinguished by transverse, included anthers, the habit and down of Conradia, and 

 a peculiar coroUa. 



6. P. longiflora, lAndl. Leaves lanceolate-elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, obtusely 

 serrulate or subentire, tapering at the entire base ; calyx-lobes filiform from a subulate base, 

 one-half or one-third as long as the incurved, clavate-eylindrical, crimson coroUa; capsule 

 turbinate. — Ann. Sc. Nat. iii. 6. t. 7 : P. florida, Decs. — Gesnera ventricosa, iSw. (Conradia, 

 Mart.). P. Swartzii, Lindleyana, exserta (arete, syn. Sw.), montana, florida, and Hermi- 

 nierii, Decs.: all distinguished by variable characters, the calyx-lobes proving of different\ 

 length in the same specimen.— 6'-8' high ; leaves 3"-6"'(-8"), calyx-lobes 8"'-2"', corolla 

 10"'-12"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd.,J.l., on-rocks, Manchester; Montserrat, Dominica I, 

 Mnl., Imr., S. Vincent I, Guild. ; [Haiti I, French islands !, Siei. Mart. 394]. 



7. P. catalpiflora, Decs. Leaves oblong, pointed, unequally serrulate, blunt at the 

 rounded base ; c(ilyx-loies linear from a subulate base, two-thirds to one-fourth as long as 

 the broadly infundibular corolla-tube ; corolla yellow : inferior lip often as long as the 

 tube ; capsule turbinate. — Gesnera exserta, Svi. I (Conradia, Mart. ; Codouorhaphia, Oerst.). 

 P. Lessertiana and parviflora, Decs. — 6'-12' high ; leaves 3''-5", calyx-lobes 4"'-2"', coroUa- 

 tube 6"'-8"' long ; expanded corolla often 8'" diam. at the throat.- — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., 

 Maof, Wils., March, M'Nab, in rocky mountains ; [Haiti !]. 



8. P. calycosa, Decs. Leaves elliptical-oblong, with a bluntish point, unequally ser- 

 rate, bluntish at the base ; peduncles 1-flowered ; calyx-lobes long-linear, filiform above, 

 exceedhig the. broadly campanulate corolla; inferior corolla-lip almost as long as the tube ; 

 capsule clavate. — Hook. Ic. t. 689, 690.- — Conradia, Hook. Codonorhaphia, Oerst. — 5'- 

 10' high, much branched j leaves 4"-7", peduncles 3", calyx-lobes 18'", corolla 12'" long, 

 the latter 8'" diam. at the throat. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Pd., Macf, Manchester, mountains of 

 Port Royal. 



6. VAUPELLIA, Gr. 



Cahjx-Umb broadly campanulate, inflated-spreading, shortly 5-fid, herbaceous : tube cla- 

 vate-eylindrical, obtusely 10-costate. Corolla 2-lipped : tube campanulate. Stamens 

 inserted near the base of the corolla, exserted : anther-cells oblong, erect. Ovary inferior : 

 style surrounded at the base by an annular disk : stigma infundibi2ar. Capsule cyUudrical, 

 retuse at the summit, at length rupturing. — A glabrous half-shrub; leaves scattered, mem- 

 branaceous, petioled ; veins arched-costate ; peduncles yew^owej-eii, axillary. 



9. v. calycina, Gr. — Gesnera, Sw. Conradia, MaH. — 6'-10' high ; leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong, pointed, slightly crenate above, 6"-4" long ; calyx-limb 8"'-6"' long and broad : 

 lobes deltoid, pointed : tube 6'" long ; corolla whitish : tube 6'" long, 2'" diam. at the base : 

 one lobe roundish, 3"'-2"' diam., the other smaller or reduced ; stamens twice as long as 

 the corolla ; capsule about 10'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, Wils., in mountain-woods, 

 at 3000' alt., very rare, Manchioneal, near Betty's Hope, Bath. 



