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9. TDSSACIA, Rchb. 



Character of Episcia, but calyx campanulate, inflated, shortly 5-fid. — Erect herbs ; co- 

 rymbs umbellifoi-m^peduncled ; calyx coloured, red. 



20. T. pulchella, Rchb. -Down pubescent; leaves orate or ovate-oblong, pointed, 

 crenate- serrate -above the narrowly cuueate, scarcely petioled base; calyx-lobes deltoid, 

 serrate, one-half to one-third as long as the tube ; corolla yellow, nearly regular : tube erect, 

 cylindrical, half as long again as the calyx. — Bot. Mag. t. 1146.— Besleria, Don. Episcia, 

 Mart. Skiophila, Hanst.—V high ; leaves 7"-3", corolla 16"'-12"' long.— Hajb. Jamaica !, 

 March: S.Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Cuba; Panama!]. 



10. BBSLEKIA, L., Oerst. 



Calyx campanulate, at length globose, shortly 5-fid. Corolla tubular : tube straightish, 

 subeyHndrical : limb short, 2-lipped. Stamens inserted near the middle of the coroUa-tube : 

 filaments distinct ; anthers reniform, with couiiuent cells. Pericarp baccate, rupturing. — 

 Nearly simple half-shrabs ; &ainecs fascicledC-singleJ in the axils. 



21. B. lutea, L. Glabrescent ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, serrate 

 above, petioled ; pedicels longer than the calyx ; calyx half as long as the yellow, slightly 

 gibbous corolla i lobes subulate ; berry globose. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 49. — Stem 6'-10' 

 high; leaves 8"-4", pedicels 6"'-8"', calyx 5'", coroUa 10'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, all 

 coll., in moist mountain-woods; Dominica!, I)nr., S. Vincent!, Guild,; Trinidad!, Sieb.; 

 [French islands ! ; Venezuela ! to New Granada ! and equat. Brazil] . 



11. COLLANDRA, Zemair. 



Calyx 5-leaved. Corolla tubular, gibbous at the base : limb short, suberect, subequal. 

 Stamens inserted near the corolla-base : filaments distinct : anthers reniform, with confluent 

 cells. Pericarp "baccate." — Stout, nearly simple, large-leaved half-shrubs; leaf-veins 

 costate-arched ; flowers shortly pedicellate, glomerate in the axils. 



23, C. petiolaris, 6r. {n. sp.). Dow.u appressed-wooUy ; leaves elliptical or obovate- 

 oblong, minutely serrulate or subentire, long-petioled, glabrescent : the pair equal ; glome- 

 rules exceeded by the petiole ; sepals lanceolate-acuminate, quite entire, woolly, exceeding 

 half the coroUa ; coroUa straight above.— Leaves 12"-4", sepal's 3'"-5"', corolla 5"'-8"' 

 long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



12. ALLOPLECTUS, Mart. p 



Calyx 5-leaved, lax, coloured, subequal.- Corolla tubular, oblique : limb short, subequal. 

 Stamens inserted near the corolla-base : filaments distinct : anther-cells ovoid. Pericarp 

 " baccate." — Trailing half-shrubs ; peduncles axillary, i -flowered. 



23. A. cristatus, Mart. Pubescent by jointed, flaccid down ; leaves small, elliptical, 

 serrulate, petioled ; peduncles solitary, nearly as long as the leaves ; sepals crimson, ovate, 

 pointed, inciso-serrate, often oblique at the base, one-third to one-half as long as the yellowish, 

 pilose coroUa.-— Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 180. — Besleria, L. Prionoplectus, Oerst. — Woody 

 stem rooting ; leaves 2"-l", sepals 4"'-6"', corolla 1" long. — Hab. Wevis, Dominica !, 

 Imr., S. Vincent !, Par/ser ; [French islands!, Sieb. Mart. 161, in moist mouutain-woods ; 

 Guiana]. 



13. DRYMONIA, Mart. 



Calyx 5-leaved, oblique: superior sepals smaller. CoroWa oblique, broadly campanulate, 

 gibbous at the base : limb slightly 2-lipped : lobes large, erect-spreading, subequal. Stamens 

 inserted near the corolla-base : anthers transversely accumbent : cells oblong, produced at 

 the base. Capsule compressed, 2-valved. — Trailing half-shrubs ; peduncles single in the 

 axils, \'flowered. 



The character of the anthers is taken only from D. crisfata, Miq. 



34. D. parrifolia, Gr. (». sp.). Leaves elliptical, pointed at both ends, crenulate or 



