464 GBSNERIACE^. 



repand-entire, puberulous ; sepals broadly ovate, bluntish, repand-entire, 2 inferior larger, 

 semicordate, superior about as long as the corolla-tube; corolla-lobes dentate; capsule 

 ovate, pointed. — Branches thick, 4-gonal ; leaves 3"-2", petioles 6"'-4"', peduncles 8"'-6"', 

 larger sepals li"-l" long, the latter 10"'-ia"' broad; corolla-tube 1" long, 9'" broad, 

 oblique in a .right angle at the base, equally subcylindrical above : lobes 8"'-5"' diam., 

 partly spreading ; capsule 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., in moist woods near Mancha. 



14. PTEEYGOLOMA, Hanst. 



Calyx 5-leaved, lax, subequal. Corolla tubular, gibbous at the base ; limb short, 2-lipped. 

 Stamens inserted near the corollfubase : filaments connected in pairs : anther-cells transverse, 

 shortly oblong or quadrate. Pericarp baccate, rupturing.— Trailing, branched half-shrubs ; 

 leaves petioled, the pair often unequal ; peduncles single or fascicled in the axils, l-Jlow>ered. 



25. P. repens, Hanst. Glabrescent ; leaves elliptical, pointed at both ends, remotely 

 serrulate above, about as long as the peduncles : one in the pair often rednced ; sepals 

 coloured, ovate, pointed, quite entire, half as long as the corolla-ttibe ; corolla yellow, red- 

 variegated, clavate, inflezed above the gibbous base : upper lip 2-fid, inferior lobes shortly 

 oblong, blunt. — Bot. Mag. t. 4250. — ^Alloplectus, Hooh. Besleria Berteriana, DC. (ex 

 descr.).— Leaves li"-l", sepals &"-i"', coroUa 16"'-12"' long, the latter 3'" diam.— Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Pd., Wullschl., Bluefield mountains at 2000' alt., Manchester; [New Granada]. 



26. P. putaescens, Gr. {n. sp.). Villous-pubescent with jointed down ; leaves ellip- 

 tical, apicnlate, remotely serrulate above : the pair unequal, the larger much exceeding the 

 single peduncles ; sepals green or hoary with down, ovate-oblong, pointed, quite entire, 

 spreading, one-third to one-fourth as long as the corolla-tube ; coroUa yellow, subcylin- 

 drical, and in curved-erect above the gibbous base : lobes short, ovate-roundish. — Habit of 

 the preceding, but very pubescent ; leaves 2y-2", smaller about 8"'-6"', sepals 4'", corolla 

 about 1" long, the latter 24"' diam. : lobes 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, inis., Portland at 

 2000' alt. 



27. P. eristatum, 6r.(n.sp.). Down jointed; branches purple-yillous ; leaves ovate, 

 pointed, remotely serrulate above the middle, softly pubescent : the pair unequal ; peduncles 

 single, as long as the calyx, equalling the petiole ; sepals green, pinnatifid teith spreading, 

 long-ciliate lobes, tapering towards the bluntish top, one-third as long as the corolla-tube ; 

 Corolla crimson- and yellow-streaked (in drying), clavate, erect above the gibbous, inflexed 

 base : lobes short, reniform-rouudish, subequal, ciliate.- — Larger leaves 2"-li" long, smaller 

 about half as long ; sepals 4"'-5"' long, erect-spreading : their lobes 3-5-jugal, more ap- 

 proximate near the rounded base, passing into a pair of distant serratures above, the inferior 

 oblong-linear, longer than the diameter of the middle part ; corolla 1" long, 3'" diam. : lobes 

 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., Wils., Jl., Wullschl., S. Anns, Manchester. 



15. COLUMNBA, L. 



Calyx 5-partite, subequal. Corolla deeply 2-lipped : tube narrow ; lateral lobes con- 

 nected with the subentire or 2-lid upper lip, inferior lip narrow, deflexed. Stamens inserted 

 near the corolla-base : filaments connected in pairs : auther-cells transverse, shortly oblong. 

 Pericarp baccate," dehiscent :" ftmiculi filiform. — Trailing half-shrubs; peduncles single 

 or fascicled in the axils, \-flowered: flowers large ; stigma 2-lobed in the West Indian 

 species. 



* Inferior and lateral corolla-lobes difform : upper lip subentire. (Eucolumnea, Oerst.) 



28. C. scandens, L., Sw. Softly pubescent ,■ leaves small, elliptical, bluntish, sub- 

 entire; peduncles single, shortly exceeding the petiole; calyx-segments lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, quite entire, one-third as long as the crimson corolla ; corolla hairy : upper lip sub- 

 entire, lateral lobes obliquely ovate-oblong, blunt, spreading, inferior oblong-linear — Jacq. 

 H. rind. 3. t. 48.— Leaves l"-li", peduncles 2"'-6"', calfx 6'", coroUa 1*" long.— Hab. 

 Dominical, Imr.; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Portoricol to Guiana]. 



29. O. speciosa, Prl. Branches rusty-villous ; leaves small, elliptical, bluntish, sub- 

 entire, pubescent or glabrate ; peduncles geminate or single, 8-4 times as long as the pe- 



