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tiole ; flowers rusty-villous, crimson ; calyx-segments pinnatifid at the base, lltnceolate- 

 amminate above it ; corolla 3-4 times as long as the calyx : upper Up shortly emarginate 



or subentire, lateral lobes obliquely ovate-oblong, blunt, spreading, inferior oblong-liuear. 



Bot. Mag. t. 1614,— C. scandens, Bot. Mag.—heaMas abont 1", peduncles 8"'-4"', calyx 

 5"'-6"', corolla 2"-14" long.— Hab. S. Vincent I, Guild. 



30. C. argentea, 6r. («. sp.). Softly hoary-sericeous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 pointed, entii'e, shortly petioled ; peduncles temate-geminate, twice to thrice as long as the 

 petiole; flowers wooUy-sericeous (yellow in drying) ; cahjx-segments oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, quite entire, half as long as the corolla ; corolla 2-lipped to the middle : 

 lateral lobes oblong, blunt, spreading, adnate to the middle of the erect, bluntly emarginate, 

 uj/per lip, inferior lobe oblong-linear. — Branches thiclc, leafy ; leaves 5"-3", petioles 3"'-2"', 

 peduncles 6"'-8"', calyx 10'" long ; corolla 2" long : tube gibbous at the base, clavate above 

 it, 4'" diam. at the throat, npper lip and lateral lobes 2'", inferior 1'" broad ; stigma-lobes 

 deltoid, exceeded by the coroUa. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl., Manchester at Nazareth. 



** Inferior and lateral corolla-lobes nearly conform : upper lip 2-fid. 

 (Isocolumnea, Oerst.). 



81. C hirsuta, Sw. Villous with long, jointed down; leaves elHptioal or oblong, 

 pointed, serrulate above; peduncles single, nearly as long as the petiole; calyx-segments 

 oblong-linear, acuminate, remotely dentate, half as long as the corolla ; upper coroUa-lip 

 2-fid with an open sinus, adnate below the middle to the lateral, spreading lobes : 2 upper 

 lobes ovate, erect, 3 inferior oblong, bluntish. — Br. Jam. t. 30./. 3. SI. 1. 100./. 1 -. bad. 

 —leaves 2"-4", peduncles 6"'-10"', calyx 10'"-] 2"', corolla 2''^long.— Hab. Jamaica I, all 

 coU., common on trees and rocks in moist woods; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Haiti 1]. 



32. O. hispida, Sw.! Pilose with jointed down; leaves elliptical, bluntish, serrulate 

 above ; peduncles single, as long as the petiole ; flowers pilose (yellowish in drying) ; calyx- 

 segments lanceolate, quite entire, about one-third as long as the corolla ;. npper coroUa-lip 

 emarginate with an open sinus, adnate below the middle to the lateral, spreading lobes : 2 

 upper lobes semiorbicular, erect, 3 inferior oblong, bluntish, the lateral broader at the base. 

 — Down shorter, and leaves often more hispid than in the preceding ; leaves' 5"-2", pe- 

 duncles 4"'-8"', calyx 8'", corolla 2" long. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Sw., Wullschl., on shady 

 mountain rocks, Manchester. 



33. C. rutUans, iSw. / Pubescent with jointed down ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 serrate above the base, usually red beneath ; peduncles 3-1, often shorter than the petiole ; 

 calyx rusty-villous : segments ovate-oblong, bluntish, pinnatifid below the middle, with 

 a few teeth abofre it ; " upper corolla-lip 2-fid, 3 inferior nearly conform, lanceolate." - ■ 

 Leaves 8"-2i", peduncles 4'"-6"', calyx 8"'-10"' long. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Sw., Pd., in woods, 

 on trees, Manchester, northern districts. 



Tribe TII. PEDALINEJS. — Seeds exalhuminous : . cotyledons "broad." Segments of 

 the placenta forming spurious {^ostly 4) cells by adhesion to the pericarp, leaving an 

 empty space in the axis. — Anthers distinct : cells contiguous by their base. Ovary 

 superior. • 



16. MARTYNU, L. 



Calyx 5-leaved or 5-fid, oblique. Corolla 3-lipped ; tube obliquely campanulate. Stamens 

 didynamous or 3. Capsule beaked, medianicide, many-several-seeded : fertile cells 4. — 

 Viscous-pubescent, large-leaved, annual herbs; all or inferior leaves opposite, cordate- 

 rovMdish ; flowers racemose. 



34. la, diandra, Glox. Leaves long-petioled, sinuate-dentate, all opposite; racemes 

 terminal, subsessUe ; calyx 5-leaved; stamens 2; capsule obliquely half-elliptical, much 

 longer than its uncinate beak.— /acy. Schosnbr. 3. t. 289.— Leaves 6" diam. ; sepals 8'" long, 

 ovate, pointed ; corolla 24"-14" long, whitish ; lobes roundish, with purple blotches.— Hab. 

 Antigua I, Wullschl., a. -weti; [Cuba I; Mexico!]. 



17. CRANIOLARIA, L. 

 -Calyx spathaceous, 5-dentate. Corolla salver-shaped: tube filiform, campanulate at the 



