NAT. ORDER. 
Gesneriacece. 
AMPHICOME AEGUTA. SHAKP-LEAVED AMPHICOME. 
Class XIV. Didynamia. Order II. Angiospermia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx, tubular. Corolla, somewhat tubular. IAmb, 
five-lobed, which are short. 
Spe. Char. Capsules, long-, slender, two-valved. Seeds, oblong" and 
rough. Cotyledons, foliaceous. 
This shrub rises to the height of about three feet, sending off a 
large number of tough, woody branches ; the calyx is tubular, pent- 
agonal, angles stiffer than the membranous ciliated sides, five-toothed ; 
teeth subulate, slightly hairy ; corolla tubular near the base, ventricose 
above ; limb five-lobed ; lobes short, rounded, ciliated, imbricate in 
sestivation ; stamens four, didynamous, with the rudiment of a fifth ; 
cells of the anthers converging, each furnished about its middle with a 
small tail-like process ; filaments terminated above in a broad mem- 
branous process ; stigma bilamellate ; capsule long, slender, silique- 
formed, two-valved, but only opening on one side, dissepiment free, 
opposite the valves, bearing on both sides along the margins suspend- 
ed seeds ; seeds oblong, rough, slightly winged at both ends, and termi- 
nated in a branch of much divided coma of fine hairs, exalbuminous ; 
embryo, straight, almond-shaped, radicle above ; cotyledons foliaceous ; 
corollas red. This is a native of Himalaya. 
Propagation and Culture. This is a beautiful genus, like the 
rest of the order. A light rich earth, vegetable mould, or a mixture 
of loam, sand and peat is good soil for the species, and cuttings strike 
root readily in peat. 
Vol. hi.— 158. 
