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SINNINGIA Helleri. 
Green Brazilian Sinningia.. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMI4A. 
Nat. ord. GESNERIER. 
SINNINGIA.— Calyx tubulosus, 5-angulatus, foliaceo-alatus, ore quin- 
quefido. Corolla fauce inflata, subbilabiata. Rudimentum filamenti quinti, 
basi corolle superné insertum. Nectarit glandule 5, cum filamentis alter- 
nantes. Fructus capsularis. Capsula subcarnosa. C. G. Nees v. Esenbeck 
in-ann. sc. nat. 6..p. 292. ; 
Sinningia Helleri. Nees. J. c. ¢. 12. 
Pedalis v. pauld demissior. Caulis teres, crassus, carnosus, basi nudus. 
Folia opposita, petiolata, cordatu, ovata, serrata, leviter pubescentia. Flores 
in racemo foliaceo comoso, pallidé virides. Calyx inflatus, campanulatus, 
5-lobus, lobis equalibus, 5-angulatus, angulis alatis, decurrentibus, ciliatis: 
Corolla 2 uncias longa, foliis brevior, infundibularis, pubescens, pilis viscidis, 
glandulosis ; fauce dorso inflatd inter lacinias superiores ; tubo intis pur- 
pureo striato; limbo subregulari, patente, 5-lobo; lobis ovatis rotundatis 
cordatis ; inferioribus latioribus. Stamina 4, didynama, basi corolle. in- 
serta, tubo breviora; filamenta glabra, ascendentia; anthere glabre, sub- 
quadrate, 2-loculares, pallide lutee, connectivo carnoso, arctissime coherentes. 
Ovarium inferum, 5-alatum, 1-loculare, placentis dudbus duplicibus. Ovula 
indefinita. Stylus hirsutus. Stigma cyathiforme. 
Named by Dr. C. G. y. Esenbeck in honour of Mr. 
William Sinning, Gardener to the University of Bonn, in 
the garden of which establishment it had been raised from 
Brazilian seeds communicated by M. Heller, the worthy 
Inspector of the Royal Botanic Garden of Wurtzburg, 
under the name Colwmnea sp. — 
Our figure was taken at the garden of the Horticultural 
Society, in July 1825. It had been received, with many 
other rare plants, from Rio Janeiro, whence it was sent by 
Mr. David Douglas, in 1825. A tender stove plant, flowering 
