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GEISSOMERIA longiflora. 
Long-flowered Geissomeria. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. ACANTHACER. 
GEISSOMERIA. Flores sessiles spicati. Bractee tres, exteriore 
» majore. Calyx pentaphyllus, sepalis glumaceis imbricatis ineequalibus, dor- 
sali majore. Corolla tubulosa, clavata, limbo subsequali, lacinia inferiore 
barbata. Stamina subeequalia, versis basin tubi inserta. Anthere mutice, 
biloculares, loculis parallelis, apice piloso coheerentes. Pollen cylindraceum 
glabrum ! Ovarium pedicellatum biloculare, loculis dispermis. Stigma 
infundibulare hinc extis pubescens. ——Frutex (Brasiliensis) foliis integris 
oppositis, spicis terminalibus axiliaribusque. 
Geissomeria longiflora. 
Caulis erectus, teres, leviter pubescens. Folia oppostta, ovato-lanceolata,. 
undulata, sessilia, ad basin attenuata, supra glabra, subtis subpubescentia, 
ad venas sericea. Spice terminales, et axillares, ad basin foliose, arcte 
wmbricate. Bractex 3, ovate, nervose, ciliate, pubescentes, alteri exteriore 
dupls majore, duabus lateralibus brevioribus. Calyx 5-phyllus, glumaceus, 
glaber, ciliatus, sepalis inequalibus, imbricantibus, dorsali majore, interioribus 
minoribus. Corolla punicea, tubulosa, velutina, tubo arcuato, clavato, sub- 
ventricoso, ints glabro; limbo erecto, 4-fido, bilabiato, lobo supertore rotun- 
dato, transverso, emarginato, inferioribus obtusis, lateralibus patentibus, 
inferiore majore barbato. Stamina 4, subequalia, tubi longitudine, versis 
gjus basin inserta. Filamenta jiliformia, basi dilatata, intis pilosa, base 
densé villosa. Anthere lineares, apicibus acutis pilosis coherentes, bilocu- 
lares. Pollinis particule magne, cylindrica, utrinque rotundate, glaberrime, 
diametro longztudinali transversalem ter -superante. Ovarium ovatum, 
attenuatum, subpedicellatum, loculis dispermis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma 
infundibulare, hinc lined pilosa. 
A handsome shrubby plant, with much of the habit of 
Ruellia: raised from Brazilian seeds, by Thomas Carey 
Palmer, Esq., with whom it flowered in the stove, in 
October last. 
It does not appear to us that it can be strictly referred 
to any genus of Acanthacee at present established. From 
