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218 ON THE GENUS SYMBOLANTHUS.
long ; pedicels 6 lines long ; sepals 1 in. long, ^ in. broad ; tube of
corolla 2f in. long, 10 lines diameter above the middle, contracted to
6 lines in the mouth; segments of border 1 inch long, 10 lines broad;
capsule 2^ in. long, 1 in. in diameter, enveloped by the enlarged
calyx.
2. Symbolanthus snperhus, n. sp. ; glaberrimus, ramulis 4-gonis,
fistulosis, annulato-nodosis ; foliis late ellipticis vel oblongis, imo
acutis, apice breviter acute attenuatis, utrinque Isete viribus, pauci-
nerviis, nervis reniotis vix prominentibus, eveniis ; petiolis compressis,
canalieulatis, imo dilatatis, et in annulum circa caulem coalitis ; iloribus
terminalibus, axillaribus, ternato-verticellatis ;
pedicellis erectis, calyce
longioribus, imo bracteis 3 parvis acutis membranaceis munitis; sepalis
5, imbricatis, oblongis, obtusis, marginibus membranaceis et integris,
medio nervo crasso carinatis ; corolla speciosissima, tube rubro-roseo,
campanulato-infundibuliformi, sepalis plusquam 2-plo longiore, ore
amplo subobliquo, limbi segmentis orbicularibus, apice subito acumi-
Tiatis, imo late auriculato-expansis, et imbricatis, subreflexis ; stamini-
bus parnm inclusis, imo dilatato-compressis, in annulum fere basalem
conriatis, apice filiformibus et circa antheras circinatim contortis, an-
theris imo divaricatis, arcuatim curvatis ; ovario conico-oblongo, disco
annulari insito ;
stylo subulato, stigraate 2-lamellato, faucem attingente.
—In Nova Granada, v. s. Rio Magdalena (Weir, 95).
A beautiful plant, apparently of more herbaceous growth than the
preceding species, from which it also differs in its larger leaves, upon
a longer petiole, its more campanular corolla, and its stamens spirally
convoluted around the arcuated anthers. The axils are about If in.
apart ; the leaves are 3^-4^ in. long, lf-2f in. broad, on a petiole
•5— f- in. long; the pedicels are 1^^ in. long; the sepals 1 in. long, 5
lines broad ; the tube of the corolla is 2 in. long, 1 in. in diameter at
the mouth, the segments of the border arc 1 in. long, 1 in. broad, the
stamens scarcely extend beyond the mouth, being spirally curved for
more than a revolution around the anthers ; the stigmata are spathu-
lately oblong, 2 lines long, li line broad.
Explanation of Plate XCIV., representing Symbolanthus superbus,
Miers, from specimens collected by Mr. Weir.—Fig. 1, an entire branch. Fig.
2, corolla laid open. Fig. 3, a stamen.—Figs. 2 and 3 slightly magnified.