343 



GESNERIA bulbosa. 



Bulbous Gesneria. 



OlDTNAMIA AXGtOSPERMJA. 



^ JVirt. ord. CAMPANtrtACEJE. Jameu gen, 163. Div. I. Anthera dia- 



tincte. 

 G&aNEnE£. Richard apud Ktmth nov. een. et spec. 2. 345. 

 GESNERIA. Suprdfol.S&. 



O. hulhota, tota pubescens; foliis opposite, orato-ellipticM, bosi corAaiis, 

 serrato-crenatis ; paiiicul^ numerosa, subopposita, patente, distante; 

 pedunculis corymbosia breTioribua pedicellis t I'mbi ineequalissinii labio 

 summo porrecto oblongo maximo, imo brevissimo revoluto. 

 Herbacea, rhizomate perenni bulbi ad instar rotundato, tunicSfuscS mem- 

 branaceB. Caiilis simplex? erectus, tubfiexuosiUt tercs^ bipedaks, distatttir 

 Joliosus. Folia camosula, subtus densiUs tomentosa, decrescentia, majora 

 subSundalia latitudine triunciali; petiolus crassus, brevis. Pedunculi corym- 

 boso-muUifloriJuliolis diminuiis sensim superni hracteaceii tubtensif pediceJli 

 uttWori bracteoia subulate herbaceS soliioria ad basin. Foliola calycis brevia, 

 suoulata, herbacea^ subbremorajundo externa tubrotundo pubescente germtnis, 

 ctijus marginem parietalem continuant. Corolla coccinea, pubescens, clavalo- 

 tubuhsa, diametro ferh pennts olorina^ basi circumcirc^ protuberans ; Iabii« 

 iimbi inaqualissimist flummo elUpticO'oblongo concolori lateribus de/lexis, imo 

 obliquato intua macule atropurpured aibo-marginatS picto. Fil. pubesceniia, 

 rubentiai anth. cruciato-conoexte. Stylus pertittens, exseiius, coccineus, pu- 

 bescens. 



We do not trace this fine plant in any recorded species. 

 Jt differs from all we are acquainted with, by the round 

 bulblike rootstock and by the great inequality of the limb of 

 the corolla. Not having had an opportunity of inspecting the 

 inflorescence, after the drawing was made, we have described 

 that part of the plant from the figure. 



Recently introduced by Mr. Lee, of the Hammersmith 

 Nursery. It was sent him from the Brazils, where it is 

 native, by Mr. Chamberlain, the English Consul at Rio 

 Janeiro; and flowered for the first time with us m Sep- 

 tember. It requires to be kept in the bark-bed of the hot- 

 house; where it proves a most valuable ornament by the 

 beauty, abundance, and long succession of the bloom. 



Herbaceous, perennial, furred. Rootstock fleshy, re- 

 sembling a round bulb, covered with a brown membranous 

 coat. Stem simple? slightly flexuous, round, about two 

 feet high, distantly leaved. Leaves opposite, mther fleshy, 



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