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GESNERIA prasinata. 



Ringed-stemrfted GeMeria. 



DIDTNAMIA ANOIOSPBRMtA. 



Nat. ord. Campanulaceje. Jussieu gen. 163- Div. Anthers dfe- 



tinctae. 



Grsxerzm. Richard et Jussieu in ann. mus. 5. 428* 

 GESNERIA. Supr^ vol. &./6L 329. 



G. prasinata, tota pubescens; foliis ovalManceolatk, supra velutino-hirtia : 

 petiolis annulo subarticulatim insertis, panicul£ subfoliosS, floribus sub- 

 geminatte, fouce campanula^ mhttis inflata, Umbo brevi ohliquo feroluto 



fcubzequalL 



Cwxlh Jrnticosus, erectut, annulatusf rami supefni subsudculenti, estrUui f 

 tereteSf viuo$o*hirti f distanier Jbtiosi f infcrnb fuscescentes. Fol. crassiuscuh $ 

 decussata* patcntia, acuminata, bast atfenuatd, costaio*nervos<i> serrate* 4*5- 

 undaUa* mbtus sefieeo-tomentosa, albkantut 9 varicoso-wervosa .♦ petioh brevis t 

 trassus, &nbter& 9 convoluto*eanaliculatus 9 annulo • promtriente tubarticuhto* 

 insertus* ^ Pedimculi opposiii, crassi, bremsimi t subbiflori> in foliis sensim 

 oracteacets a&cpte caducts axitiares; pedicelli tongfares* ascendent^ tobusti. 

 Caj. herbaeeus, semisuperus* 2-3~plo brevior coroM, v&ttiinus, Jolidis l&nceo- 

 latis acuntinatis aqualibus. Cor. viridi$ 9 nigro<punctata f sesquiunmalk v. 

 uUrh, tubbifaMdto4nJundibutyorm tubus cylindricus, boss 



circtmcirctl protuberans t subceaualis fanci / lirabus obUquus* fauce subdnplo 

 brevior 9 laciniis subrotundis* FiL glabra ; quintt rudimentum $carioso«mem* 

 hranaceum subulatum bretiissimum : anth. cruciatO'Coadimata > receptaculis 

 loculorum glandnhso-crassis ; pollen oehroleucum. Germ* oldongum, rostrato* 

 pyratnidatum> obtusi 3-gonum, 3-sulcum, subtilissime velutinum f crasse ros* 

 tratum t infer ne pollens, bast serto cinetum brevi glandtdoso sublutescente 

 5'dentato, dentibus ovatis tequalibus obtusis bast calhs v. caruflculis SJusds 

 intersHnclis* pone apicem porojbratis sub anthesi guttd limpidd rrtadetUe : stylus 

 rostri germinis continuus* 



We do not find our plant reducible to any established 

 species within our research. It flowered this summer at 

 Wormleybury, for the first time. The specimen for the 

 drawing was kindly sent us by Sir Abraham Hume. 



Native of the Brazils* 



Stem shrubby, upright, prominently ringed;^ branches 

 somewhat succulent, round, furrowless, roughly villous, dis- 

 tantly leaved, when full grown brown. Leaves thickish, de- 

 cussately opposite, spreading, ovally lanceolate, taper- 

 pointed, narrowed at both ends, ribbed, serrate, 4-5 inches 

 long, the fur on their upper side close and hard, like that 

 of plush, on the under side soft and glossy, white: petioles 



