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GLOXINIA caulescens. 
Miller's Pernambuco Gloxinia. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. GESNERIER. 
GLOXINIA. Supra, vol. 3. fol. 213. 
G. caulescens ; foliis ovalibus crenatis obtusis tomentosis margine revolutis, 
caule erecto elongato, floribus solitariis longé pedunculatis, corollæ 
laciniis subeequalibus imbricatis ; intermedia cordatá ovata. 
Caulis erectus, pedalis, teres, carnosus. Folia oblonga, obtusa, carnosa, 
crenata, pubescentia, margine revoluto, venis subtús crassis, prominentibus ; 
petiolis teretibus, crassis. Flores solitarü, axillares, longe pedunculati, 
atro-purpurei ; pedunculi pubescentes. Calyx exactè fere G. speciosæ, obli- 
quus, lacintis acuminatis, imbricantibus. Corolla subarcuata, cernua, car- 
nosa, pubescens, laciniis subrotundis, undulatis, imbricantibus, subequalibus, 
laciniá intermediá cordatá. 
A native of Pernambuco, whence it was imported by 
Mr. Miller, of the Bristol Nursery, in whose very exten- 
sive establishment it flowered in August last. It is by 
far the finest of this handsome genus that has yet 
appeared, and exceedingly worthy of cultivation. It 
requires, like the other Gloxinias, the heat of the stove ; 
and, we presume, is to be propagated in the same way 
as they are. 
Our figure was made on the spot by Miss Mintron,—a 
lady whose skill in the elegant accomplishment of drawing 
is rarely equalled even by professional artists. 
Stem erect, about a foot high, round, fleshy. Leaves 
oblong, obtuse, fleshy, crenated, pubescent, with revolute 
margins, and thick, prominent veins beneath ; petioles thick, 
round. Flowers solitary, axillary, on long stalks, dark 
purple; peduncles pubescent. Calyx almost exactly that 
