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SINNINGIA villosa. 



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Shaggy Sinningia. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMJA. 



Nat. ord. Gesnerxea. 



SINNINGIA. Suprd, vol 12. fol. 997 



S. villosa ; caule foliisque villosis, calycibus 5-partitis ovarii longitudine, 



floribus aggregatis, Lindley, $uprd,foL 1112. 



Caulis teres, crassus, carnosus, simplex^ 2'pedalis^ pallida viridis, vil- 

 losus. Folia longi petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, crenata, convexay villosay 

 V. quasi strigosaf pallide viridia. Flores aggregati in axillis foliorum, 

 guibus multh breviores, breviter pedunculati. Calyx obovatus^ villosuSj 

 ovarii alati longitudinCy corolld multh brevier. Corolla extus villosa, 

 pallidk viridis, immaculata^ circiter duas nncias longa. 



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The annexed figure illustrates a species mentioned at 

 fol. 1112 of this work as a fourth kind of Sinningia. It 

 will now be seen that it is totally different from the two 

 species already figured, than which it is t\tice taller, and 

 altogether less handsome. It is, however, a fine stove 

 plant, flowering abundantly during all the summer, and 

 growing freely in peat and loam. It requires a high 

 temperature, and much atmospheric moisture, to succeed 



perfectly. 



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A native of Brazil, whence roots were sent in 1826 to 

 the Horticultural Society by Henry Chamberlayne, Esq. 

 It is increased with much difficulty by cuttings or by leaves. 



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Stem round, thick, fleshy, simple, 2 feet high, pale 

 green, villous. Leaves on long petioles, oblong-lanceolate, 

 crenate, convex, villous, appearing as if strigose, pale 

 green. Flowers aggregate in the axillae of the leaves, than 

 which they are much shorter, on short peduncles. Calys 

 obovate, villous^ the length of the winged ovarium, much 

 shorter than the corolla. Corolla externally villous, pale 

 green, not dotted, about 2 inches long. 



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