1158 



GESNERIA* rutila. 



Brilliant Gesneria. 



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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. Ord. GESNERIEiE. 



GESNERIA. Supr^yvol. A. foL 329. 



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G. rutila; herbacea, birsuta, foliis oppos'itis oblongis grossfe crenatis 

 utrinque concoloribus, floribus axillaribus solitariis erectis, calycibus 



inflatis, corollis pedicello longiorlbus. 



Caulis erectus, teres, hirsutus. Folia opposita, petiolata, oblonga, 

 gross^ crenata, kirsuta, utrinque concolora. Flores axillares, solitarii, 

 erecti; pedicelli hirsuti, foliis multb breviores. Calyx inferus, in/iatus, 

 hasi prcesertim pilosus. Corolla coccinea, ferh 2 uncias longa, extus 

 pubescens, intHs et versHs basin tubi extHs lutea ; tubo recto suhcy lindraceo , 

 parhm ventricoso; limbo obliquo, laciniis erectis, subrotundis, superiore 

 emarginato multb majore. Glandulse hypogynce, 2, ad basin superiorem 



ovarii. 



Native of South America, probably Brazil, whence it 

 was imported by' the Comte de Vandes, in whose Garden 

 at Bayswater it was drawn, in September 1827. 



A stove plant, growing to the height of 2 or 3 feet, and 

 propagated by cuttings. 



The stem is erect, round, and hirsute. The leaves 

 are opposite, stalked, oblong, coarsely crenated, hirsute, 

 of the same colour on each side. The flowers are axillary, 

 colitarv, erect, with hirsute pedicels shorter than the 

 leaves. The calyx is inferior, inflated, pilose, particularly 

 at the base. The corolla is scarlet, about 2 inches long, 



born 



at Zurich in 1516, and died in 1565. He was one of t^;^^ f j'/^^"^td 

 of his age ; and remarkable, among other thmgs, for the value he attached 



to characters derived from the seeds of plants. 



