1202 



GESNERIA* macrostachya 



Long-spiked Gesnei'ia. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA 



Nat. ord. Gesneuieje. 



GESNERIA. — Supra, vol 4. fol. 329. 



G. macrostachya ; foliis oppositis cordato-ovatis crenatis rugosis incanis, 

 corymbis terminalibus multifloris longe racemosis aphyllis. 

 Radix tuberosus. Caules herbacei, anmii, teretes, 2 -pedes alti, tomen- 

 tosi. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, cordato-ovata, crenata, plana^ 

 rigida, incana. Flores corymbosi, in racemis multifloris, aphyllis, longis 

 dispositi. Bractees breves, tomentosoe. Calyx ovatus, sericeus, quinquefidus , 

 laciniis acutis, distantibus, eequalibus. Corolla tubulosa, tomentosa, cylin- 

 dracea, basi gibba, Umbo stibregulari, 5-lobo, laciniis rotundatis, injerioribus 

 macula tis, Glandulse duce, laciniis superioribus alternae. 



This fine new Gesneria was sent to the Horticultural 

 Society from Rio Janeiro, by Mr. Sellow, in 1825. Our 

 drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden, in August 

 1826. It is a handsome tender stove herbaceous plant, 

 flowering at all seasons of the year. 



Root tuberous. Stem herbaceous, annual, taper, 2 feet 

 high, downy. Leaves opposite, on short stalks, cordate- 

 ovate, crenate, flat, rigid, hoary. Flowers corymbose, in 

 many - flowered racemes, destitute of leaves. Bractea 

 short, doumy. Caly.v ovate, silky, 5-parted, with acute, 

 equal, distant segments. Corolla tubular, downy, cylin- 

 drical, gibbous at the base, with a nearly regular, 5-lobed 

 limb, of which the segments are rounded, the lower being 

 spotted. . Glands 2, alternate with the upper segments. 



J. L. 





See fol. 1158. 



