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GESNERIA* rútila ; var. atrosanguinea. 
Brilliant Gesneria ; deep crimson variety. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. GESNERIER. 
GESNERIA. — Supra, vol. 4. fol. 329. 
G. rutila ; herbacea, hirsuta, foliis oppositis oblongis grossè crenatis utrinque 
concoloribus, floribus axillaribus solitariis erectis, calycibus inflatis, 
corollis pedicello longioribus. — Supra, fol. 1158. 
Var. Floribus saturate sanguineis, calycibus sanguineo marginatis. 
This fine plant is certainly a mere variety of G. rutila ; 
but its great beauty renders it worthy of being recorded. 
It is a native of Rio Janeiro, whence it was brought 
by Mr. J. Macculloch, Gardener to the Right Honourable 
Robert Gordon, by whom it was presented to the Horti- 
cultural Society. 
It is a tender stove plant, flowering in profusion in 
August and September. Our drawing was made in the 
Chiswick Garden, in the present year. i 
* See fol. 1158. 
