GESNERIACEZ. 
opposite, on short petioles, cordate-ovate, acute, serrated, hairy 
above, and hoary from tomentum beneath ; cymes many-flower- 
ed, lateral, disposed into a long thyrse ; corollas clavately cylin- 
drical ; limb short, nearly equal; hypogynous glands 4. %. S. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, on 
Mount Butucaray, Sello. Leaves 5 inches long, and nearly 3 
broad. Cymes opposite. 
Sello's Gesneria. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
10 G. uórris (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 395. t. 
191.) branches pilose; leaves opposite, obliquely ovate-oblong, 
acuminated, rounded at the base, sub-cordate, serrately crenated, 
densely and pilosely pubescent above, silvery and pilose beneath ; 
peduncles axillary, 3-flowered ; corolla tubular, inflated at top, 
pubescent; limb 5-cleft, nearly equal, spreading ; hypogynous 
glands unknown. 2{. S. Native of New Granada. Leaves 
on short petioles, 3 inches long, and 13 inch broad. Corolla 
scarlet ; limb spotted. 
Soft Gesneria. Pl.? 
11 G. macrosra‘cuya (Lindl. bot, reg. t. 1202.) clothed with 
hoary down ; stem simple; leaves opposite, on short petioles, 
cordate ovate, crenated, wrinkled; cymes from the axils of the 
bracteas or upper leaves, many-flowered, the whole forming a 
long, leafless, terminal, compound raceme ; corolla tubular, 
tomentose: limb nearly equal, short ; hypogynous glands twin 
behind. %. S. Native of Rio Janeiro. Root tuberous, like 
the rest. Corolla scarlet ; limb spotted. 
Long-spiked Gesneria. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1825. Pl. 2 feet. 
12 G. roweirrróRA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 396.) branches 
clothed with woolly hairs; leaves opposite, obliquely ovate, 
acute, narrowed into the short petioles at the base, crenated, 
finely pilose above, and pubescent beneath ; peduncles axillary, 
2-flowered ; corolla tubular, woolly : limb nearly equal, 5-cleft, 
spreading; hypogynous glands unknown. 2. S. Native of 
New Granada. Leaves 4-5 inches long, and 23 broad. Co- 
rolla purplish, ventricose at top; limb spotted. 
Long-flowered Gesneria. Pl. ? 
13 G. zrowca4 TA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 396. t. 192.) 
branches tetragonal, clothed with woolly hairs; leaves opposite, 
oblong acuminated, acute at the base, somewhat crenated, sca- 
brous from strigze above, and clothed with fuscescent, woolly 
tomentum beneath; peduncles axillary, 4-flowered, elongated ; 
corolla tubular, ventricose at top, hairy; limb 5-cleft, nearly 
equal; hypogynous glands unknown. %. S. Native of Quito. 
Leaves 4 inches long ; veins purplish beneath. Corolla scarlet : 
throat contracted ; limb spreading, spotted. 
Elongated-peduncled Gesneria. Shrub. ? 
14 G. corympésa (Swartz, prod. p. 89. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 
1022.) shrubby, subdivided ; leaves opposite, ovate, acute, ser- 
rated, scarious, rough, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath, 
on short petioles; peduncles terminal and axillary, many-flow- 
ered, corymbose; corolla cylindrical, incurved: 2 upper seg- 
ments of the limb concave: the 3 lower ones longer, with cre- 
nated edges. h.S. Native of the South of Jamaica, in rocky 
chalky places on the banks of rivers. Leaves 2 inches long. 
Corollas scarlet. 
Corymbose-flowered Gesneria. 
Pl. 2 feet. 
15 G. rasra'mTHA (Zucc. abbandl. acad. wiss. 1829, 1830. p. 
305. t. 12.) stem shrubby, branched, hairy; leaves petiolate, 
decussate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrulated, clothed with 
silky hairs; peduncles 4-flowered ; tube of corolla equal at the 
base, with 5 gibbosities; hypogynous glands 5, minute. k. S. 
Native of Mexico. Corolla downy. Nearly allied to G. Dep- 
peana, Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea, 5. p. 110. 
Woolly-flowered Gesneria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. 
647 
II. Gesnenria. 
* * * * Flowers verticillate, spicate, or racemose. 
16 G. sce PTRUM (Mart. nov. gen. bras. 3. p. 32. t. 214.) vil- 
lous; leaves on short petioles, opposite, or 3 in a whorl, from 
subcordate at the base to oblong, bluntly serrated; whorls of 
flowers almost leafless at top, disposed in an elongated thyrse ; 
pedicels about the length of the corolla; upper lip of corolla 
drawn out; bypogynous glands 4 or 5. %. S. Native of 
Brazil, in the province of St. Paul, at Mogy das Cruce, along 
the banks of the Sapucahy river. Tuber large, depressed, glo- 
bose. Leaves 2-3 inches long, villous. Stems simple. 
Var. a, rübra (Mart. l. c.) leaves with more parallel margins, 
lanceolate-oblong, acute, 3-5 inches long; peduncles loose and 
longer; corollas red, or scarlet. 
Var. y, flávida (Mart. l. c.) leaves broader, broad ovate-ob- 
long, 4-6 inches long; peduncles loose and longer ; corolla pale 
yellow. 
Var. y, ignea (Mart. |. c.) leaves smaller, 13 to 2 inches long, 
obtuse, rarely crenated, more densely pubescent beneath and 
canescent; peduncles shorter, strict ; corollas pale fire coloured, 
reddish towards the edge of the limb. 
Sceptre Gesneria. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
17 G. cnetontor pes (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 392.) 
stem nearly simple, hairy ; leaves opposite, on short petioles, 
oblong, acutish, obtuse at the base, coarsely crenated, hairy on 
both surfaces, canescent beneath ; flowers spicate, opposite, soli- 
tary or twin; corolla tubular, hairy, gibbous above at the base : 
throat wide; hypogynous glands 5. y. S. Native of New 
Granada, in shady places in the valleys of Gualguase and Smitha, 
between Popayan and Almaguer, at the altitude of 580 to 700 
hexapods. Leaves 3 inches long. Flowers pedicellate. Limb 
of corolla bilabiate: lobes all rounded. Corolla pale red. 
Ovarium only adhering to the calyx at the base. 
Chelone-like Gesneria. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
18 G. exa‘tior (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 393.) stem 
simple? pilose; leaves 3 in a whorl, nearly sessile, lanceolate, 
obtuse at both ends, crenated, pilose, but more densely so be- 
neath; spikes terminal, verticillate; whorles 3-flowered, re- 
mote; corolla clavately cylindrical, villous; hypogynous glands 
5. 4. H. Native of New Andalusia, in shady places on 
Mount Tumiriquiri, at the altitude of 600 hexapods. Leaves 
on short petioles, canescent beneath, 24 inches long, and 7 lines 
broad. Flowers pedicellate, drooping. Corolla tubular, in- 
flated at top, red. 
Taller Gesneria. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
19 G. svrzva' rica (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) stem simple, pilose; 
leaves 3 or 4 in a whorl, lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, quite 
entire, strigosely pilose on both surfaces, but especially beneath ; 
spike terminal, verticillate; whorles 2-4-flowered : lower ones 
distant; corolla tubularly ventricose; limb 5-lobed, reflexed ; 
hypogynous glands unknown. 24. S. Native of the province 
of Bracomoros, between Jaen and the river Amazon, at the alti- 
tude of 230 hexapods. Leaves canescent beneath, 13 inch long, 
and 3 an inch broad. Flowers pedicellate. Corolla 8 lines 
long, scarlet, pilose outside. 
Wood Gesneria. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
20 G. sricA'rA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. t. 188.) stem suffruti- 
cose, simple, pilose ; leaves 3 in a whorl, on short petioles, lan- 
ceolate-oblong, acuminated, crenated, densely pilose above, and 
clothed with woolly tomentum beneath ; spike terminal, verti- 
cillate; whorles 10-flowered, approximate ; corolla tubular, in- 
curved, hairy: limb 5-cleft: the 2 upper segments rather the 
largest; hypogynous glands 5. h. S. Native of New Gra- 
nada, in boggy places near Ibague, at the foot of Mount Quin- 
diu; also near the Hacienda de La Laguna, in Mexico, at the 
