648 GESNERIACEZ. 
altitude of 1730 hexapods. Leaves 5 inches long, and 1} inch 
broad. Flowers pedicellate. Corolla scarlet. The Mexican 
plant usually has 4 leaves in a whorl, very scabrous above. The 
hairs of the stem are sometimes adpressed, of a fulvescent co- 
lour, not purplish. Corollas purplish. 
Spicate-flowered Gesneria. Clt. 1831. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
21 G. ALLAGOPHY'LLA (Mart. l. c.) stem erect, pilose, usually 
trigonal ; leaves villous, nearly sessile, 3 in a whorl, or oppo- 
site, or scattered, linear-oblong or spatulate, obtuse, crenated ; 
flowers sessile, in whorls, disposed in a long terminal spike; 
tube of corolla cylindrical, pilose; limb equal, spreading, gla- 
brous; hypogynous glands 2, behind. /. S. Native of Bra- 
zil, in the mine provinces, in various places. Lindl. bot. reg. 
t. 1767. Tuber large, often a span in diameter, placenti- 
form. Superior leaves more approximate than the others. 
Floral leaves ovate, acutish, serrated. Lower whorles of flowers 
2-3 inches distant, but more approximate upwards; sometimes 
the peduncles are scattered, and therefore constituting a long 
spike. Corolla scarlet, pilose. 
Changeable-leaved Gesneria. FI. 
Pl. 21 to 3 feet. 
May, July. Clt. 1835. 
* * * * * Peduncles axillary, 1-flonered, solitary, or 
aggregate. 
22 G. prasina'ta (Ker. bot. reg. t. 428. Mart. l. c. p. 37.) 
villous; stem erect; leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, ovate or 
ovate-oblong, serrated; peduncles axillary, shorter than the co- 
rolla, which is campanulate, villous outside, with a nearly equal 
limb; hypogynous glands 5. 2. S. Native of Brazil, in 
fields at Villa Rica, and elsewhere, in the mine provinces. Co- 
donóphora grandiflora, Lindl. in bot. reg. under no. 1112. Co- 
rollas scarlet? larger than those of G. allagophilla, campanu- 
late. 
Green Gesneria. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. Pl. 14 to 2 feet. 
23 G. RUTILA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1158. Mart. l. c. p. 34.) 
villous; stem erect ; leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, acutish 
at both ends, coarsely crenated ; peduncles axillary, shorter than 
the corolla; superior lip of corolla drawn out; hypogynous 
glands 2, behind. X4. S. Native of Brazil, in shady woods, 
in a moist soil, and in the fissures of rocks near Rio Janeiro, 
and in the tract of the mountains called Serra dos Orgaos, in 
various places. This species differs from G. scéptrum in the 
smaller stature, slenderer, usually purplish, stem, opposite, nar- 
rower, more or less attenuated leaves, shorter, interfoliaceous 
peduncles, which are not disposed into a terminal thyrse; and in 
the corolla, which is always scarlet, of a deeper colour towards 
the margins, more constrieted towards the base, and more ven- 
sone towards the mouth, and in the hypogynous glands being 
only 2. 
Var. B, atrosanguinea (Bot. reg. 1279.) Corolla deep scarlet. 
Brilliant Gesneria. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1825. Pl. 1 to 2 
feet. 
24 G. urmiréua (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 394.) 
shrubby? branches subtetragonal, and pilose; leaves opposite, 
ovate, acute, obliquely cordate at the base, crenated, blistered 
and scabrous above, reticulated and clothed with hairy pubes- 
cence beneath; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, by threes or 
fours; corolla tubular, inflated at top, pilose outside; limb 
quinquefid ; 2 superior lobes the largest; ovarium girded by 
a yellow ring. h.S. Native of Quito, between Chillo and 
Sangolgui, at the altitude of 1350 hexapods. Leaves petiolate, 
32-33 lines long. Flowers erect. Corolla scarlet, 4 times 
longer than the calyx. This belongs to a different genus, if the 
ovarium is really surrounded by a ring instead of glands. 
Elm-leaved Gesneria. Shrub.? 
II. GESNERIA. 
III. Groxinra. 
25 G. ursu rA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 394. t. 189) shrub- 
by; branches very hairy ; leaves opposite, oblong-ovate, acumi- 
nated, rounded at the base, tomentosely pilose above, and cloth- 
ed with woolly tomentum beneath: peduncles axillary, 1-flow- 
ered, twin ; corolla tubular, incurved, hairy outside ; hypogynous 
glands hairy. 5. S. Native of the province of Cumana, near 
the monastery of Caripe, at the altitude of 460 hexapods. 
Leaves on short petioles, about 3 inches long, having the veins 
and margins purplish beneath. Flowers drooping. Corolla 3 
times longer than the calyx, ventricose at top, purple: limb of 
5 roundish spreading, spotted lobes. 
Hairy Gesneria. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1826. Shrub. 
26 G. Honne'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 395. t. 190.) 
stem nearly terete, clothed with silky white wool; leaves oppo- 
site, somewhat obliquely ovate-oblong, acuminated, acute at the 
base, crenulated, very scabrous above, and clothed with white 
wool beneath; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, by twos and 
threes; corolla tubular, ventricose at top, hairy outside; limb 
nearly equal; hypogynous glands 5, truncate, sub-bidentate. ). 
S. Native of New Granada, in rocky places near the town of 
Honda, at the altitude of 150 hexapods. Leaves petiolate, 43 
inches long. Corolla yellowish green, beset with scarlet hairs: 
limb spotted with purple. 
Honda Gesneria. Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
27 G. Svrrówi (Booth, in bot. reg. 1637.) stem terete, to- 
mentose ; leaves ovate-cordate, crenated, tomentose ; peduncles 
axillary, solitary, 1-flowered ; upper lip of corolla oblong, un- 
dulated: lower one small, revolute. 2/. S. Native of Rio 
Janeiro, near the bay of Bomviaga. Root tuberous. Leaves 
opposite, green above, and hoary beneath. Corolla large, scar- 
let, downy, swelling at the base. 
Sutton's Gesneria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1833. Pl. 2 feet. 
28 G. TUBIFIÒRA (Cav. icon. 6. p. 61. t. 584.) stem tetrago- 
nal, tomentose ; leaves ovate, acuminated, crenulated, to- 
mentose ; peduncles 1-flowered, axillary, by twos or threes; 
corolla tomentose, tubularly ventricose, straight; throat 
contracted: limb small, equal, of 5 diverging crenatures or 
teeth, YY. S. Native of Panama. Leaves hoary beneath. 
Peduncles unequal, longer than the petioles. Calyx tomentose, 
adherent, with lanceolate segments. Corolla an inch long, 
scarlet. Hypogynous glands 5, obtuse. Capsule ovate. Per- 
haps a distinct genus. 
Tube-flowered Gesneria. PI. 14 to 2 feet. 
29 G. venTICILLA TA (Cav. icon. 6. p. 62. t. 585. f. 1.) stem 
tetragonal, villous; leaves ovate, crenulated, villous, nearly ses- 
sile, hispid above, and clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; 
peduncles 1-flowered, numerous, axillary, villous, and appearing 
as if they were verticillate; corolla villous, tubularly urceolate: 
throat contracted: limb equal, of 5 short, rounded, spreading 
crenatures or teeth. %.S. Native of New Granada, between 
Guaranda and Chimborazo. Leaves opposite, hardly an inch 
long. Corolla scarlet, 3 lines long. 
Whorled-flowered Gesneria. Pl. 1 foot. 
N.B. What is Gesnéria acaülis, Lin. ? ^as 
Cult. All the species of this genus are very showy while in 
flower; they are, therefore, great favourites with collectors. A 
light rich soil, or a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, answers 
them best. Most of the species are readily propagated by cut- 
tings, and by the tubers of the root. The roots while in à 
dormant state should have no water given to them. 
III. GLOXI'NIA (so named by L’Heritier, in memory of 
Benj. Petr. Gloxin, of Colmar, author of ** Observationes Bota- 
nice.” Argent. 1785. 4to.) Lher. stirp. 149. Ait. hort. 
kew. 2. p. 331. Mart. nov. gen. bras. 3. p. 262. Martynia 
