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GESNERA FASCIALIS. (APING-FLOWERED 
GESNERA. 
KKK KEKE KEE EEK ERE ER EREE 
Class and Order. 
DipYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—GersnERACEZ. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus, (plerumque germini adnatus). Cor. tu- 
bulosa campanulata limbo bilabiato ; labio superiore bi- 
inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula bilocularis, 
2-valvis, placentis parietalibus. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Gesnera fascialis; herbacea, foliis subsessilibus cordatis 
oblongis acutis crenatis rugosis tomentosis, racemo 
terminali, bracteis ovatis acutis reflexis, corollis tomen- 
tosis, labio superiore oblongo bilobo basi angustato 
inferiore minimo revoluto fauce latissima truncata. 
Gesnera fascialis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1785. 
* 
Professor Linpiey, who figured and described this species 
from a plant that flowered in the collection of the Hon. and 
Rev. Witu1am Hersert of Spofforth, rightly judged that it 
was a native of Brazil: Mr. Garpner having since sent 
roots of it from the neighbourhood of Rio Janeiro to his 
subscribers : and from one of these, the plant here figured 
was raised at the Glasgow Botanic Garden in 1837. It 
- produced its truly splendid blossoms in July of the same 
year ; and the species may certainly be reckoned among the 
most beautiful of this handsome Genus. 
Descr. Root tuberous. Plant every where downy. Stem 
erect, a foot to a foot and a half high, erect. Leaves it 
er 
site, sessile, cordate, much wrinkled and reticulate, rat 
obtuse, 
