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GESNERA TUBEROSA. 'TUBEROUS-ROOTED 
GESNERA. 
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Class and Order. 
Dipynamr1a GYMNOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Gesneracez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus, (plerumque germini adnatus.) Corolla 
tubuloso-campanulata, limbo bilabiato ; labio superiore bi- 
inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula bilocularis, 
2-valvis, placentis parietalibus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
GesneRA tuberosa; radice tuberosa subrotunda, caulibus 
perbrevibus tuberiformibus, foliis subradicalibus late 
ovatis serratis molliter pubescentibus, pedunculis nu- 
merosis erectis 1—3-floris, corollz tubo paululum cur- 
vato limbo 4-fido subzquali, glandulis hypogynis pos- 
ticis binis. 
GesnerA tuberosa. Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. v. 3. p. 
29. t. 212. 
Gesnera rupestris. Graham in Ed. Phil. Journ, Dec. 1837. 
For the introduction of this very remarkable species of 
Gesnera to the British stoves we are indebted to Dr. 
Granam, who received it from the Berlin Garden in 1834, 
but under the name of “ G. rupestris, Marr. :’’—by mistake, 
as I should presume: for it is assuredly the G. tuberosa of 
Martius above quoted. It flowers readily in the stove 
during the autumnal months. 
_ Descr. Tuber flattened. Stem scarcely any, support- 
ing two opposite, round, pubescent petioles, twice as long 
as itself. Leaves (eight inches long, six and a half broad) 
ovate, 
