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GESNERIA BULBOSA.. BULBOUS-ROOTED 
GESNERIA, 
KEK EK EK EK EK EEE KER EK 
Class and Order. 
DipyNnaMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—GesneriAceE2. ) 
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Generic Character. 
Calyx ovarii basi adnatus, limbo 5-partito libero. Co- 
rolla tubulosa; limbo 5-lobo, lobis nunc in labia duo dis- 
positis, nunc subequalibus. Stamina 4 didynama, cum 
quinti rudimento. Anthere juniores coherentes. Stylus 
filiformis, stigmate capitato aut bilobo. Glandule peri- 
gyne 2ad 5. Capsula coriacea, bivalvis, valvis convexis, 
placentis 2 parietalibus polyspermis. Semina scobiformia, 
—Herbe perennes, radice tuberosa, rarius frutices. Caulis 
simplex aut opposite ramosus. Folia opposita aut verticil- 
lata, dentata. Pedunculi simplices uniflori, aut ramosi mul- 
tiflori, axillares aut in thyrsum racemumve terminalem dis- 
positt. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Gesnerta bulbosa ; pubescenti-villosa, caule erecto tereti, 
foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis ovato-ellipticis basi 
cordatis serrato-crenatis, cymis multifloris ex axillis 
foliorum supremorum in thyrsum terminalem amplum 
dispositis corolla vix brevioribus, calycis lobis latis 
brevibus, corolla cylindracee basi 5-gibbose labio 
superiore longe productiore. 
Gesneria bulbosa. Gavwl. in Bot. Reg. t. 343 (not Hook. in 
Bot. Mag. t. 3041.) De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 529. 
We figured at t. 3041 of the Botanical Magazine, under 
the name of GesneriA bulbosa, a species closely resem- 
bling it in most of the important characters, but which has 
since 
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