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GLOXINIA SPECIOSA; var. macrophylla, variegata. 
Rovexr Groxinta ; large variegated-leaved var. 
KEK KEK EEE EE EEE EKER EE 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—GeEsNERIACES. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus imo ovario adnatus ; limbus 5-fidus aut 5- 
partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis aut campanulato-sub- 
ringens, hine postice ad basin gibba, aut subcalcarata, tubo 
ventricoso, limbo patulo subbilabiato, lobis 5 rotundatis. 
Stamina 4 didynama cum quinti rudimento. Anthere cohe- 
rentes. Glandule 5 perigyne. Stylus in stigma orbicula- 
tum concavum subinfundibuliforme abeuns. Capsula 1- 
locularis bivalvis, placentis 2 parietalibus bilobis, seminibus 
numerosis oblongis.—Herbe aut suffrutices, species Aus- 
trali-Americane, plereque Brasilienses. Folia opposita, in- 
terdum radicalia, petiolata, crenata. Flores ampli axillares 
aut radicales, pedicellati, sepius nutantes. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
GxoxiniA speciosa ; caule abbreviato aut subnullo, foliis 
subradicalibus longe petiolatis puberis hirsutisve ova- 
libus eblongisve crenatis, pedicellis petiolo longioribus 
1-floris, calycis 5-partiti lobis acuminatis, corolla ven- 
tricosa. 
Guoxinia speciosa. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 28. Ker, Bot. 
Reg. t. 213. Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1937. De Cand. 
Prodr. v. 7. p. 534. 
(B.) albiflora ; corollis albis. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3206. 
(y.) macrophylla; foliis majoribus albo-variegatis. (Tab. 
nostr. 3934.) as 
This really superb variety of the well-known Groxin1a 
speciosa was sent to the Messrs. Verrcu, Mount Radford 
, Nursery, 
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