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GESNERIA Zesprina. MoTTLE-LEAVED 
GESNERIA. 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—GeEsNERIACEA. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx ovarii basi adnatus, limbo subinzqualiter 5-partito 
libero. Corolla tubulosa ima basi 5-gibberosa aut aqua- 
liter subtumida, limbo 5-fido, lobis nunc in labio duo dispo- 
sitis, nunc subequalibus. Stamina 4, ime corolle adnata 
didynama cum quinti rudimento. Anthere juniores, cohe- 
rentes. Stylus filiformis, stigmate capitato aut bilobo. 
Glandule perigyne 2—5 circa ovarii basin. Capsula cori- 
acea 1-locularis bivalvis, valvis convexis, placentis 2 parie- 
talibus polyspermis. Semina scobiformia.—Herbe peren- 
nes, radice tuberosa; rarius frutices, caulis simplex aut 
opposite ramosus. Folia opposita aut verticillata dentata. 
Pedunculi simplices uniflori aut ramosi multiflori, axillares 
aut in thyrsum racemumve terminalem dispositi. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Gresneria Sebrina; caule tereti erecto pubescente, foliis 
oppositis longe petiolatis cordato-subrotundis, racemo 
terminali erecto, bracteis subulatis involutis, pedicellis 
simplicibus longissimis erectis, corolla nutante, seg- 
mentis brevioribus. Graham. 
GesneriA Zebrina. Paxton’s Magazine of Botany, vol. 8. 
No. 96. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1842) ¢. 16. 
Even in this beautiful Genus, the species now described 
must be looked upon as eminently attractive, both on ac- 
count of its colour and its shape. We received it from Mr. 
Low of Clapton, who, again, had been indebted for its pos- 
session 
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