( 3943 ) 
GLoxINiaA sPEcIOsA; var. Menziesii. Rovau- 
~LEAvED Groxtnt4 ; Mr. MENzIEs’ var. 
KKK KKK KEE KE REREREKEEK ; 
Class and Order. 
DipynaAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—GeEsNERIACE. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus imo ovario adnatus ; limbus 5-fidus aut 5- 
partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis aut campanulato-sub- 
ringens, hinc 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, semi- 
nibus numerosis oblongis.—Herbe vel suffrutices, species 
Australi-Americane, plereque Brasilienses. Folia oppo- 
sita, interdum radicalia, petiolata, crenata. Flores ampli, 
axillares aut radicales, pedicellati, sepius nutantes. DC. 
Specific Name, &c. 
Groxin1a speciosa. (For Specific Character and Synonyms, 
see our Tab. 3934 of the present volume. 
(y.) Menziesii ; floribus pallide violaceis intus copiose punc- 
tatis. (Tab. nostr. 3943.) ) 
While our artist was engaged in drawing the splendid 
variety of Guoxin1a maculata, figured at Tab. 3934 of 
this volume, and which was deposited by Mr. Verrcn, at 
Mr. Cuanpier’s Nursery, Vauxhall, he was struck with 
the beauty of another kind, scarcely less worthy of cul- 
tivation, in Mr. Cuanpxer’s collection, where it is known 
under the name of Guioxinsa Menziesii. It is the one 
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