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Gloxinia tubiflora. Tube-flowered 

 Gloxinia 



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Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Gesneriace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cali/cis 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 rotun- 

 datis. Stamina 4 didynama cum quinti rudimento. Anthera 

 cohaerentes. Glandular 5 perigynae. Stylus in stigma or- 

 biculatum concavum subinfundibuliforme abeuns. Cap- 

 sula 1-locularis bivalvis, placentis 2 parietalibus bilobis, 

 seminibus numerosis oblongis. — Herbae vel suffrutices, spe- 

 cies Australi- Americana?, pler&que Brasilienses. Folia oppo- 

 sita, inter dum radicalia, petiolata, crenata. Flores ampli, 

 axillares, aut radicales, pedicellati, sapius nutantes. D C. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Gloxinia tubiflora; caulescens pubescens, foliis oblongis 

 subacuminatis brevi-petiolatis subcrenatis, panicula 

 terminali, pedicellis elongatis, corolla subhypocrateri- 

 formi, tubo elongato sursum curvato, limbo patente 

 lobis 5 subaequalibus, glandulisad basin ovarii 4, unica 

 duplo majore. 



This very fine and new plant seems to have nearly as 

 strong a claim to be considered a Gesneria as a Gloxinia, 

 or, rather, it appears almost to unite the two Genera. It is 

 one of the many interesting novelties, reared by Mr. Moore 

 of the Glasnevin Botanic Garden from seeds, sent by Mr. 



Tweedie 



