( 3995 ) 



Gesneria polyantha. Many-flowered 

 Gesneria. 



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Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Gesneriace^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx ovarii basi adnatus, limbo subinaequaliter 5-partito 

 jibero. Corolla tubulosa; limbo 5-lobo, lobis nunc in labio 

 duo dispositis, nunc subsequalibus. Stamina 4 didynama, 

 cum quinti rudimento. Anthera juniorescohaerentes. Sty- 

 lus filiformis, stigmate capitato aut bilobo. Glandular pe- 

 rigynffi 2 — 5. Capsula coriacea, bivalvis, valvis convexis, 

 placentis 2 parietalibus polyspermis. Semina scobiformia. 

 -^-Herbae perennes, radice tuberosa, rarius frutices. Cau- 

 u's simplex aut opposite ramosus. Folia opposita aut verti- 

 cillata, dentata. Pedunculi simplices unijlori, aut ramosi 

 rnultiflori axillares aut in thyrsum racemumve terminalem 

 dispositi. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Gesneria (Eugesneria) polyantha; herbacea, foliis oppo- 

 sitis petiolatis amplis cordato-ovatis crenatis utrinque 

 pubescenti-scabris, panicula tcrminali ramosissima, 

 pediceliis (calycibusque) glabris elongatis gracilibus 

 aggregatis, floribus pendulis, corollas glaberrimae tubo 

 curvato sursum ampliato, limbo patente lobis rotun- 

 datis subaequalibus, glandulis hypogynis 2 oblongis 

 approximatis. 



Gesneria polyantha. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 528. 



Gesneria discolor. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 63. 



Of the many beautiful Gesneria with which South Ame- 

 rica has, of late years, enriched our stoves, (ew present a 



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