( 4121 ) 



Gesneria Gardneki. Mr. Gardner's 

 Gesneria. 



Class and Order. 



DlDVNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Orel. — GesneriacejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx ovarii basi adnatus, limbo subinaequaliter 5-par- 

 tito libero. Corolla tubulosa ima basi 5-gibberosa aut 

 aequaliter subtumida, limbo 5-lobo, lobis nunc in labia 

 duo dispositis, nunc subaequalibus. Stamina 4 ima corolla? 

 adnata, didynama cum quinti rudimento. Anthera juni- 

 ores cohsrentes. Stylus filiformis, stigmate capitato aut 

 bilobo. Glandular perigynce 2 — 5 circa ovarii basin. Cap- 

 sula coriacea L -(ocularis bivalvis, valvis convexis, placentis 

 2 parietalibus polyspermis. Semina scobiformia. — Herbae 

 perennes, radice tuberosa, rarius frutices. Caulis simplex 

 aut opposite ramosus. Folia opposiia aut verticillata den- 

 tata. Pedunculi simplices unifiori aut ramosi multijlori, 

 axillares aut in thy r sum racemumve termmalem dispositL 

 Species omnes in Amer. Trop. spontanea. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Gesneria Gardneri; caule erecto, ramis teretibus glaber- 

 rimis herbaceis^ foliis brevi-petiolatis oppositis ellip- 

 ticis carnoso-coriaceis, utriuque subacuminatis serratis 

 oblique venosis venis sub lente pilosiusculis subtus 

 pallidioribus prominentibus, pedunculis solitariis uni- 

 floris axillaribus folium aequantibus, calyce prismatico 

 semisupero, segmentis lauceolatis acuminatis, corolla 

 tubulosa subpubescente, limbo subaequali, lobis bre- 

 vibus patentibus rotundatis, ovario hirsuto, annulo 

 perigyno 5-lobo. 



Gesneria sp Gardn. in Herb. Bras, n 5800. 



Discovered 



