Tas. 5083. 
NAZGELIA MuLTIFLORA. 
White-lowered Negela. 
Nat. Ord. GrsNERAcE®,—DIpYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Corolla oblique adnata, tubo ventre inflato, limbo ineequaliter 
quinquelobo, fauce late hiante. -Annulus perigynus quinquecrenatus. Stigma 
eapitatum. Reliqua ut Gesnerie.—Herbe stolonibus perennantes ; foliis oppo- 
sitis ; floribus racemosis, ante anthesin revolutis. Regel. 
N#GELIA multiflora; caulescens molliter pubescens glanduloso-villosa, foliis 
(amplis) longe petiolatis cordatis crenatis, racemis elongatis multifloris, 
coroll (albee) tubo elongato superne angulato apice sursum curvato vix 
ventricoso limbi valde obliqui lobis patentibus subeequalibus, stylo glandu- 
loso-piloso. 
Guoxrnta? multiflora. Martens et Gal. En. Pl. Mex. Gesnera, p. 3. Herb. Gal. 
nm. 19138. 
Naeetia amabilis. Hort. . 
Acuimenns (Negelia) amabilis. Dene. in FU. des Serres, for 1857, p. 1192. — 
This plant is so closely allied to the well-known Gesnera zebrina 
(see our Tab. 3940), that at first sight I was disposed to consider a 
it a white-flowered state of that beautiful species. The nature | a 
of the clothing, however, is different ; the form of the flower (as _ 
well as the colour) is different, and approximates to that of ow 
Gloxinia tubifora (Tab. 3971). Dr. Regel, who has studied with — 
great attention the whole Gesneraceous family, and given excel- on 
lent figures of his genera, separates Gesnera zebrina from the ie 
true Gesnere, under the name of Negelia. Whether or not — 
the distinguishing marks are of sufficient importance to _ 
tute a valid genus, the present individual must rank ie - 
Living plants have been received, from the Belgian Gar pie at 
Kew, under the name of Negelia amabilis, but it appears 1den-— 
tical with Martens and Galeotti’s Gloxinia? multiflora, a native 
of the eastern Cordillera of Oaxaca, at an elevation of 2-3000 feet | 
above the level of the sea. It flowers with us in the stove - 3 
ah autumnal months. ie c 
Escr. The general aspect of the Pp nae 
_ of the foliage, ate. bear a iat resemblance to Wagelia (Gesnera) s 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1858. 
lant, the shape and tee 
