Tas. 4954. 
SINNINGIA YounGIANA. 
Dr. Young's Sinningia. 
Nat. Ord. GesNERIACEZ.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Srnninera, Nees ab Esenb.—Gen. Char. emend. Calyx campanulatus, ple- 
rumque 5-alatus. Corolle tubus subtus dorsoque varie gibbus vel inflatus. 
Stigma stomatomorphum.—Suffrutices Americe tropice, rhizomate tuberoso, per- 
~ ennes. Hanstein in Linnea, v. 26. p. 204. 
Licerta, Dene.—Gen. Char, emend. Calyx patulus, exalatus. Corolle tubus 
oblique ventricoso-campanulatus (ex basi angustata sursum paullatim ampliatus). 
Stigma stomatomorphum.—Herbe Americe tropice, rhizomate tuberoso, per- 
ennes. Hanstein in Linnea, v. 26. p. 204. 
Stynrnara (hybrida) Voungiana ; pubescens, rhizomate tuberoso, caule herbaceo 
erecto purpurascente, foliis oppositis petiolatis oblongis vel ovato-oblongis 
acutis margine crenatis supra nitidis viridibus subtus pallidioribus, floribus 
axillaribus vel terminalibus solitariis amplis, pedunculis petiolo duplo tri- 
plove superantibus, calyce 5-alato, laciniis 5 ovatis acuminatis, corollee 
(purpurez vel violacee) tubo ex basi angustato sursum paullatim ampliato, 
limbo 5-fido, lobis subzequalibus rotundatis patentibus, staminibus inclusis, 
antheris connexis, ovario glandulas 5 subulatas cingente, stigmate stomato- 
morpho. 
Sinnine1a Youngiana. Marnock in Pasxton’s Magazine of Botany, v. 7. p. 51. 
cum icon. . 
SINNINGIA violacea. Hortor. 
Gtoxinta violacea. Pope. Steudel, Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2. p. 690? 
If we were to adopt the strictly scientific nomenclature pro- 
posed by Dr. Klotzsch, and approved of by various Continental 
botanists of eminence, we should be obliged to confer upon this 
plant the name of Sinningia Ligeria velutina speciosa, SO as to 
show that it is a hybrid between Sinningra velutina, Nees ab 
Esenb., ¢, and Ligeria speciosa, Dene. (Gloxinia speciosa, Lodd.) 
3; but as such a name, however well answering the purposes of 
science, would never become popular, or could never be adopted 
in our gardens without causing considerable inconvenience, we 
have retained the older, though less expressive one. corns 
Youngiana was raised some years ago by Mr. Marnock, an ; 
named by him in compliment to Dr. Young, Superintendent o 
DECEMBER Ist, 1856. 
