( 3576 ) 
GesNERIA Sceprrum, y ignea. Sceprre- 
FLOWERED GesneERIA, pale-flowered var. 
KKK KEKE EEE EEE EEE EEK EEE 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—GesneriAcez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus, (plerumque germini adnatus). Corolla 
tubuloso-campanulata, limbo bilabiato ; labio superiore bi- 
inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula bilocularis, 
bivalvis, placentis parietalibus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Grsneria Sceptrum ; elata molliter villosa, foliis subsessili- 
bus ternatis e subcordata basi oblongis obtuse serratis, 
verticillis aphyllis, pedunculis longitudine florum laci- 
nlis calycinis lanceolatis appressis, labio superiore 
paululum productiore, glandulis hypogynis 5. 
Gesneria Sceptrum. Mart. Gen. et Sp. Pl. Brasil. v. 3. p. 
32. t. 214. : c 
(y.) ignea ; corollis pallide igneis versus limbi marginem 
rubentibus. (Tab. nostr. 3576.) 
Our intercourse with Brazil has made known to our col- 
lections several species of this beautiful tropical Genus, than 
which few are more ornamental to our stoves. The foliage 
1S mostly of a full and vivid green, and the flowers are re- 
markable, in general, for their rich colour, frequently in- 
clining to, or altogether scarlet. This plant was intro- 
duced by Mr. Murray to the Glasgow Garden. It flow- 
ered with us in September, 1836, and proves to be the 
var. ignea of G. Sceptrum of Martius. In many respects 
it approaches our G. Lindleyi, Hoox. in Bot. Mag. ined. 
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- Tutilans, var. atro-sanguinea of Linpuey): but the 
present 
