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GesnerIA Linpteyvi. Dr. LiInpLey’s 
GESNERIA. 
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Class and Order. 
DipynamMiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—GesNzRIAcEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus (plerumque germini adnatus). Cor. tu- 
buloso-campanulata, limbo bilabiato ; labio superiore bi- 
inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula_bilocularis, 
2-valvis, placentis parietalibus. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
GrsnerrA Lindleyi; elata, pubescenti-hirsuta subscabra, 
foliis petiolatis oppositis ovato-oblongis rugosis cre- 
natis, verticillis sursum aphyllis in racemum elonga- 
tum compositis, corolla limbo obliquo lobo superiore 
majori, glandulis hypogynis 5. 
Gesneria rutila: var. atrosanguinea. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
t. 1279. 
This is a yery striking plant, handsome in its foliage 
and in its flowers, which latter, though each is but of few 
days’ duration, are succeeded by others in the same whorl 
for a considerable length of time. Professor LinDLEY was 
of opinion that it is merely a variety of his GESNERIA rutila, 
(Bot. Reg. t. 1158.) ; but a comparison of his two figures 
will, as it appears to me, show them to be different. The 
original G. rutila has axillary solitary flowers of a different 
colour and haying a wider mouth ; and the hypogynous 
glands are only two, whereas in G. Lindleyx they are 
constantly five. It is a native of Brazil, and blossoms with 
us in the stove during the months of June and July. 
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