(3725) 
GESNERIA ELONGATA; var. GESNERA 
elongated var. 
KEKE KEKE KK EEEEREREE 
Class and Order. 
DipynAmiA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—GeEsneERIACEZ. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus, pleramque germini adnatus. Corolla 
tubuloso-campanulata, limbo bilabiato ; labio superiore bi- 
inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula bilocularis, 
2-valyis, placentis parietalibus. — 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
GesneriA elongata ; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis serrulatis 
supra strigosis subtus lanato-tomentosis, pedunculis 
elongatis 4-floris, corolle tubulose fauce constricta. 
GesneriA elongata. Humb. Gen. et Sp. v. 2. p. 318. t. 192. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. 2. p. 838. < 
GrsneriA elongata, var. fruticosa, pubescens ; ramosa ; foliis 
oppositis, lanceolato-ovatis, acuminatis, longe petio- 
latis basi inequalibus, subequaliter serratis supra 
pubescentibus, subtus molliter tomentosis ; — umbellis 
axillaribus, 4-floris folio brevioribus ; corollis villosis 
tubulosis fauce parum constrictis. (Tab. nostr. 3725.) 
We received this plant at the Botanic Garden, Edin- 
burgh, in September, 1836, from the Messrs. Youne, Nur- 
serymen, Epsom, under the name of G. oblongata, perhaps 
by an error in the transcriber. It flowers most freely, ex- 
hibits a long succession of blossoms, and is therefore very 
desirable in cultivation. It differs from G. elongata of Hum- 
BoLpT in its much shorter peduncles, in the more obtuse 
base of the leaves, in its less angular branches, in the 
colouring of the veins and lower surface of the leaves — 
rally, 
