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GESNERIA sTRIcTA. Upricut Gesneria. 
SEEKER KEKE KKK EEK EK KREE 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Gesnerizz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus (plerumque germini adnatus). Corolla 
tubuloso-campanulata, limbo bilabiato ; labio superiore bi- 
inferiore trifido. Capsula bilocularis, bivalvis, placentis 
parietalibus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Gesneria stricta; elata pubescenti-tomentosa, foliis terna- 
tim verticillatis (inferioribus oppositis) elliptico-ovatis 
obtusis crenatis sessilibus, panicula terminali laxa, pe- 
dicellis bracteisque ovatis ternatim verticillatis, corolle 
elongate curvate compress hirsute labio superiore 
bifido inferiore trifido duplo longiore, laciniis undulatis, 
glandulis hypogynis 5, stylo basi geniculato. 
Gesnerta stricta. Hook. et Arn. Contr. to S. Am. Bot. in 
Hook. Bot. Journ. p. 280. . 
Our flowering plant of this handsome Gesweria is nearly 
five feet high ; the flowering portion extending to a foot and 
more. Roots were sent of ib as well as dried specimens, by 
Mr. Tweepie from Rio Grande in South Brazil, and the 
blossoms were produced in the stove of the Glasgow Botanic 
Garden, in July, 1835. In habit, it resembles G. Sceptrum 
of Martius; but the flowers are very different in shape; the 
corolla having a remarkable curvature on the upper side, 
and following its direction, the style is singularly geniculat- 
ed at its base : the upper lip too ts much longer : the style 
and anthers exserted. 
Descr. Stems simple at the base and weak, branched 
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