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GESNERA Marcnait. Mr. Marcn’s GEsNeERA. 
Class and Order. “ty 
Dipynam1a GyMNOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Gesnerieg. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus (plerumque germini adnatus). Corolla 
tubuloso-campanulata, limbo bilabiato; labio superiore bi- 
inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula bilocularis, 
2-valvis, placentis parietalibus. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Grsnera Marchii; molliter pubescenti-tomentosa, foliis 
ternis petiolatis ovatis crenatis, verticillis numerosis 
terminalibus subaphyllis, pedicellis flore longioribus, 
corolle subcylindracez vix curvate basi superne insig- 
niter gibbose limbo subequali quinquelobo, stylo 
staminibusque corollam subequantibus, glandulis hy- 
pogynis 5, 2 superioribus in unicam magnam unitis. 
Gesnera Marchii. Wailes, MSS. 
This handsome and very distinct Gresnera is named, 
as my valued friend, Mr. Wartes of Newcastle, informs 
me in his letter, “ in remembrance of an old school- 
fellow, Gzorce Marcu, Esq., to whom I am indebted for 
the plant, which was collected on his estate in the Organ 
Mountains of Brazil, and whose kindness * to the various 
Botanical Collectors in that distant country, entitles him ro 
the 
* It will be seen in Mr. GARDNER’S interesting ‘‘ Account ofa journey to, 
and a residence of six months in the Organ Mountains, with remarks on their 
vegetation,” that it was at that gentleman’s (Mr. Marcn’s) facienda there, 
that Mr. GARDNER took up his residence, and from whence he made his 
excursions that proved so productive of new and rare plants. 
