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Class and Order. 
DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—GesneERIACEz. ) 
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 Name and Character. 
Gesneria cochlearis; herbacea, foliis oppositis sublonge pe- 
tiolatis cordato-ovatis concavis venoso-rugosis tomen- 
tosis acutis crenatis, racemis simplicibus terminalibus, 
pedicellis elongatis oppositis subverticillatisque, corol- 
lx tubo subtus inflato, limbo 5-lobo obliquo aquali, 
elandulis hypogynis 2 oppositis ineequalibus. vali. 
An inhabitant of the Organ Mountains, whence the roots 
were sent by Mr. GARDNER in 1837, and these flowered in 
the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden in June, 1839. 
Its large, thick, concave leaves on rather long petioles, the 
simple terminal raceme, and moderately large flowers with 
a nearly equal, spreading limb, will readily distinguish the 
present from any other species of this numerous Genus with 
which I am acquainted. Cea 
Descr. Root large and tuberous. Stema foot or a foot 
and a half high, simple, stout, herbaceous, rounded, woolly. 
Leaves large, opposite, petiolate, broadly cordato-ovate, 
reticulated and wrinkled with the copious nerves, woolly on 
both sides, the margin crenated : petioles stout, two to three 
inches long. Raceme terminal, leafless, bracteated ; brac- 
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