Tas. 4430. 
~GLOXINIA Frimpriata. 
Eimbriated Gloxinia. 
Nat. Ord. GrsNERIACEZ.—DipyNaMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4213.) 
GLOXINIA jimbriata; erecta simplex subtetragona, foliis brevi-petiolatis ovatis 
acutis serratis glabris, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris, calycis 
segmentis ovatis patentibus foliaceis, corollee tubo elongato infundibuliformi- — 
cylindraceo, ore obliquo, limbo amplo profunde 5-lobo lobis subeequalibus 
rotundatis margine undulatis tenuissime fimbriatis intus pilosulis. 
GtioxintA fimbriata. Hortul. Paris. 
A very pretty and delicate looking stove-plant, of which we 
regret to say that all we know of it is that we received it at the 
Kew Gardens from M. Ketelew of Paris, under the name here 
given, and that it flowered with us in September, 1848, and | 
continued some time in great beauty. It appears extremely 
different from any Gloxinia with which we are acquainted, and 
1s a valuable addition to the hot-house department. 
Descr. Roots elongated and scaly, as in the genus. Stems 
erect, herbaceous, simple, a foot or a foot and a half high, rather 
obscurely tetragonal, green, tinged with red: the angles often 
sending out short white filaments as if rooting. Leaves opposite, 
shortly petioled, ovate, acute, serrated, penninerved, glabrous, 
| green, paler, and with prominent nerves beneath. Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, single-flowered, longer than the petioles, much 
shorter than the leaves. Calyw-tube turbinate, angled: segments 
spreading, ovate, large, leafy, three-nerved, wavy. Corolla 
declined, large, pale purplish-white. Ze between infundibuli- 
form and cylindrical, deep yellow inside and beautifully sprinkled 
with red dots: the /imé quite white, spreading, and large; the 
lobes rounded, nearly equal, lapping over each other, pilose 
on the inner or upper surface, the margin waved and most deli- 
cately fimbriated. Stamens and style quite included within 
the tube. W. J. H. 
MARCH lst, 1849. D2 
