and small, all rich red-purple beneath. Raceme terminal, 
elongated, leafy. Pedicels axillary, in whorls, single-flowered, 
shorter than the floral leaves, very hairy. Calyx hemispherical, 
with five small erect teeth. Corolla inclined, but not drooping, 
scarlet, yellow beneath and at the mouth, very hairy and velvety, 
subcylindrical, rather ventricose below: the mouth small: the 
limb of five small, rounded, spotted /odes, and hairy, almost 
os, hispid. Stamens and style included. Ovary and style hairy. 
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a 3 Glands five, large: three combined at the base. W.J. H 
Cuxr. This plant belongs to that section of Gesneria charac- 
terized by roots similar to those of Gloxinia, as described 
under Tab. 4430; and therefore the treatment recommended for 
_ the cultivation of Glowinia fimbriata is applicable to this. It is 
of a robust free-growing habit, and continues a long time in 
flower ; a succession of flowering plants may be kept up till 
late in the season by starting a few roots at intervals of about a 
month, beginning with the first early in February, and selecting 
the early-flowered roots of the previous year for the first 
potting. J. 9. 
Fig. 1. Pistil and hypogynous glands :—magnified. 
