minate ; the other large, ovate, tapering at the base into a stout 
petiole, and acuminate at the apex, the margin serrated. Pedi- 
cels aggregated, axillary, downy, six to seven lines long, hairy. 
Calyx entirely free, the four lower lobes lanceolate-linear; about — 
nine lines long, with one or two shorter or longer teeth above 
the middle, coloured and slightly hairy ; the upper lobed, much 
shorter, and narrow, deflected by the spur. Corolla tubular, 
enlarged upwards, projected below into a short obtuse spur, the 
whole tube about an inch and a half long, clothed outside with 
a short thin down, the Zimé divided into five broad short lobes, 
of which the three lower are fringed with long thread-like 
laciniz ; inside of the corolla smooth. Stamens inserted near 
the base of the corolla: filaments smooth, anthers cohering, 
slightly fringed with hairs at the lower end. .Rudiment of the 
fifth stamen small. Annular disc nearly obsolete, with a large 
posterior gland. Ovary conical, hairy, with two lamelliform, 
bipartite, parietal placenta. Style smooth, thick, somewhat 
clavate, with the stigmatic extremity rarely emarginate. Benth. 
Cuur. A tropical soft-wooded plant, of robust, straggling 
growth, and, like many other Gesneriaceous plants, of an epi- 
phytal habit, and will grow freely on decaying vegetable matter 
imawarm and moist atmosphere. The plant here represented 
was raised from seed, and has grown luxuriantly in a mixture 
of light loam and peat-soil. It is readily increased by cuttings, 
which produce roots without the aid of a bell-glass. J. 8. 
_ Fig. 1. Base with the spur of the corolla and stamens, side-view. 2. Ante- 
rior view of ditto. 3. Pistil and hypogynous glands i—magnified, 
