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— Guoxinia speciosa. Roven-LEAvep 
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Class and Order. 
Dipynamia ANGIosPERMIA. ~ 
Generic Character. - 28g 
Cal. superus, 5-phyllus. Cor. campanulata: limbo obliquo. 
Filamenta cum rudimento quinti imo tubo corolla inserta. 
Caps. |-locularis? recept. 2, biloba, lateribus inserta. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
GLoxiNniA speciosa ; subacaulis, foliis hispidis crenatis, pe- 
dunculis erectis flore longioribus*. 
Groxinia speciosa. Loddiges Bot. Cab. 98, Bot. Reg. | 
No. 213. cS 
Descr. Stemveryshort. Leaves opposite, oval, very hairy on 
both sides, when falspeoirn seven ‘aches rai wide. 
Peduncles axillary, villous, rounded, three or fourincheslong, 
upright: from the shortness of the stem, concealed amid — 
the leaves, and the very erect position of the long peduncles, 
these latter appear, at first sight, like scapes rising imme- — 
diately from the roots without intervening stem. Calyx ad~ _ 
herent to the germen: border five-cleft: segments ovate- 
acuminate, nearly equal, sub-bilabiately arranged, five-nerved, 
very hairy. Corolla ringent, tube refracted, faux open, 
limb bilabiate 2: laciniz rounded. Stamens. four : filaments 
incurved, inserted into the base of the tube of the corolla, 
with which they fall off: anthers united together. There is” 
a small rudiment of a fifth filament placed at the back of the 
* The other species may be distinguished as under : - 2 
Gioxinta maculata ; foliis glabriusculis, pedunculis horizontalibus flore 
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