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GESNERIA AGGREGATA. CLUSTER-FLOWERED 
GESNERIA. 
Class and Order. ae 
DipyNAMIA ANetosPEmatia. 
( Nat. Ord—Gusxerrez. Ricu. ) 
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Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus, (plerumque germini adnatus.) -Cor. 
tubuloso-campanulata, limbo bilabiato; labio superiore 
bi-inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula bilocularis, 
2-valvis, placentis parietalibus. 
| Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Gusneria aggregata; pubescenti-yillosa, foliis ovato-ob- 
longis crenatis rugosis petiolatis, pedunculis 2—4 axil- 
laribus unifloris aggregatis, corollis clavato-cylindri- 
cis basi superne bigibboso. 
Grsneria aggregata. Bot. Reg. t. 329. 
Gzsneria pendulina. Bot. Reg. t. 1032. 
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Descr. Stem herbaceous, from one and a half to two 
feet high, branched, with opposite branches, and hairy. 
Leaves opposite, from two to four inches long, ovato- 
oblong, rather obtuse, wrinkled with the numerous anas- 
tomosing veins, downy, especially beneath, where it is pale 
and almost woolly, the nerves prominent, the margins cre- 
nulated: petiole semiterete, from half an inch to an inch 
long. Peduncles from two to four, springing from the 
axils of the leaves, and shorter than they, slender, hairy, 
Single-flowered. Calyx of five, deep, ovate, acumiate, 
ry segments, Corolla beautiful scarlet, an inch and a 
half long, tubular, but swelling upwards, pubescent ; the 
‘mouth nearly regular, with two spreading lobes = ord 
