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Gesneria bulbosa. Bulbous-rooted 

 Gesneria. 



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Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Gesneria. Rich. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus (plerumque germini adnatus). Cor. tubu- 

 loso - campanulata, limbo bilabiato ; labio superiore bi-, 

 inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula bilocularis, 

 bivalvis, placentis parietalibus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Gesneria * bulbosa ; pubescenti-tomentosa, foliis oppositis 

 cordato-ovatis erenato-serratis, panicula terminali, co- 

 rollas labio superiore longissimo bifido recto, inferiore 

 minuto reflexo. 



Gesneria bulbosa. Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 343. Spreng. 

 Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 839. 



Descr. Root, or rather root-stalk, a rounded, large tuber. 

 Stem erect, herbaceous, downy, simple, in our plant two to 

 three feet high. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, cordato- 

 ovate, downy, especially beneath, glaucous-green. Panicle 

 terminal, of many large and splendidly - coloured scarlet 

 fiowers. Bractece cordate. Calyx five-cleft, the segments 

 short, linear, subulate. Corolla three inches long, tubular, 

 enlarged upward, contracted just below the base, the very 

 base five-lobed, and remarkably inflated, orange-yellow, 



while 



% * Named in honour of Conrao Gesner, a celebrated Physician and Botan- 

 »t, and a native of Switzerland. 



