1767 



*GESNERA allagophylla. 



SJdf ting -leaved Gesnera, 



DIDYNAMIA AI^GIOSPF.RMIA. 



Nat, ord. Gesnereje, Richard, {Introduction to the Natural Sijstem 

 of Botany, p. 227.) 



GESNERA.—Supra, vol. 4. fol. 329. 



G. aUuf/ophylla ; caule erecto piloso ssppe trigono, folils villosis subsessilihus 

 ternls oppositis vel sparsis linear! oblongis spatulatisve obtusis crenatis, 

 floribus sessilibus in verticillis spicave longa terminali, coroll* tubo piloso 

 cylindrico: limbo aequali patenti glabro, glantlulis hypogynis duabus posticis. 

 De Martins Nov. Gen, et Sjj. pi. 3. 36. 



A Stove plant, our drawing of which was made last July 

 from a specimen belonging to Mr. Young of Epsom. Un- 

 fortunately we had no opportunity of making any notes 

 concerning its structure, and consequently we are uncertain 

 whether it is rightly referred to the above named species. 

 It agrees very well with von Martius' careful description, 

 except that we did not observe the upper part of the stem 

 to be at all triano^ular. 



If we are right in the species to which we have referred 

 it, this is a native of the auriferous plains of Brazil in the 

 Province of the Mines, in various places, especially about 

 Villa Rica, the toNvn of S. Joao d'El Rey, in the Serras da 

 Pires and da Piedade, and elsewhere. It has also been 

 met with by Sellow, beyond the Tropic, in the Province of 

 St. Paul's. (Martius.) 



A very pretty neat species, and an interesting addi- 

 tion to the showy and easily cultivable genus to which it 

 belongs. 



* See folio 115S. 



