1279 



GESNERIA* mtila ; var. atrosanguinea. 

 Brilliant Gesneria ; deep a^imson variety. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Gesnerie^e. 



GESNERIA. — Suprd, vol. 4. fol. 329. 



G. rutila ; herbacea, hirsuta, foliis oppositis oblongis gross^ crenatis utrinque 

 concoloribus, floribus axillaribus solitariis erectis, calycibus inflatis, 

 coroUis pedicello longioribus. — Suprc), fol. 1158. 



Var. Floribus saturate sanguineis, calycibus sanguineo raarginatis. 



This fine plant is certainly a mere variety of G. rutila ; 

 but its great beauty renders it worthy of being recorded. 



It is a native of Rio Janeiro, whence it was brought 

 by Mr. J. MaccuUoch, Gardener to the Right Honourable 

 Robert Gordon, by whom it was presented to the Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



It is a tender stove plant, flowering in profusion in 

 August and September. Our drawing was made in the 

 Chiswick Garden, in the present year. 



* See fol. 1158. 



