[Prate 76.] 
THE PURPLE GESNERA. 
(GESNERA PURPUREA.) 
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A noble Hothouse Tuberous Plant, of UNKNOWN ORIGIN, belonging to GESNERADS. 
Specific Character. 
THE PURPLE GESNERA. Leaves whorled, heart- | GESNERA PURPUREA ; foliis verticillatis cordatis 
shaped, oblong, serrato-dentate, downy. Panicle some- | blongis serrato-dentatis tomentosis, panieulà sub ver- 
what whorled, with very short peduncles. Pedicels long, |  ticillatà ped lis brevibus, pedicellis elongatis umbellati 
umbellate, hairy. Corolla with a long tube, downy, with | pilosis, corollis longè tubulosis tomentosis limbi lacinia 
the upper limb straight, two-lobed, almost square, the | ^ supremá rectá bilobá subquadratà lateralibus rotundatis 
laterals rounded and much shorter. |  multó brevioribus. 
Gesnera purpurea of the Gardens. 
us very handsome plant belongs to the race of G. Douglasii, to which alone M. Decaisne limits 
the name, applying that of Coryrnrotoma to Gesnera striata, Sceptrum, ignea, Marchii, and the 
like; Isonoma (the Kohleria of Regel) to G. vestita, spicata, mollis, longifolia, &c.; Dircma to 
G. bulbosa, faucialis, lateritia, &c.; while Gesnera pardina and Gardneri form the genus HovrrEA, 
G. picta Trpma, ©. allagophylla and two more RxCHsTEINERA. These, and some other minor 
corrections necessary for restoring order among the confused mass of plants referred to Gesnera by 
authors, although not exhausting the subject, render the limits of the genera better than they had 
previously been. With the subject of the present plate, under the name of GESNERA, are associated 
G. , cochlearis, macrostachya, and discolor aliàs polyantha. 
Tt is evident that the present species is very near ©. Douglasii itself, although far handsomer 
than even the best of the varieties (?) of that species. Not only are its dimensions larger in all 
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