Gardneriane. N. O. Gesneriacee. 
TAB... CDLX XII. 
GLOXINIA ICHTHYOsTOMA. Gardn. 
Annua, caule elongato erecto hirsuto-villoso, foliis subineequila- 
teris ovatis acutis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis grossé 
crenato-serratis utrinque hirsutiusculis, pedicellis axillaribus 
solitariis 1-floris, calycis 5-partiti lobis lineari-lanceolatis 
patentibus, corolle tubo infundibuliformi campanulato, limbo 
subbilabiato, lobo intermedio labii inferioris margine incut- 
vato longeque denticulato-ciliato. 
Gloxinia ichthyostoma. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3304. 
Has. In shady rocky places on dry calcareous hills near Arrial 
da Chapada, province of Goyaz, Brazil. January, 1840. 
Herbacea, annua, erecta, hirsuta, 1-14 pedalis. Caules simplices. 
Folia opposita, petiolata, 21-3 poll. longa, 14-2 pollices lata, 
subobliqua, gross? crenato-serrata, acuta, basi subcordata. 
Petioli 3 lineas circiter longi, dense hirsuti. Pedicelli soli- 
tarii, axillares, erecti, internodo triplo breviores. Calycis 
tubus ovario adnatus. Limbus 5-partitus, lobis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis patentibus. Corolla purpureo-violacea, extus pubes- 
cens, tubo infundibuliformi-campanulato basi ecalcarato, 
limbo subbilabiato 5-lobo, lobo intermedio labii inferioris 
margine incurvato longeque dentato-ciliato. Stamina 4, 
didynama et quintum rudimentarium. Anthere inter se 
coberentes. Glandule 5, perigyne. Stylus versus apicem 
incrassatus. Stigma orbiculato-concavum. 
‘he specific name which I have given to this species of — 
Gloxinia was suggested by the very marked resemblance which 
the middle lobe of the lower lip of its corolla bears to the jaW — 
of a fish. The same appearance exists, but in a slighter degree, — 
in the original Gloxinia maculata.—G. Gardner. 7 
