GLORIOSA 



THE BULB BOOK 



GLOXINERA 



with yellow at the base at first. 

 (Gard. Chron. 1903, xxxiii. 322, f. 

 125; Flora and Sylva, Aug. 1904.) 

 The beautiful variety citrina has 

 yellow flowers and leaves somewhat 

 narrower than the type. The centre 

 and tip of each petal is marked with 

 a claret-coloured band, which spreads 

 over the whole surface in time. 

 (Gard. Chron. 1905, xxxviii. 67, 

 211, f.) 



O-. superba (Methonica superba). 

 A native of India, Malacca, and 

 Tropical Africa. This is the best- 

 known species of the genus, and was 

 first introduced to cultivation in 1690 



1890, ii. 784.) The variety lutea, 

 Avhich is abundant in Rhodesia, has 

 flowers of pure buff-yellow without a 

 trace of red. 



G. virescens ( G. simplex; G. 

 Planti). A native of Mozambique, 

 with stems 3 to 4 ft. long, leaves 

 like those of G. suj)erba, and greenish- 

 yellow flowers, bordered with yellow 

 and tinted with red outside (Bot. 

 Mag. tt. 2539, 4938). The variety 

 grandiflora from Natal has yellow 

 flowers. 



GLOXINERA. This is the name 

 given to a bigeneric hybrid between 

 a Gloxinia and Gesnera pyramidalis, 

 the latter being the pollen parent. 



Fio. 173. Gloriosa superba. 



from the East Indies. It has climb- 

 ing stems, 5 to 6 ft. long, tendril- 

 tipped leaves, and flowers with very 

 wavy sharply reflexed segments, the 

 lower portion of which is yellow, the 

 upper portion being bright red mar- 

 gined with yellow. (And. Bot. Rep. 

 t. 129; Bot. Reg. t. 77; Garden, 



Fia. V4.-Gloxincra " Brilliant." (J.) 



It was shown by Messrs Veitch, 

 Chelsea, in 1894, and the following 

 description with a figure appeared in 

 the Gard. Chron. 2nd Feb. 1885, p. 

 144, f. 22 : The flowers are of a fair 

 size, and of a brilliant scarlet colour 

 tinged with magenta in the shadows. 

 The foliage is more nearly that of a 



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