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opposite, on short petioles, cordate-ovate, acute, serrated, hairy 

 above, and hoary from tomentum beneath ; cymes many-flower- 

 ed, lateral, disposed into a long thyrse ; corollas clavately cylin- 

 drical ; limb short, nearly equal ; hypogynous glands 4. Tf . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, on 

 Mount Butucaray, Sello. Leaves 5 inches long, and nearly 3 

 broad. Cymes opposite. 



Sello s Gesneria. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



10 G. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 395. t. 

 191.) branches pilose; leaves opposite, obliquely ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, rounded at the base, sub-cordate, serrately crenated, 

 densely and pilosely pubescent above, silvery and pilose beneath ; 

 peduncles axillary, 3-flowered ; corolla tubular, inflated at top, 

 pubescent ; limb 5-cleft, nearly equal, spreading ; hypogynous 

 glands unknown. If. S. Native of New Granada. Leaves 

 on short petioles, 3 inches long, and lj inch broad. Corolla 

 scarlet ; limb spotted. 



Soft Gesneria. PI. ? 



11 G. MACROSTACHTA (Lindl. bot, reg. t. 1202.) clothed with 

 hoary down ; stem simple ; leaves opposite, on short petioles, 

 cordate ovate, crenated, wrinkled ; cymes from the axils of the 

 bracteas or upper leaves, many-flowered, the whole forming a 

 long, leafless, terminal, compound raceme ; corolla tubular, 

 tomentose : limb nearly equal, short ; hypogynous glands twin 

 behind. 1. S. Native of Rio Janeiro. Root tuberous, like 

 the rest. Corolla scarlet ; limb spotted. 



Long-spiked Gesneria. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1825. PI. 2 feet. 

 12 G. LONGIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c. p. 396.) branches 

 clothed with woolly hairs ; leaves opposite, obliquely ovate, 

 acute, narrowed into the short petioles at the base, crenated, 

 finely pilose above, and pubescent beneath ; peduncles axillary, 

 2-flovrered : corolla tubular, woolly : limb nearly equal, 5-cleft, 

 spreading ; hypogynous glands unknown. If. . S. Native of 

 New Granada. Leaves 4-5 inches long, and 2j broad. Co- 

 rolla purplish, ventricose at top ; limb spotted. 



Long-Jlotrered Gesneria. PI. ? 



13 G. ZLONGA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 396. t. 192.) 

 branches tetragonal, clothed with woolly hairs ; leaves opposite, 

 oblong acuminated, acute at the base, somewhat crenated, sca- 

 brous from strigse above, and clothed with fuscescent, woolly 

 tomentum beneath ; peduncles axillary, 4-flowered, elongated ; 

 corolla tubular, ventricose at top, hairy ; limb 5-cleft, nearly 

 equal; hypoaynous glands unknown. Tf. S. Native of Quito. 

 Leaves 4 inches long ; veins purplish beneath. Corolla scarlet : 

 throat contracted ; limb spreading, spotted. 



Elongatfd-peduncled Gesneria. Shrub. ? 



14 G. CORYMBOSA (Swartz, prod. p. 89. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 

 1022.) shrubby, subdivided ; leaves opposite, ovate, acute, ser- 

 rated, scarious, rough, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath, 

 on short petioles ; peduncles terminal and axillary, many-flow- 

 ered, corymbose ; corolla cylindrical, incurved : 2 upper seg- 

 ments of the limb concave : the 3 lower ones longer, with cre- 

 nated edges. T- . S. Native of the South of Jamaica, in rocky 

 chalky places on the banks of rivers. Leaves 2 inches long. 

 Corollas scarlet. 



Corym&oje-flowered Gesneria. Fl. June, Aug. Clt 1822. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



15 G. LASIA'KTHA (Zucc. abbandl. acad. wiss. 1829, 1830. p. 

 305. t. 13.) stem shrubby, branched, hairy; leaves petiolate, 

 decussate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrulated, clothed with 

 silky hairs; peduncles 4-flowered; tube of corolla equal at the 

 base, with 5 gibbosities : hypogynous glands 5. minute. Ij . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Corolla downy. Nearly allied to G. Dep- 

 peana, Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 110. 



WooUy-Jloreered Gesneria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



: Floirers certicillate, spicate, or r act note. 



16 G. SCE PTRCM (Mart. nov. gen. bras. 3. p. 32. t. 214.) vQ- 

 lous ; leaves on short petioles, opposite, or 3 in a whorl, from 

 subcordate at the base to oblong, bluntly serrated; whorls of 

 flowers almost leafless at top, disposed in an elongated thyrse ; 

 pedicels about the length of the corolla; upper lip of corolla 

 drawn out ; bypogynous glands 4 or 5. T(. . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of St. Paul, at Mogy das Cruce, along 

 the banks of the Sapucahy river. Tuber large, depressed, glo- 

 bose. Leaves 2-3 inches long, villous. Stems simple. 



far. a, riibra (Mart. 1. c.) leaves with more parallel margins, 

 lanceolate-oblong, acute, 3-5 inches long ; peduncles loose and 

 longer ; corollas red, or scarlet. 



far. y,Jtacida (Mart. 1. c.) leaves broader, broad ovate-ob- 

 long, 4-6 inches long ; peduncles loose and longer ; corolla pale 

 yellow. 



Far. y, ignea (Mart. 1. c.) leaves smaller, H to 2 inches long-, 

 obtuse, rarely crenated, more densely pubescent beneath and 

 canescent ; peduncles shorter, strict ; corollas pale fire coloured, 

 reddish towards the edge of the limb. 



Sceptre Gesneria. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



17 G. CHELONIOI'DES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 392.) 

 stem nearly simple, hairy ; leaves opposite, on short petioles. 

 oblong, acutish, obtuse at the base, coarsely crenated, hairy on 

 both surfaces, canescent beneath ; flowers spicate, opposite, soli- 

 tary or twin ; corolla tabular, hairy, gibbous above at the base : 

 throat wide ; hypogynous glands 5. If. . S. Native of New 

 Granada, in shady places in the valleys of Gualguase and Smitha, 

 between Popayan and Almagner, at the altitude of 580 to 700 

 hexapods. Leaves 3 inches long. Flowers pedicellate. Limb 

 of corolla bilabiate : lobes all rounded. Corolla pale red. 

 Ovarium only adhering to the calyx at the base. 



Chetone-ftke Gesneria. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



18 G. ELA'TIOR (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 393.) stem 

 simple ? pilose ; leaves 3 in a whorl, nearly sessile, lanceolate, 

 obtuse at both ends, crenated, pilose, but more densely so be- 

 neath ; spikes terminal, verticillate ; whorles 3-flowered, re- 

 mote ; corolla clavately cylindrical, villous ; hypogynous glands 

 5. y.. H. Native of New Andalusia, in shady places on 

 Mount Tumiriquiri, at the altitude of 600 hexapods. Leaves 

 on short petioles, canescent beneath, Z\ inches long, and 7 lines 

 broad. Flowers pedicellate, drooping. Corolla tubular, in- 

 flated at top, red. 



Taller Gesneria. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



19 G. STLVA'TICA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) stem simple, pilose: 

 leaves 3 or 4 in a whorl, lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, quite 

 entire, strigosely pilose on both surfaces, but especially beneath ; 

 spike terminal, verticillate ; whorles 2 -4-flowered : lower ones 

 distant ; corolla tubularly ventricose ; limb 5-lobed, reflexed ; 

 hypogynous glands unknown. TJ . S. Native of the province 

 of Bracomoros, between Jaen and the river Amazon, at the alti- 

 tude of 230 hexapods. Leaves canescent beneath, \\ inch long, 

 and \ an inch broad. Flowers pedicellate. Corolla 8 lines 

 long, scarlet, pilose outside. 



Wood Gesneria. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



20 G. SPICA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t. 188.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, simple, pilose ; leaves 3 in a whorl, on short petioles, lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, acuminated, crenated, densely pilose above, and 

 clothed with woolly tomentum beneath ; spike terminal, verti- 

 cillate; whorles 10-flowered, approximate ; corolla tubular, in- 

 curved, hairy : limb 5-cleft : the 2 upper segments rather the 

 largest ; hypogynous glands 5. Ij . S. Native of New Gra- 

 nada, in boggy places near Ibpgue, at the foot of Mount Quin- 

 diu ; also near the Hacienda de La Laguna, in Mexico, at the 



