652 GLORIOSA 



A. Segments {or petal >i) much erisiped. 



Bupirba, Linn. Climbin"; I.ii.v. St.in r.-lO ft. high: 

 Its. ovate-lanceolate ; seginrni, :;-( in. \,n>'^ and less 

 than an inch wide, openinu' mIIi'M, I"ii ihanging to 

 yellow-red and deep scarli-t. Al i i.a, .\>i:i. B.R. 1:77. 

 Gn. 38:784. R.B. 23:121. 



AA. Se{/inen(s somewhat undulate, hut not crisped. 



simplex, Linn.(G. viriscens, Lindl. 6 .PldntU,'Lo\ii.) . 

 Fls. opening yellow, and remaining so in shade, but be- 

 coming deep yellow-red when exposed to the sun; wider 

 than in O. supertia. barely undulate and wavy, and not 

 prolonged or hooked at the end as in the latter species. 

 Africa. B.M.2539. Var. grandifldra, Nichols. (l/<;«i(5H»ca 



. across. B.M. 5216. 



grand! fldra, I 



a. Ahyssinica, Rich. . said to be the largest-fld. specie.s, seems 

 not to be in cult. L. H. B. 



GLORY OF THE SNOW. Fanciful name for Chiono- 

 dnj-a. 



GLORY PEA. See Cliiiiilhiis. 



GLOXINfiEA. Name given to hybrids of Gloxinia 

 (yinningia) and Gesneria. See Gloxinia. 



GLOXINIA. The genus Gloxinia was founded by 



ai-'X,Hia spfjivsa by Loddi^^e's iu hi,-, Buianiual Cabinet 

 in 1S17, and it was there figured. In the same year it 

 was figured by Ker in the Botanical Register, and 

 also by Sims iu the Botanical Magazine. Sims wrote 

 that the plant was "already to be found in most of 

 the large collections about town [London]." These 

 writers refer the plant to the Linnsean class Didynamia, 

 but Ker also suggests that it may belong to the Cam- 

 panulacetB. This GhKrinia sjn-rinxii was tlic furcrunner 

 and leading parent nf flir m;,,,], i, ( ;i,,, ;nl.i~. i^ImJ ~ w Iiich 



are now referred tn III! f:ui, I' i:, ■ i ■ :'unis 



out that the plant i-.:illx I- I- , - ihmii- 



gia, founded in Ibi::. '..i, :, ;: „.,,,, ,,, i, he 



named S. Selleri. All .mr „.ua. u (_,!., ...■.:.,., aix .Sin- 

 ningias, but to gardeners they will ever be known as 

 Gloxinia; therefore, we will trace the evolution of them 

 here. 



Gloxinia has no tubers : Sinningia has. Gloxinia has 

 a ring-like or annular disk alH.iii tin- cvai-y: Sinningia 

 has 5 distinct glands. Tlic ^llirlllll;las aia'cither stem- 

 less or stem-bearing, with :i ti umiH i -lia|.p (,r bell-shape 

 n-lnbod and more or less :J ii|.|., .1 .a.r,,l|a. ;i 5-augled or 



' ^ I !i 'IS, and they 

 I ' : ' i'i>:irently not 

 ' i.M ', ,„..,...',/;,/ isfigured in 

 I), and it is i)rnbably to be 

 s in the Old World. It pro- 

 \hich, as well as the leaves, 

 • 11. It is als,, figured in B.M. 



few forms of this were once offered by Saul, but, with 

 the exception of P. gloxiniflormn, they are probably all 

 garden forms. 



The garden Gloxinias (genus Sinningia) are nearly 

 stemless plants, producing several or many very showy 

 bell-like fls. each on a long stem. Gloxinia speciosa 

 originally had drooping fls., but the result of continued 

 breeding has produced a race with Hs. nearly or quite 

 erect (Figs. niS, 019). Tlie ,1,-r.p liell of the Gloxinia 

 is very ri.-li .m.l b.autifnl, ami tlie erect position is 

 a_ decided -ain. 'Phi- lis. als,. have been increased in 

 size and number, au.l varied in shape and markings ; 



GLOXINIA 



the Ivs. also have become marked with gray or white. 

 The color of the original Gloxinia speciosa was appar- 

 ently a nearly uniform purple. The modern races have 

 colors in white, red, purple and all intermediate shades: 

 some are blotched, and others are fine-spotted or sprin- 

 kled with darker shades. It is probable that the larger 



Ivs. (B.R. 13:1112). I 

 tie efPect of the S. u" 

 habit in some of the v 

 however, that S. gntlo 

 the evolution of the 



some of the f. ■ 

 following jHn' 

 3206, var. all.: 



Benhouse Glox- 

 Id G. speciosa, 

 irt. One of the 

 I was with Sin- 



hin^' to d., with 



3ent-day flower, 



as striped and 



I wishes to trace 



may look up the 



sa itself ; B.M. 



I'rophvlla varie- 



:!:22ri. Zeichleri 



liana (hvbrid); 



IS. 16:1699 



IMC, 1878, 



I ■-. lil:2164; 



Gn. ];-):ir)8; 43:909; .VJ. p. 2iW. K.ll. Ib4(;:301, Teuch- 

 lerii; R.H. 1848:201, Fyfiana; 1877:70, variabilis; R.H. 

 1883, p. 248. For florists' plants, see A.F. 11:7; A.G. 

 14:49; Gng. 6:83. There are many Latin-made names 

 of garden Gloxinias, but the plants are only forms of 

 the G. speciosa type. One of the commonest current 

 trade names is G. crassifolia, a name applied to some of 

 the best and largest-growing strains. 



Tli'T.' ,are double forms of Gloxinia, in which an outer 

 i"ii li ill i rolla is formed. These forms are more curi- 

 um ful. Gloxinia (Sinningia) has been hybri- 

 I I ilisneria; and the hvbrid progeny has been 

 • all.'l i.!"vinfra(G.C. III. 17:145, Fig. 22). l. H. B. 



Gloxinias are general favorites with most people. 

 Their large tubular and richly colored blossoms, to- 

 gether with their soft, velvety green leaves, make a 

 gorgeous display when in flower. Being natives of tropi- 

 cal America, they require stove temperature during their 

 growing season. Though they may be grown so as to 

 flower at almost any season of the year, yet they are 

 naturally summer-flowering plants, and do best when 

 treated as such. They are propagated by seeds, or by 

 cuttings made of leaves or stems. Seeds are preferable, 

 unless one wishes to increase some very choice colored 

 variety, when it is best to propagate by leaf cuttings, 



