far out-topping them. Each flower is borne ona long axillary ebracte- 
ate peduncle. Caxyx broadly campanulate, the tube short and adher- 
ing to the ovarium, the divisions more or less broadly lanceolate, ter- 
minating in a point, from half an inch to three quarters in length, 
green, hairy, and foliaceous. Corowa nodding, from one and a half 
to two and a half inches in length, violet coloured on the outside, the 
divisions of the limb broad rounded, the lower one rather longer and 
smaller and more deeply separated than the others, all of them pale on 
the inside, the throat purple and the tube streaked inside white and 
purple. 
Popuar AND Geocrapuicat Notice. Two supposed species of 
Gloxinia, speciosa and caulescens, are well known to our hothouse ama- 
teurs by name, but, in any large collection, so gradual a connecting link 
between the one and the other may be observed, as to render it impos- 
sible to draw any line of distinction; and this is not entirely owing to 
hybridising, although that has been much practised, but owing to their 
being naturally but varieties of one species, as shown by native speci- 
mens, and consequently garden seedlings must be expected to sport 
even beyond the limits observed in their own country, the Brasilian em- 
pire. The present variety, intermediate between the two extremes in 
the length of the stem, exceeds most of them in the beauty of colour and 
size of the flower. : G. B. 
Intropuction; Wuere GROWN; CoLTurE. The species was first 
introduced about the year 1815, and being of easy cultivation is become 
common in our hothouses. The beautiful variety, the subject of the 
present plate, was raised by Mrs. Lawrence of Drayton Green, where 
_ our drawing was made. To this lady—a most liberal patron of flori- 
culture, we are also indebted for numerous specimens of the most 
splendid newly-introduced exotics. This fine variety of Gloxinia 
Speciosa requires to be kept in the stove; and should be permitted to 
have a season of rest, by keeping the soil nearly dry when its tuber 
becomes dormant. It may be raised by cuttings, either of the leaves 
or stems, and should be potted in a rich soil, mixed with coarse sand. 
Derivation or tHE Name. 
Groxm1a named by L’ Heéritier i h = : 
Sreciosa, Seas ree Fin Aonour of Gloxin, a botanist of Colmar. 
G Synonrmes. 
LOXINIA SPECIOSA, Loddiges’ Botanical Cabinet, t. 28. Botanical Reg. t. 213. 
IN ScENs, Botanical Register, t. 1127, 
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