GESNERIA ELONGA’‘TA. 
ELONGATED GESNERIA, 
DICOTYLEDONER, 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs 
_ NATURAL ORDER, GESNERACEZ. 
CALYCIFLORE, i “ag 
OF { i & Piece i 
DECANDOLLE. this prong it OF LINNEUS. 
No. 27. 
GENUS. Gesynerta. Ltwvevs. Caryx ovario adnatus; limbo libero, 
OLLA 
-partito. C ub 
riore emarginato-bilobo, inferiore trifido. Stamina 4, didynama, Sasoms, 
bilobum. Capsuta calyce vestita, unilocularis si reid W cacao parietalibus 
duabus, oppositis, bilamellatis. Humsozpr, Bonptanp, er Kunrx. Nova 
Genera et Species Plantarum, Vol. III, p. 315. 
SPECIES. Gesneria Etoneata. Humpotpr. Forts oppositis, ob- 
longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, icberenatis supra strigoso-scabris, subtus fus- 
centibus et lanato-tomentosis; peduanculis axillaribus, quadrifloris, elongatis. 
Humeotpr. Nova Genera et Species; Vol. IL, p. 318. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, GESNERIA. Catyx attached to the 
ovarium ; limb free, five-parted. Coroxua tubular, widened towards 
the upper part; limb two-lipped, upper lip emarginately two-lobed, 
lower lip three-cleft. Stamens 4, didynamous. Sriema two-lobed. 
Carsute, covered by the calyx, one-celled, two-valved ; placentx 2, 
parietal, opposite, consisting each of two plates, or lamellie. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, GESNERIA ELONGATA. PLANT 
with quadrangular branches, clothed with rough wool. LEaves oppo- 
site, petiolate, oblong, acuminate, attenuate at the base, nearly entire, 
about four inches long, nineteen to twenty lines broad, the young leaves 
_crenate, or serrulate, somewhat fleshy, veined, upper surface strigose- 
rough, under surface woolly, and inclining to.a rusty colour, veins 
purple. Prrioes about eight lines long, woolly. Prpuncxes axil- 
lary, three inches long, hairy, four-flowered. FLOowErs umbellate, 
pedicillate, erect, fourteen to fifteen lines long. Perpicers nearly an 
inch Jong, round, pilose. Bracrs 2, placed opposite each other at 
the base of the pedicels. Catyx woolly or downy, five-cleft, segments 
ovate, acute, equal. COROLLA tubulose, ventricose towards the apex, 
bright crimson, externally roughish or pilose, throat a little contracted, 
REFERENCE TO THE Drstkcvionte. 
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