GLOXIN'IA SPECIO'SA-CAULES'CENS. 
SHEWY-CAULESCENT GLOXINIA. 
EXOGENZE. OR DICOTYLEDONEX 
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basiconnat quali CoRoLia perigyna, staliltatiiaiees. 
vel. competing “aie tubo basi postice gibbo, fauce ampliata, antice ven- 
tricosa, limbi bilabiati labio superiore breviore bilobo, iifetlocs trilobi lobo 
brevibus, anatropa. Sryxus simplex; stigma capitatum, subinfundibuliforme. 
Capsuta calyce c ‘eng tecta, apice bivalvis, valvis medio placentiferis. Semr- 
na plurima, oblongo-fusiformia. Empryo in axi albuminis carnosi orthotro- 
yor cotyledonibus obtaitie radiéula umbilicum spectante, centrifuga. Hers 
opie, tube re hypogeo gs. BC acaules “0 ontlesventes's foliis 
appeal petiolatis, crassis, crenatis vel serratis; floribus axillaribus, sol lifariis 
vel paucis aggregatis, eae nutantibus, poe tase albis vel viridi. 
lutescentibus, interdum punctis vel maculis obscurioribus variegatis. EnDLr- 
cHER: Genera Plantarum, p. ao 
HYBRID, Groxtini1a spectosa-caucescens. Fouts cano-hirsutis ovali- _ 
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CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, GLOXINIA. TUBE OF THE CALYX | 
round or five-winged, adhering to the base of the ovary; limb five- 
parted, equal. Corotza perigynous, funnel-shaped or campanulate 
and ringent; tube gibbous at the base, throat dilated, ventricose ante- 
riorly; limb two-lipped, the upper lip shorter, two-lobed, lower lip 
three-lobed, the central lobe largest. STaMENS inserted into the 
tube of the corolla, four in number, and didynamous, included in the 
tube of the corolla or only slightly protruding, a fifth in a rudimentary 
state. ANTHERS two-celled, cohering in the form of a disc. ~Ovary 
cohering to the base of the calyx, and supported by five glands, one- 
celled, with two fleshy parietal placentz, which are two-lobed. OvuLES 
numerous, with short stalks, and anatropous. STYLE simple; stigma 
capitate, somewhat funnel-shaped. CapsuLe covered by the fleshy 
calyx, splitting at the top into two valves; valves placentiferous in the 
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