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villosa (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4866). — Surinam. Subherbaceous ; 

 branches thick, woolly ; flowers axillary, ternate, large, Gloxinia- 

 like, whitish, purple-flaked. 



Fieldia australis (fig. "Bot. Mag." 5089).— New South Wales, on the 

 Blue Mountains. Straggling, shrubby ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; 

 flowers yellow, long, tubular, on solitary axillary peduncles. 

 A very pretty plant when in flower. 



GesnePa.— Stove perennials, generally with tuberous roots ; flowers very 

 showy. Gesneria is the name given in the Kew List ; the i is 

 quite superfluous, and I do not think this name will be generally 

 accepted. 



Blassii (fig. " Fl. des Serres," 1. 1140, 1). — Brazil. Flowers scarlet, 

 in drooping panicles from the upper axils. A beautiful plant. 



bulbOSa (fig. "Bot. Reg." t. 343).— Brazil. Tuber large ; leaves 

 fleshy, ovate-cordate, on short thick petioles ; panicles terminal, 

 numerous, spreading, distant ; peduncles corymbosely many- 

 flowered, much shorter than the pedicels, which are 1 -flowered ; 

 calyx very small ; corolla scarlet, pubescent, clavately tubular, 

 tube rather narrow, lobes very unequal, the upper one large, 

 elongated. 



caPdinalis (fig. "Garden," Sept. 10, 1892, p. 874).— Habitat ? 

 Leaves velvety-green ; flowers cymose, bright red, velvety, 

 large ; very large tuberous roots. Often grown under the name 

 of "macrantha." Very beautiful plant ; should be in every stove. 



cinnabarina, see Naegelia cinnabapina. 



COChleaPis (fig. " Bot. Mag." 3787).— Brazil. Flowers scarlet, ter- 

 minal in a racemose head. Very fine species. 



CoopePi (Paxton, "Mag. Bot." 1, 1835,224) (fig. "Bot. Mag." 

 3041 as bulbosa). — Brazil. Tuber large ; stem erect, downy, 

 2-3 feet ; panicle terminal ; flowers numerous, large, scarlet ; 

 calyx small, segments short, linear ; corolla tubular, 3 inches 

 long, enlarged upward, contracted just above the base, the base 

 inflated into yellow lobes. 



DonkelaePiana (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 5070).— Colombia. Flowers 

 vermilion, in terminal heads ; large tubers. One of the finest of 

 the genus, but rare. 



elliptica (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4242). — Colombia mountains. A fine 

 species in the way of rutila. Flowers axillary, yellow. 



exoniensis (fig. "Floral Mag." 127, 381).— Garden hybrid, pro- 

 bably with Naegelia. Leaves very beautiful, velvety, dark reddish ; 

 flowers orange-scarlet, in a terminal head. Should be in every 

 stove. It would be better classed probably under Naegelia than 

 Gesnera. 



faucialis (fig. "Bot. Mag." 1785 and 3659, fascialis in error). — 



Rio de Janeiro. Whole plant downy; flowers in terminal 



racemes, large, handsome, velvety, scarlet. 

 latePita (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 1950). — Brazil. Large crimson 



flowers, much in the way of cardinalis. 

 Leopoldi (fig. "Fl. des Serres," 7, 704, 5).— Brazil. Flowers 



vermilion, in terminal umbels. Beautiful compact dwarf 



