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flowered ; flowers large, crimson, tube contracted near the 

 mouth, which is yellow, lobes rather more dilated than is usual 

 in Isoloma. See also " Fl. des Serres," 10, 1057. 



The following Isolomas are inferior to what are recorded above, 

 and are not recommended except for very large establishments 

 or botanical gardens, or where the order is made a speciality. 



Deppeanum (fig. "Bot. Mag." 3725).— Mexico. Peduncles very 

 long, axillary, umbellate, bracteolate ; flowers 3-4, on pedicels 

 H inch long, small, tubular, orange-red. Gesnera oblongata 

 and G. elongata are synonyms. 



elegans (fig. "Fl. des Serres," t. 489 as formosa). — Guatemala. 

 Plant softly hairy ; leaves longish-petioled, ovate, from an un- 

 equal base ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 3 inches long, umbellate 

 and bracteolate at the apex ; flowers 3-4-pedicelled, corolla tube 

 scarlet, yellow in the mouth. See also "Gartenfl." 1854, 

 t. 101. 



hondense (fig. " Bot. Mag." 4217). — Honda, in Colombia. 

 Peduncles 1-3 in the axils, longer than the petioles ; flowers 

 small, hairy, crimson and yellow, tube about 1 inch long, sub- 

 ventricose, contracted at the mouth. 



ignoratum (fig. " Gartenfl." 1852, f. 1).— Mexico. Stem pilose; 

 flowers small, tubular, reddish, villous, on 1-flowered peduncles, 

 which are solitary or twin in the axils of the small upper leaves, 

 forming a terminal head. 



Jaliscanum ("Proc. Amer. Acad." xxv. [1890], 159) (not 

 figured). — Mexico. Stem pubescent ; peduncles axillary, 1 inch 

 long, bearing an umbel of 2-4 flowers on 1-inch pedicels ; calyx- 

 lobes acuminate ; corolla tube 1 inch long, scarlet, pubescent, 

 funnel-shaped, contracted at the mouth. 



longifolium (fig. "Bot. Reg." 28 [1842], t. 40). — Guatemala. 

 Peduncles whorled in the upper axils, much longer than the 

 petioles, forming a terminal head of small dull orange-red 

 flowers. See also "Rev. Hort." ser. iii., ii. (1848), 465. 



molle (fig. " Bot. Mag." 3815).— Caracas. Shrubby, 1\ feet, hairy ; 

 leaves clothed with long silky hairs ; flowers densely hairy, red, 

 funnel-shaped, 3-5, long-pedicelled, in an umbel on very short 

 axillary peduncles. 



rubricaule (fig. " Gartenfl." 1852, 7). — Venezuela. Leaves elliptic ; 

 peduncles axillary, solitary, a little longer than the petioles, 

 1-flowered ; calyx-lobes long, acute ; flowers rather small, tubular, 

 scarlet. Allied to hirsutum of Humb. and Bonpl. 



rupestre (" Gard. Chron." 1871, 611).— Nicaragua. Stem woolly, 

 whitish ; peduncles 1-flowered, fasciculate in the upper axils, 

 forming a terminal head of flowers ; corolla villous, tube cylindric. 

 Allied to Seemanni. 



Scheideanum (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4152). — Mexico. Leaves softly 

 downy, in whorls of 3 ; peduncles aggregate in the upper 

 axils, shorter than the leaves, 1-3-flowered ; flowers scarlet, 

 hairy, tube between campanulate and funnel-shaped ; calyx 

 short, turbinate. 



