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GESNERIA SELLOI. 
(dr. SELLOw's GESNERIA.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
GESNERIE^. 
Generic Character. — See Vol. I., p. 224. 
Specific Character. — Plant herbaceous. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, ovate, acutely serrated, 
pubescent. Racemes terminal. Bracteas ovate, acute. Pedicles about an inch long, of a reddish 
brovpn colour. - Corolla tubular, pubescent, iri-egular, about three inches long, bright scarlet, the 
upper lip narrow, oblong, revolute, and bifid; the lower lip broad, trifid, and terminating bluntly. 
Stamens nearly as long as the corolla. Anthers cohering, two-celled. Stigma capitate, concave. 
Ovarium half superior. Seeds numerous. 
This elegant stove plant is a native of the Brazils, and named after Mr, 
Sellow, a collector of plants for the Prussian government, — who sent it, with many 
others, to the Botanic Garden at Berlin. It is easily cultivated, taking- care not 
to water over the bulb whilst in a dormant state, and then but very sparingly. It 
thrives in a mixture of sandy loam and peat. 
It may be propagated by cuttings, or leaves, as Gloxinia and other plants of 
this order, and frequently produces seeds. 
Dr. Lindley states it to be nearly allied to Gesneria faucidulis, from which, 
however, it differs in brilliancy of colour and denser racemes.. Mr. Knight, of the 
King's Road, Chelsea, furnished us with the plant. 
