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SINNINGIA GUTTATA. 
(SPOTTED -FLOWERED SINNINGIA .) 
CLASS. 
D1DYNAMIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
GESNERIE7E. 
Generic Character — Calyx tubular, five-angled ; limb five-clefted. Corolla funnel-shaped. Germen 
five-winged, one-celled. 
Specific Character Stem thick and fleshy, of a dull purple colour. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceo- 
late, serrated, dark green, very shining;,, covered with soft hairs. Leaf-stalks tinged with purple. 
Calyx light yellowish green, hairy. Corolla double the length of calyx, nearly white, thickly 
spotted with dark crimson spots. 
This beautiful stove plant is a native of Brazil. It was introduced to the 
garden of the Horticultural Society of London in 1826, by Henry Chamberlain, 
Esq. It is not unsually grown in a dry stove, but we find it to flourish much 
better when placed in the hottest part of a damp stove, and supplied plentifully 
with water whilst growing. 
It is propagated without difficulty, by cuttings or by leaves, as gloxinias. 
The soil should be sandy peat and light loam. 
ORDER. 
ANGIOSPERM I A, 
