GLOXINIA. 
HYBRID VARIETIES. 
(1. Fyfiana. 2. Teuchlerii. 3. Albo-sanguinea.) 
Order. 
DIDYNAMIA 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
GESNER ACEiE. 
(Gesner- worts, Veg. King.) 
Generic Character. — Calyx superior, five-leaved. 
Corolla campanulate, limb oblique. Filaments with 
their rudiments inserted in the tube of the corolla. 
Capsule one-celled. Receptacle with two lobes. 
GARDEN HYBRIDS. 
1. Fyfiana. — A very delicate flowering kind. The bloom is sent up erect from 
the roots, and not drooping, like the parents. The flowers are somewhat cam- 
panulate, all the segments of the limb are equal, and this regularity in size and 
expansion renders the spreading lobes star-shaped. A rich purple stripe extends 
from the throat up the centre of each of the five divisions, leaving borders of the 
purest white. The habit of the plant does not differ from the general appearance 
of Gloxinia speciosa. Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered beau- 
tifully in the collection of Messrs. Veitch and Son, Nurserymen, of Exeter, in 
July, 1847. 
2. Teuchlerii. — In the nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, Nurserymen, of Tooting, 
we made our drawing of this singular hybrid Gloxinia, in April last. The flowers, 
as will be seen by the plate, are most curiously marked, the colours of the parent 
flowers, not being promiscuously blended together, but each in distinct alternate 
flakes of purple and pink, pure and bright ; on the lower segment of the limb the 
pink becomes a deep rich crimson, extending to the throat of the tube. This very 
beautiful kind was raised betwixt G. speciosa and G. rubra by M. Joscht, gardener 
to Count De Thun, of Techen, in Bohemia. It was introduced to this country by 
Messrs. Rollisson last summer, under the name we have here adopted. It has also 
been called amongst nurserymen Teichleri. If the flower should continue true to its 
present character, it will prove one of the greatest favourites of this beautiful genus. 
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