GESNE'RA DOUGLA'SII. 
Variety verticillata. 
DOUGLAS’S GESNERA. 
■\Vliorled variety. 
EXOGEN^. 
OR 
DICOTYLEDONE^. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs 
CALYCIFLOR;E, 
OP 
DECANDOLLE. 
NATURAL ORDER, GESNERACEAi:. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
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DIDYNAMIA, 
ANGIOSPERMIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
GENUS. Gesnera. Linnsus. Calyx tubo cum ovarii basi cobaerente, 
limbo quinqiiepartito, subinsequali. Corolla perigyna, tubulosa, tubo ima 
basi quinquegibbosoj limbi subbilabiati labio inferiore trilobo. Stamina 
corollsB inserta, quatuor didynama, inclusa, cum rudimento quinti; antherse 
biloculares, in diseum cohaerentes, demum solutae. Ovarium basi calyci 
cohaerens, glandulis quinque cinctum, uniloculare, placentis duabus parietali- 
bus, bilobis. Ovula plurima, in funiculis longiusculis anatropa. Stylus 
simplex; stigma capitatum, obsolete bilobum. Capsula coriacea, unilocu- 
laris, bivalvis, valvis medio placentiferis. Semina plurima, subclavata. 
Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi orthotropus; cotyledonibus brevibus,obtusis, 
radicula umbilicum spectante, centrifuga. 
SPECIES. Gesnera Douglasii. Var. verticillata {Linbley) Foliis 
pseudo-verticillatis, ovatis obtuse-crenatis, cymis terminalibus umbellatis, 
corollae limbo subaequali, glandulis duabus superioribus dilatatis, inferioribus 
obliteratis. 
Character of the Genus, Gesnera. Calyx adhering by its 
tube to the base of the ovary, with a five-partite somewhat unequally 
divided limb. Corolla perigynous, tubular, with five gibbous 
projections close to the base; the limb somewhat bilabiate, the 
inferior lip three-lobed. Stamens attached to the corolla, four, 
didynymous, included, with the rudiment of a fifth. Anthers two- 
celled, at first cohering together into a disk-like expansion, at length 
separating. Ovary adhering to the base of the calyx, surrounded 
by five glands, one-celled, with two bilobed parietal placentae. 
Ovules numerous, anatropous, attached to rather long umbilical 
chords. Style simple, stigma capitate, very slightly two-lobed. 
Capsule coriaceous, one-celled, two-valved, each valve bearing a 
placenta along the middle. Seeds numerous, somewhat club-shaped. 
Embryo orthotropous, in the axis of a fleshy albumen. Cotyledons 
short, blunt, the radicle turned towards the hilum, and from the axis 
of the fruit. 
Description of the Species, Gesnera Douglasii. Var. 
verticillata. Stems one or more, simple, one to three feet high, 
terete, and, as well as the whole herbage, dark green and covered with 
fine downy but somewhat harsh pubescence. The stems rise from a 
