1202 
GESNERIA* macrostachya. 
Long-spiked Gesneria. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. GESNERIER. r 
GESNERIA.— Supra, vol. 4. fol. 329. 
G. macrostachya; foliis oppositis cordato-ovatis crenatis rugosis incanis, 
corymbis terminalibus multifloris longé racemosis aphyllis. 
Radix tuberosus. Caules herbacez, annui, teretes, 2 pedes alti, tomen- 
tosi. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, cordato-ovata, crenata, plana, 
rigida, incana. Flores corymbosi, in racemis multifloris, aphyllis, longis 
dispositi. Bracteze breves, tomentose. Calyx ovatus, sericeus, quinquesidus, 
laciniis acutis, distantibus, equalibus. Corolla tubulosa, tomentosa, cylin- 
dracea, basi gibba, limbo subregulari, 5-lobo, lacinzis rotundatis, inferioribus 
maculatis. Glandule due, laciniis supertoribus alterna. 
This fine new Gesneria was sent to the Horticultural 
Society from Rio Janeiro, by Mr. Sellow, in 1825. Our 
drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden, in August 
1826. It is a handsome tender stove herbaceous plant, 
flowering at all seasons of the year. 
Root tuberous. Stem herbaceous, annual, taper, 2 feet 
high, downy. Leaves opposite, on short’ stalks, cordate- 
ovate, crenate, flat, rigid, hoary. lowers corymbose, in 
many - flowered racemes, destitute of leaves. Bractee 
short, downy. Calyx ovate, silky, 5-parted, with acute, 
equal, distant segments. Corolla tubular, downy, cylin- 
drical, gibbous at the base, with a nearly regular, 5-lobed 
limb, of which the segments are rounded, the lower being 
spotted. Glands 2, alternate with the upper segments. 
J.L. 
_——_ 
* See fol, 1158. 
