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GESNERIA pendulina. 
— Drooping-flowered Gesneria.. 
ae 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. GESNERIER, 
GESNERIA. Supra, vol. 4. fol. 329. 
G. pendulina; fruticosa, foliis oppositis ovalibus oblongisve crenatis rugosis 
utrinque cauleque pilosis, pedunculis filiformibus subsolitariis, corollis 
cernuis clavatis concoloribus, laciniis calycis ovatis. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, teres, pilosus. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovalia 
vel oblonga, basi sepée inequalia, crenata, rugosa, utrinque pilosa, subtus 
pallidiora. Flores terminales et axillares, subsolitarit, pedunculis filiformibus 
pilosis folits brevioribus. Calyx semiquinquepartitus, pubescens, laciniis 
ovatis, subequalibus. Corolla coccinea, clavata, basi gibbosa, extiis pubescens, 
concolor, uncialis, limbo erecto: lobis rotundatis. Stamina tubz longitudine. 
Many of the described species of Gesneria appear to 
approach each other so closely, that it is difficult to distin- 
euish them. This borders so nearly upon G. ulmifolia 
and hirsuta, that it may be thought doubtful whether it 
can be considered distinct from the former species. We 
do not, however, hesitate to separate it; firstly, on account 
of the figure of the corolla, which is contracted at the 
orifice in G. ulmifolia; secondly, on account of the outline 
of the calycine segments, which are acuminate in the same 
species; and, thirdly, by reason of their geographical 
difference of station. 
A native of Brazil, requiring the heat of the stove, in 
which it grows and propagates freely, flowering in June. 
Our drawing was made at the garden: of the Horticultural 
Society, from a plant received from Richard Harrison, Esq. 
of Aighburgh, to whom it had been sent from Rio, by Mr. 
William Harrison. 
Stem shrubby, erect, round, hairy. Leaves opposite, 
