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Calyx 5-partitus, plerumque germini adnatus. Corolla tubuloso-campanulata, limbo bilabiato; labio superiore biinferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula bilocularis, 2-valvis, placentis parietalibus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

GESNERIA elongata; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis serrulatis supra strigosis subtus lanato-tomentosis, pedunculis elongatis 4-floris, corollæ tubulosæ fauce constricta. GESNERIA elongata. Humb. Gen. et Sp. v. 2. p. 318. t. 192. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 2. p. 838.

GESNERIA elongata, var. fruticosa, pubescens; ramosa ; foliis oppositis, lanceolato-ovatis, acuminatis, longe petiolatis basi inæqualibus, subæqualiter serratis supra pubescentibus, subtus molliter tomentosis; umbellis axillaribus, 4-floris folio brevioribus; corollis villosis tubulosis fauce parum constrictis. (Tab. nostr. 3725.)

We received this plant at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in September, 1836, from the Messrs. YOUNG, Nurserymen, Epsom, under the name of G. oblongata, perhaps by an error in the transcriber. It flowers most freely, exhibits a long succession of blossoms, and is therefore very desirable in cultivation. It differs from G. elongata of HUMBOLDT in its much shorter peduncles, in the more obtuse base of the leaves, in its less angular branches, in the colouring of the veins and lower surface of the leaves gene

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rally, and in the subulate segments of the calyx. In these respects, it more nearly agrees with GESNERIA mollis, but from this it differs again, and agrees with G. elongata, by its four-flowered umbel and much shorter pedicels, and the bracteæ opposite at their origin,-the length of the peduncle being intermediate between its state in these two species. There are very many forms of GESNERIA from the tropical parts of America, but I cannot think they ought all to be considered as species. This opinion is strengthened by the figures and descriptions of HUMBOLDT, and the inspection of our present plant, which leads me to suspect that it may connect together as varieties G. mollis and G. elongata.

DESCR. Whole plant villous. Stem (five feet high) shrubby, much branched; branches ascending. Leaves (three to six inches long, one and a quarter to two and a quarter broad) opposite and decussating, petiolate, lanceolate, acuminate, neatly and subequally serrated, somewhat harshly pubescent and bright green above, white with soft tomentum below. Umbels four-flowered, villous, shorter than the leaves; peduncle shorter than the petiole; pedicels about two-thirds of the length of the peduncles; bracteæ two, opposite, lanceolate, at the subdivision of the umbel. Flowers unilateral. Calyx with small, spreading, ovatosubulate segments. Corolla (one inch long, half an inch across) tubular, clavato-ventricose, dilated and somewhat fleshy at its base. Stem contracted, and after being dilated, again slightly contracted at its mouth; villous on the outside, glabrous within; limb spreading, lobes subequal, rounded, crenate. Stamens inserted into the base of the corolla, and rising to the throat; filaments pubescent; anthers divaricated at the base, where the connective is dilated, cucullate and fleshy, fifth stamen rudimental. Pistil pubescent; stigma minute, truncated; style bent at its base, compressed; germen more than half imbedded in the adhering calyx, and surrounded at its free apex with five glands. Ovules numerous, and minute. Graham.

Fig. 1. Flower: magnified.

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Pub by S.Curtis Glazenwood Essex May 11839.

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Perianthium patens. Sepala libera, æqualia. Petala multo angustiora, linearia, flexuosa. Labellum longe unguiculatum, columna continuum, tripartitum; laciniis angustis intermedia minore. Columna erecta, clavata, teres ; stigmate subquadrato, horizontali! rostello cirrhato. Anthera dorsalis! membranacea, sub-unilocularis. Pollinia 2, parallela, oblonga, compressa, elastice prosilientia; caudicula brevi cornea; glandula incurva.-Herbæ epiphyta, pseudo-bulbosa. Folia plicata. Racemi penduli, multiflori, radicales. Flores maculati. Lindl.

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Specific Character and Synonyms.

CIRRHEA fusco-lutea; foliis lato-lanceolatis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, labelli lobo medio ovato concavo, lateralibus lineari-oblongis reflexis hirsutis.

CIRRHEA fusco-lutea. Lindl.-Herb. Hook. in Gen. et Spec. Orchid. p. 144.

From the collection in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where it was received from Messrs. LODDIGES. It flowers in June, and is a native of Brazil.

DESCR.-Pseudo-bulbs ovate, deeply furrowed, partially sheathed with membranous scales, and having a terminal,

"The flowers are remarkable for what is called the rostellum being prolonged in the form of a small tendril or cirrhus." Lindl.

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