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TAB. 4152

GESNÉRIA SCHIEDEÁNA. Schiede's Gesneria.

Nat. Ord. GESNERIACEÆ.-DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. GESNERIA. L. (Vide supra TAB. 3995.) De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 526. GESNERIA Schiedeana; tota pubescenti-tomentosa, caule erecto suffruti- coso, foliis terno- quaternove-verticillatis breviter petiolatis oblongo- lanceolatis rugosis crenatis acutiusculis subtus tomentosis, pedunculis aggregatis axillaribus 1-3-floris folio multo brevioribus, calyce turbi- nato 5-lobo, corolla infundibuliformi-campanulata subtus ventricosa tota velutino-villosissima, limbi brevis patentis lobis 5 subæqualibus, ovario hirsutissimo basi nectariis 5, stylo brevi hirsuto. GESNERIA spicata, B. Schiedeana. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 531. This is another lovely addition to the many beautiful Gesnerias now cultivated in our stoves. It was sent from Woburn Abbey by Mr. Forbes, who received the roots from Mexico. It quite agrees with the G. spicata, B., of De Candolle (also from Mexico), and seems different, as that author suspected, from the original New Grenada G. spicata of Humboldt, in which the inflorescence is more truly spicate, the flowers smaller, and the corollas much less hairy. Our species is remarkable for its richly-colored blossoms, clothed with long, shaggy hairs; their color, a bright-golden scarlet; the limb variegated with red and yellow, the red arranged in broken lines. It flowered at Woburn, in Novem- ber, 1844.

Botanical Description An erect-growing plant, apparently little branched,

with a rounded, tomentose stem, tinged with red. Leaves generally in whorls of three, petiolate, spreading, or a little reflexed, oblong, petiolate, somewhat acuminate, crenate, rather thick, rugose, soft and downy above, more reticu- lated, paler and tomentose beneath the lower leaves much larger and broader. Flowers copious from the axils. Pedun- cles aggregated, much shorter than the leaves, one or three- flowered, tomentose. Calyx short, turbinate, tomentose, with five moderately spreading segments. Corolla between cam- panulate and infundibuliform, ventricose below, of a rich scarlet color, and clothed with long, shaggy, scarlet hairs, the limb of five, spreading, rounded, nearly equal lobes, yellow, streaked with dotted lines of red. Stamens included. Ovary clothed with copious, long, silky hairs; and, at the base, sur- rounded by five obtuse, large, yellow glands. Style short and thick, hairy. Stigma two-lipped. • Thrifty Whiskers

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