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Gesneria bulbosa. Bulbous-rooted Gesneria.

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Class and Order.

Didynamia Angiospermia.
(Nat. Ord.–Gesneriæ)

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus (plerumque germini adnatus). Cor. tubuloso-campanulata, limbo bilabiato; labio superiore bi-inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Capsula bilocularis, bivalvis, placentis parictalibus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Gesneria^[1] bulbosa; pubescenti-tomentosa, foliis oppositis cordato-ovatis crenato-serratis, panicula terminali, corollæ labio superiore longissimo bifida recto, inferiore minuto reflexo.

Gesneria bulbosa. Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 343. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 839.

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Descr. Root, or rather root-stalk, a large, large tuber. Stem erect, herbaceous, downy, simple, in our plant two to three feet high. Leaves opposite, short petioled, cordato-ovate, downy, especially beneath, glaucous-green. Panicle terminal, of many large and splendidly-coloured scarlet flowers. Bracteæ cordate. Calyx five-cleft, the segments short, linear, subulate. Corolla three inches long, tubular, enlarged upward, contracted just below the base, the very base five-lobed, and remarkably inflated, orange-yellow,

1. Named in honour of Conrad Gesner, a celebrated Physician and Botanist, and a native of Switzerland.

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