Haberlea
(named after Karl Konstantin Haberle, Professor of Botany at Pesth, died 1831). ORD. Gesneraceoe. A monotypic genus. The species is an elegant little hardy herbaceous perennial, not unlike a miniature Gloxinia, and with a tufted habit. For culture, see Ramondia.
H. rhodopensis (Mount Rhodope).* fl. pale lilac, umbellate, drooping; corolla 1in. in diameter; scapes several, stout, two to five-flowered. April. l. all radical, spreading and recurved, obovate-oblong, obtuse. h. 4in. to 6in. Roumelia, 1880. (B. M. 6651.)