Houttea
(named in honour of the late Louis Van Houtte, a celebrated Belgian nurseryman). SYN. Van Houttea. ORD. Gesneraceae. A genus comprising three species of stove shrubs, natives of Brazil. Flowers scarlet or spotted; corolla tube cylindrical. Leaves opposite, crenulate, pale or canescent-tomentose underneath. For culture, see Gesnera. H. Gardneri (Gardner's).* fl. red; peduncles solitary, one-flowered, axillary; three calyx segments acuminate; corolla downy, tubular; perigynous ring five-lobed. July and August. h. 2ft. 1841. Plant glabrous. (B. M. 4121, under name of Gesnera Gardneri.) H. pardina (leopard-spotted).* fl. orange, red; peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered; corolla with curved tube and spotted spreading limb; calyx segments large, spreading; stamens exserted. August to October. l. on short petioles, elliptic, thickish, serrate, glabrous above, tomentose beneath. h. 1 1/2ft. 1847. Plant downy. (B. M. 4348, under name of Gesnera pardina.)