Hypocyrta
(from hypo, under, and kyrtos, curved, gibbous; the under part of the corolla tube exhibits a conspicuous gibbosity). ORD. Gesneraceoe. A genus comprising about ten species of much-branched stove shrubs, natives, for the most part, of Brazil. Flowers axillary and solitary, or several together; calyx deeply five-parted. Leaves opposite, entire, or sub-dentate. For culture, see Gesnera.
H. glabra (smooth). fl., corolla rich scarlet, with a short constriction at the base of the tube; limb orange-yellow; calyx segments serrated; peduncles one to three, in the axils of the leaves, longer than the petioles, with a pair of linear bracts at the base. June and July. l. opposite, elliptical, obtuse, glossy, very minutely hairy, on short petioles. Stem dark purple, erect, unbranched, succulent. h. 8in. to 10in. south America, 1846. (B. M. 4346.) H. strigillosa (strigillose). fl. scarlet, yellow, axillary, solitary; corolla much swollen in front; limb contracted, five-toothed. May. l. oblong, acuminate, mucronate, strigillose. Stem erect, villous above. h. 2ft. Brazil. (B. M. 4047.)