Jerdonia
(named after Surgeon-Major T. C. Jerdon, an eminent ornithologist). ORD. Gesneraceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a small stove herbaceous perennial. It thrives best in a sandy-loam soil, and in a moist atmosphere. Propagated by seeds, sown in bottom heat. J. indica (Indian). fl., rosy-lilac, small; corolla funnel-shaped, five-lobed; scape erect, terminal, bearing two or three flowers. Autumn. l. in a dense tuft, cordate, obtuse, petiolate, dark green, blotched with pale green along the ribs and principal veins. h. 3in. Neilgherri Mountains, 1870. (B. M. 5814.)