NAEGELIA (named after Karl Naegeli, an eminent German botanist, Professor of Botany at Munich). ORD. Gesneraceae. A genus comprising six species of stove herbaceous perennials, with catkin-like scaly stolons, in-habitants of Mexico and Central America. Flowers red, whitish-yellow, or painted, in terminal, leafless, alternate racemes; corolla tube declinate; throat broadly oblique; limb broadly lobed, spreading, rotundate. Leaves opposite, soft, often cordate, on long stalks. Naegelias are exceedingly ornamental plants, both on account of their floriferous habit, and also because of their beautifully marked foliage. This latter should be carefully preserved from drip, and the use of dirty water avoided for syringing purposes; otherwise, a sediment collects amongst the tiny hairs on the surface of the leaves, and renders the whole plant unsightly. The stolons or roots, as they are generally termed, should be potted up in spring or summer, according to the time of year at which the plants are required to flower. A light compost of peat, leaf soil, and a small quantity of loam, is most suitable; it should only be pressed moderately firm in potting. Pots 5in. to 6in. in diameter, are large enough, about three roots being placed in the latter, or only one in the former size, covering them with 1in. of soil. If potting is deferred until after midsummer, the flowering season is often prolonged throughout the winter, especially with NAEGELIA cinnabarina, a late-flowering and beautiful species. When the foliage dies away, the pots, with their contents, should be stored and kept quite dry, until the season for starting arrives again. Naegelias are readily propagated by the increase of stolons; also by cuttings made of the young stems or matured leaves, and inserted in a close propagating frame. See also Gesnera (under which genus the present one is often included). NAEGELIA achimenoides (Achimenes-like). fl. 2in. long, 1 1/4in. broad, the tube yellowish-rose outside, yellow dotted rose within, the lobes light rose. 1885. A pretty hybrid between N. zebrina and Achimenes gloxiniaeflora, with the habit of the former, but the flowers hang from the axils of the leaves as in Achimenes. NAEGELIA amabilis (lovely). A synonym of NAEGELIA multiflora. NAEGELIA cinnabarina (cinnabar-red). fl. scarlet, with a light throat. l. cordate, or broadly ovate, green, beautifully shaded with flame-coloured hairs. h. 2ft. Mexico, 1856. A very handsome winter-flowering plant. SYN. Gesnera cinnabarina. (B. M. 5036.) NAEGELIA fulgida (shining). fl. vermilion; panicles erect. l. broadly ovate, deeply and coarsely toothed at the edges, hairy, of a rich dark green. Veru Cruz, 1864. (R. G. 538.) NAEGELIA fulgida bicolor (two-coloured). fl., upper portion of corolla vermilion, lower barred with white. Garden variety. (F. d. S. 1755.) NAEGELIA Geroltiana (Von Gerolt's). fl. like those of NAEGELIA zebrina. Nearly throughout the year. l. cordate, sub-rotund-acute, coarsely dentate, softly pubescent, dark green. h. 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. Mexico, 1844. (F. d. S. ii. April, 4, under name of Gesnera Geroltiana.) NAEGELIA multiflora (many-flowered). fl. white or cream-colour, shorter than the pedicels, drooping; raceme terminal, elongated; corolla with the tube scarcely ventricose, elongated, curved upwards below the very oblique, rather large, spreading, five-lobed limb; calyx almost hispid, with glandular hairs. Autumn. l. on long petioles, cordate, crenate. Eastern Cordillera of Oaxaca. (B. M. 5083; F. d. S. 1192, under name of NAEGELIA amabilis. NAEGELIA zebrina (zebra-marked). fl. bright orange-scarlet, disposed in a long panicle. September. l. handsome, dark-marbled. h. 2ft. Brazil, 1840. A fine species. SYN. Gesnera zebrina. (B. M. 3940; B. R. 1842, 16.)