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Episcia (Greek, shady; they grow wild in shady places). Gesneriaceae. Choice and interesting warm- house plants, E. cupreata being much prized for baskets.

Herbs, with long, short or no hairs: st. from a creeping root, branched or not: lvs. opposite, equal or not in size: fls. pedicelled, axillary, solitary or clustered; corollas mostly scarlet, rarely whitish or purplish; tube straight or curved, more or less spurred at the base; limb oblique or nearly equal; lobes 5, spreading, rounded.—Perhaps 30 species, all Trop. American.

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