/ 





1373 



PRATIJ* begonifdlia. 



«. 



Begonia-leaved Prati«. 





/ 



^v. 



S 



SYNGENEStA MONOGAMJA. 



J 



Nat. ord. LoBELiACEiE Juss. {Introduction to the natural system oj 

 botany, p. 187.) ^ 5 ; , 



PRATIA Gaudichaud.— CaZ?/a; ovario adnatus, limbo libera quinque- 

 dentato. Corolla subinfundibuliformis, dorso usque ad basin fisso ; limbo 

 quinquefido patente. Stamina 5 ; 'Jilarnenta superne in tubum connata ; 

 anthercE connatse. Stigma bilobum. Capsula calyce carnoso obtecta, 



bilocularis, indehiscens ; loculis polyspermis. Herbulae pusill(B. Caules 



filiformes, raviosi. Folia crassitiscula ; Acres axillares, solitarii, pedunculati, 

 pallide roseo-violacei ; pedunculis subbracteolatis. — Gaudich. voyage de 

 I'Uranie; Botan. p. 456. '' ^ » . '" 



P. begonifolia; foliis cordato-orbiculatis denttculatis pilosis pedunculis 



longioribus, ovariis pedunculisque glaberrimis. 

 Lobelia begonifolia. Wallich in Roxb. flora indica, 2. p. 115. 



Herba perennis, sempervirens. Caules prostrati, radicantes, Jihjormes, 

 pilosi. Folia subcarnosa, orbiculata, cordata, denticulata, utnnque prcesertim 

 subtHs pilosa, pagind inferiore stspius discolore. Flores axillares, solitarii, 

 pedunculo glaberrimo petiolo paulh longiore. Ovarium oblongum, glaber- 

 rimum, carnostim, biloculare, polyspermum. Ca\^cisf oliola linean-subulata, 

 <^qualia, coram duplb breviora. Corolla decidua, bilabiata ; labw superiore 

 ad basin fisso laciniis subulatis erectis ; inferiore trifido. l-Uamenta in 

 cylindrum conniventia ; antherse connatcB, glabrce ; duabus inferioribus apice 

 sefam soUTariam gerentibus. Fructus indehiscens, carnosus, bilocularis, 

 polyspermus, calyce coronatus. / ' 



J 



w 



A pretty little plant, found by Dr. Wallich in shady 

 nioist places in Nipal, and extremely well adapted tor 

 forming neat patches upon rock. It was thus cultivated 

 that we saw it growing at Syon in the collection of his 



, * Named in honour'^of M. Prat-Bemon, a young ^^^^J.°^.^^^;^(;/;'3;jp' 

 ^ marine de premise classe), who died on board the Ff "^^.^^ com^^^ 



Ae Urania, in the first part of her voyage. H.s claims to Botanical comme 

 nioration are not mentioned by M. Gaudichaud. 



