1637 







GESNERA* Suttdni. 



Captain Sutton's Gesnera. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Gesnereje Richard. {Introduction to the natural system of 



Botany, p. 227.) 



GESNERA.— Supra, vol. A.fol. 329. 



G. Suttoni ; herbacea, foliis cordato-ovatis crenatis toraentosis, caule race- 

 moso, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis, corolla? labio supenon oblongo 

 undulato, inferiori parvo revoluto. 



G. Suttoni. Booth in litt. 



For the communication of the drawing and following 

 account of this new plant we are obliged to Mr. William 

 Beattie Booth, Gardener to Sir Charles Lemon, of Carclew. 



" We owe the introduction of this fine plant to Captain 

 Sutton, of His Majesty's Packet establishment at Falmouth 



wood, on a 



who informs us that he found it growing in a wood, c 

 sloping hill, near the Bay of Bomviaga, Rio de Janeiro 

 an elevation of between 30 and 40 feet above the level ot 

 the sea, and not exceeding forty yards from the water, its 

 beautiful flowers attracted his attention, and induced him 

 to dig up the plant and bring it home. On his arrival in 

 England, in March 1833, he presented the choice collection 

 of Orchideous and other interesting plants he had formed, 

 to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. M.P., and George Crocker 

 p ox, Esq., Grove Hill, Falmouth, in whose Garden the 

 Present plant flowered in July, under the judicious manage- 

 ment of Mr. Friend, who favoured us with the specimen 

 from which the accompanying figure and description were 

 taken. It has some resemblance to Gesnera bulbosa ; but 



♦ See fol. 1 1 58. 



