Tab. 5657. 



BEGONIA JBoliviensis. 

 Bolivian Begonia. 



Nat. Ord'. Begoniace^;.— Moncecia Poetandbia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 4131.) 



Uegonia (§ Barya) Boliviensis ; herbacea, glabra, ramosa, foliis breviter 

 petiolatis oblongo-laueeolatis acuminatis valde inaaquilateralibus basi 

 obliquis subcordatis penninerviis irregulariter incisoserratis, denti- 

 bus setaceis, stipulis oblongo-lanceolatis serratis, peduneulis axillari- 

 bus pollicaribua 2-floris fl. J 1 et $ , bracteis amplis cucullatis serratis, 

 floribus magnis coccineo-cinnabarinis, perianthii foliolis lanceolatis 

 c? 4, $ 5, filaruentis in conum elongatum alte counatis, antheris ob- 

 tusis, stigmatibus 3 ramis fascia papi]Josa basi continua cinctis, ovario 

 3-ptero, placeutis alte 2-fidis, aegmentis utrinque ovuliferis. 



Begonia Boliviensis. BO. Prodr. v. 15. pars I. p. 287. 



The very beautiful plant here figured was procured by 

 Messrs. Veitch from Bolivia, through their collector, Mr. 

 Pearee, and was exhibited for the hrst time at the Inter- 

 national Horticultural Show in Paris in May last, when it 

 attracted more of the attention both of botanists and horti- 

 culturists than any other plant then brought to that magnifi- 

 cent floral exhibition. 



Begonia Boliviensis was discovered by Weddell in the Cor- 

 dillera of Bolivia, and belongs to a very small section of the 

 genus, to which the (generic) name of Barya was given by 

 Klotzsch ; the only other species being the B. monadelpha, 

 Ruiz and Pav., a native of Peru. In habit the Baryas sin- 

 gularly resemble the species belonging to the subgenus Cas- 

 par y a, KL, but differ wholly in the structure of their stigmas. 

 Descr. Glabrous. Boot a small tube. Stem herbaceous, 

 two to three feet high, sparingly branched. Branches cylin- 

 drical, green, translucent. Leaves on very short petioles, four 

 to five inches long by one to one and a half inches broad, 

 august 1st, 18(57. 



