by whom the specific characters, of such beautiful and popu- 

 lar plants, will doubtless soon be blended. 



B. roswflora was imported by Messrs. Veitch and Sons 

 from Peru, where it inhabits elevations on the Andes of 

 twelve thousand feet. It flowered in July of the present 

 year. 



Desck. A stout stemless herb. Petioles, scapes, bracts, and 

 stipules pale or bright red. Leaves pale green, two to four 

 inches across, on stout, hairy petioles two to six inches long, 

 orbicular-reniform, very concave, with deeply sunk radiating 

 nerves ; margins recurved, lobulate, edged with red, toothed 

 and ciliolate, veins below prominent, hairy, Stipules broad, 

 blunt. Scapes stout, villous, three-flowered. Bracts and 

 hracteoles broadly ovate, obtuse, Flowers two inches in dia- 

 meter, bright rose-red. Petals five, orbicular, emarginate. 

 Stamens very numerous ; filaments short, free ; anthers orbi- 

 cular. Ovary hairy, with one short acute wing. Styles and 

 placenta as in B. Veitchii. — J. P. H. 



Fi<r. 1. Ovary. 2. Transverse section of ditto. 3 and 4. Stamens : — all 

 magnified. 



