C 3559 ) 
BrEGONIA OCTOPETALA. EIGHT-PETALED 
Breconia. 
Class and Order. 
Monazci1a Ponyanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Brcon1Acez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Masc. Calyx o. Corolla polypetala, petalis plerumque 
4, inequalibus—Fzm. Calyx o. Corolla petalis 4—9, 
Plerumque inequalibus. Styli 3, bifidi. Capsula triquetra, 
alata, trilocularis, polysperma. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Brconia octopetala ; acaulis, foliis longe petiolatis cordatis 
lobatis serratis, pedunculo longissimo, floribus mascu- 
lis subocto femineis subsexpetalis, capsule ala ob- 
longa elongata porrecta. 
BrcGonta octopetala. L’Hérit. Stirp. p. 101. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget. v. 2. p. 627. 
Queen 
Tubers of this truly fine species of Beconza were sent in 
5 from Lima, by Joun M‘Leay, Esq., to the Glasgow 
Botanic Garden, where the large flowers, like those of an 
Anemone, were produced in the stove during the months of 
October and November in the following year. Dried spe- 
cimens were also communicated by Mr. Maruews from the 
Same country: but they do not appear in any of the sets 
which were distributed by that zealous Botanist. It was 
originally discovered by Domsey, and from his dried speci- 
mens it would appear L’Heririer’s description was made. 
Living plants also were at that time in the Jardin des Plantes, 
but they did not produce flowers. We have found that 
those individuals bloomed best, which were in the warmest 
Situation in the stove. 
Descr. 
