Tab. 5695. 



BEGONIA GLANDULIFERA. 



Glandular Begonia. 



A'at. Ord. Begoniacejs.— Moihecia Pot,yani>ru. 

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



Begoma (Begomastrum) glanduliferam ,• acaulis, sparse glanduWpilosa, 

 iohis aubgracile petiolatis oblique ovato-cordatis v. aemi-cordatis acu- 

 minatis dentatis palmatinerviis siccitate subtus albo-punctulatis, stipu- 

 iia oyato-oblongis obtusis viridibus, scnpis gracilibtta multifloris rami* 

 stnct.s patulu, flonbua paniculatis, bracteis oblongis, floribus albis 

 A. 3 perianthii foliolis 4, 2 exterioribus Jate oblongis dorso elandu. 

 losis, interlonbus minoribus, staminibus parvis in globum confertia, 

 HIamentia libena, fl. ? perianthii foliolis 5 subattuatibua ovatis sub- 

 acute styhs 3 breviter 2-fidis, ovario glandulo«o 3-Ioculari 3-alato, 

 HferiT* e producta obtusa > placentis 2-fidia, hmellia undique ovu- 



Beoowia glandulifera. Gri*eh. FJ. Brit. W. Ind. p. 804. 



A very elegant species, native of moist ravines in Trinidad, 

 Whence it was first sent to England by Mr. Lockhart, late 

 Curator of the Botanic Gardens of that island. More re- 

 cently living plants have been sent home by Mr. Prestoe, the 

 present energetic Curator of those gardens, and to whom the 

 Koyal Gardens are indebted for many other fine plants ; it 

 flowered in February, 1867. 



-Descr. Root-stock perennial, elongate, sending down nu- 

 merous stout fibres. Stem none. Leaves from the apex of 

 foot-stock on rather slender glandular petioles, three to six 

 inches long ; Made obliquely ovate-cordate or semi-cordate, 

 three to five inches long, acuminate, senate-dentate, cilio- 

 ja to, dark-green above, and glabrous, beneath paler, with a 

 rew hairs on the strong nerves which radiate from the apex 

 ot the petiole. Stipules ovate, obtuse, green or red. Scapes 

 several often very tall (six to eighteen' inches high), covered 

 with glandular hairs, bearing at the top a branched panicle 

 xasch 1st, 1868. 



