488 GESNERACEA. 
21. BESLERIA. 
Besleria, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 755; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 1015. 
Herbs, half-shrubs, or shrubs. Upwards of fifty species, inhabiting Tropical America | 
from Mexico and the West Indies to Peru and Brazil. 
1. Besleria barbensis, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 319. 
Costa Rica, Volcan de Barba (Hoffmann). 
2. Besleria columneoides, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 322. 
Costa Rica (Wendland). 
3. Besleria costaricensis, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 330. 
Parabesleria costaricensis, (rst. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. v. t. 6. figg. 9-13 (reprint, p. 53). 
Costa Rica, Turrialba, at 3000 feet (Girsted). 
4, Besleria cyrtanthemum, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 321. 
Cyrtanthemum hirsutum, Cirst. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. v. t. 10. figg. 20-31 (reprint, p. 56). 
Souta Mexico, Santiago, Amatlan, Chinantla, &c., Oaxaca (Liebmann). 
5. Besleria deflexa, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 321. 
Cyrtanthemum deflecum, Cirst. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. v. t. 10. figg. 32-39 (reprint, p. 56). 
Sours Mexico, Tintalcingo, Chinantla, &c., Oaxaca (Liebmann). 
6. Besleria glabra, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 325. 
Gasteranthopsis glabra, Girst. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. v. t. 10. figg. 1-8 (reprint, p. 55). 
SourH Mexico, Chinantla, Oaxaca (Liebmann). 
7. Besleria hirsuta, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 326. 
Gasteranthopsis hirsuta, Hirst. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. v. t. 10. figg. 9-13 (reprint, p. 55). 
Sourn Mexico, Tepinapa and Chinantla, Oaxaca (Ziebmann). 
8. Besleria princeps, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 317. 
Costa Rica (Wendland). 
9. Besleria triflora, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 329. 
Parabesleria triflora, Girst. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. v. t. 6. figg. 1-8 (reprint, p. 53). 
Costa Rica, mountains of Naranjo, 4000 to 5000 feet (Grsted). 
10. Besleria wendlandiana, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 318. 
Costa Rica (Wendland). — 
22. MITRARIA. 
Mitraria, Cav. in Ann. Cienc. Nat. i. p. 230, t. 31, et Ic. Pl. vi. t. 579; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
Plant. i. p. 1012. . 
Diplocalyz, Presl, Bot. Bemerk. p. 146. 
One shrubby species in Chili, and the following, which may have been founded on 
varieties of the original species, and erroneously recorded as Mexican. 
