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PRATIyi* begonifdlia. 

 Begonia-leaved Prati«. 



SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. 



Nat, ord. Lobeliace^e Jiiss. {Tntroduction to the natural system of 

 botany, p. 187.) 



P RATI A Gaudichaud. — Calyx ovario adnatus, limbo libero qiiinque- 

 dentato. Corolla subinfundibuliformis, dorso usque ad basin fisso ; limbo 

 quinquefido patente. Stamina 5 ; Jilamenta superne in tubum connata ; 

 antherce connatse. Stigma bilobum. Capsula calyce carnoso obtecta, 



bilocularis, indehiscens ; loculis polyspermis. Herbulee pusillce. Caules 



Jiliformes, ramosi. Folia crassiuscula ; flores axillares, solitarii, pedunczilati, 

 pallid^ rosco-violacei ; pedunculis subbracteolatis. — Gaudich. voyage de 

 I'Uranie ; Botan. p. 456. 



P. begonifolia ; foliis cordato-orbiculatis denticulatis pilosis pedunculis 



longioribus, ovariis pedunculisque glaberrimis. 

 Lobelia begonifolia. Wallich in Roxb. flora indica, 2. p. 11.5. 



Herba perennis, sempervirens. Caules prostrati, radicantes, filiformes, 

 pilosi. ¥oV\SL subcariiosa, orbiculata, cordata, denticulata, utrinque prcesertim 

 subtiis pilosa, pagind inferiore scepiiis discolore. Flores axillares, solitarii, 

 pedunculo glaberiimo petiolo paulb longiore. Ovarium oblongum, glaber- 

 rimum, carnosum, biloculare, polyspermum. Cd\-^c\s foliola lineari-subulata, 

 cequalia, corolld duplb breviora. Corolla decidua, bilabiata ; labio superiors 

 ad basin flsso laciniis subulatis erectis ; inferiore trifldo. Filamenta in 

 cylindrum conniventia ; antherse connatce, glabrae ; duabus inferioribus apice 

 scfam solitariam gerentibus. Fructus indehiscens, carnosus, bilocularis, 

 polyspermus, calyce coronatus. 



A pretty little plant, found by Dr. Wallich in shady 

 moist places in Nipal, and extremely well adapted for 

 forming neat patches upon rock. It was thus cultivated 

 that we saw it growing at Syon in the collection of his 



* Named in honour of M. Prat-Bernon, a young naval officer {eleve de 

 la marine de premiere classe), who died on board the French discovery ship, 

 the Urania, in the first part of her voyage. His claims to Botanical comme- 

 moration are not mentioned by M. Gaudichaud. 



