B. acaulis, rhizomate repente, foliis oblique cordatis rubro-marginatis angulato-dentatis acuminatis, subtus ad nervos 
et ad marginem squamis coloratis sepe bipartitis apice filamentosis dense obsitis supra denique subglabratis, petiolis - 
According to the number in his catalogue the plant grows in the Chiriqui-Cordilleras. Like B Begonia’ 
and, notwi withstanding its very different habit, must be looked upon as goo allied to them. In its hairy coating the | 
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49 GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 
ennial with minute red flowers, from Costa Rica. Introduced by M. Von Warezewiez. Flowered 
in veu in 1851. 
acaulis, rhizomate repente, foliis radicalibus renee pa concheato-concavis oblique ovatis angulato-dentatis 
aie basi rotundatis supra nitidis subtus albicantibus ad nervos rufo-lanatis, petiolis scapisque dichotomis gemens 
rufo-lanatis, floribus dipetalis, femineis bibracteatis, capsule ihi كس سي‎ duabus angustioribus viridibus, tertia par 
latiori suberenulata colorata 
This elegant little Begonia with deep shell-like leaves has been introduced by M. Von Warczewicz from central 
America, and is found in many of our gardens bearing the name of B. Lindleyana, said to have been given to it by 
the introducer. Here is, however, some mistake, for M. Von Warezewiez himself tells us that his B. Lindleyana is one 
of the most beautiful of large-flowered Mog whilst the present plant has very small flowers, indeed the smallest of any 
Begonia. It belongs to the perenn al division, with a creeping many-headed rhizome, from which arise tufts 
characterised by its small, very elegant, shining, peltate leaves, so concave on their upper surface as to look like mussel- 
this peculiarity. The seeds were collected by M. Von Warezewicz, in the province of Costa Rica and in the Chiriqui- 
Cordilleras, during his travels in Central America, and were sent by him in 1850 to several gardeners. The plant itself is 
dwarfish, perennial, evergreen, and thickly covered with leaves ; it flowers in June, Its flowers are very small, but the 
petioles and peduncles are of a bright red colour, It requires to be kept in a hot-house, and to be cultivated in the 
same way as the other species. It is certainly a pretty addition to the many sorts hitherto found in cultivation. Plants 
can be procured from M. Bergemann of Berlin.— Allgem. Gartenzeit., Aug. 16, 1851. 
509. BEGONIA sTRIGILLOSA. Dietrich. A hothouse perennial, with rose-coloured flowers. 
Native of Central America. Introduced by M. Von Warczewicz. 
scapisque carnosis e squamis coloratis piligeris hispidissimis, cymis dichotomis, perigonio masculo et femineo diphyllo, 
phyllis hector: germine trialato, alis duabus obtusangulis, tertia parum latiori acutangula. 
Mec seeds of this were sent to Europe by M. Von Warezewiez, who discovered it during his travels in Central 
tenes it belongs to the perennial subdivision with creeping roots, no stems, and tufts of leaves and flower- stalks, 
resent species has some resemblance to B. manicata, but the latter has a woody fle eshy stem. The stalks and leaves 
and especially the petioles are eovered with crowded, red, and often bifid scale-like hairs, much resembling the slit 
hei of that plant. These hairs give it a peculiar rough and wild appearance, and render it very interesting amongst 
and shining sorts. The potter are cae c des m with a red border, The flowers, whether male 
or parses have only 2 sepals.— A/lgem. ., Oct. 18, 1 
910. CEDRONELLA CANA. Bi A nm hardy perennial, with long interrupted spikes 
of purple flowers. Native of New Mexico. Belongs to Labiates. 
Mr. Bentham has long ago referred the Gardoquia mexicana H. B. K. (G. betonicoides Lindl. and Graham in Bot. 
Mag., t. 3860), to the genus Cedronella. The two genera are, however, in different sections of the Labiate. From that 
species our present one, — by Mr. Charles Wright in an expedition from "Western Texas to El Pasco, New 
Mexico, and number 474 of that g d collections, differs in the entirely glaucous stem and leaves, occa- 
sioned by a minute 0 اها ا لامر‎ Mus in - recent plant, in the much smaller, more mithetous, and 
short: 01 rs. Like that, however, th 
oil-dots. It flowers in the summer months, and makes sa r nrt appearance in the flower-border. Two and a half to 
three feet high, much +S cee especially at the base ; d opposite, square, hoary with very minute REE 
Leaves small and entire, hoary in the upper part of th and near and about the flowers, and th 
approximate, ovate or i ملست‎ ; lower down ود‎ and cordato-ovate, or even approaching to hasta tate, all rather 
obtuse, scarcely ever acuminated, and then but slightly so, more or less strongly dentato-serrate, the teeth never 
reaching to the point. Whorls of flowers in axillary racemes, shortly pedunculate, the flowers pointing upwards. Calyx 
tubular, with five narrow, ae subulate, or subulato-lanceolate, erect teeth. Corolla almost exactly as in the 
U. mezicana.— Bot. Mag., t. 4618. 
511. PeprcULARIs moriis. Wallich. A perennial (?) herbaceous plant from the Himalaya, 
with long narrow whorled spikes of dull purple Wen Belongs to Linariads. Of no E 
interest. 
Bentham well observes of this Pedicularis, “ Species nulli proxime affinis :” the form of the corolla is extremely‏ سوام 
erent from any other of the genus. It has nowhere been found except by Dr. Wallich in Gossain Than, Nepal, and‏ 
