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begonia literature 



1852. Begonia phyllomaniaca Martius. Hooker's Journal 

 of Botany, Vol. IV, pp. 206-207. 



1853. De Martius, C. F. Ph. Begonia phyllomaniaca in 

 ''Delectus Seminum in Horto R. Bot. Monacensi" Anno 1852 

 Collectorum. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 3 Serie, 19, 

 1853, p. 366. 



1854. Von Martius. Flora Brasiliensis, Vol. IV, Pars I, 

 pp. 386-387. Plates XCIX and C. 



1854. Klotzsch, Hrn. Begonia phyllomaniaca in 

 ''Begoniaceen-Gattungen unci Arten," Abhandlungen der 

 Koniglichen Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1854, p. 129. 



1863. Verlot, J. B. Begonia. Bulletin de la Societe 

 Botanique de France. Tome X, p. 474. 



Eight lines from a letter in which he states that hairs on the leaves of a begonia 

 (sp. called B. geranioides) are changed into buds which render the leaves in some 

 sort viviparous. The letter and specimen w^ere sent to M. de Schoenefeld who 

 exhibited them at a meeting of the Societe Botanique de France. 



1863. Prilleux, Ed. Observations sur une feuille gem- 

 mipare de Begonia. Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France, 

 Tome X, pp. 492-494. 



At a following meeting of the Societe Botanique Prillieux discussed Verlot's 

 discovery and fogged the whole subject, denying that the shoots were the out- 

 growth of hairs. 



1875. Caruel, T. Nota su di una trasformazione di 

 peli in gemme. {Begonia phyllomaniaca.) Nuova Giornale 

 Botanico Italiana, Vol. 7, pp. 292-294, Pisa, 1875. 



Note on plants seen at the Kew Gardens in London. His observations confirm 

 Verlot's statements that hairs are converted into buds. 



1880. Hansen, Adolph. Vergleichende Untersuchungen 

 iiber Adventivbildungen bei den Pflanzen. Abhandlungen 

 Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden 

 Gesellsehaft. Vol. XII. Frankfurt, pp. 147-154. 



1887. DucHARTRE, P. Sur un Begonia phyllomane. Bul- 

 letin Societe Botanique de France. Tome XXXIV, Paris, 1887, 

 pp. 182-184. 



Forty plants raised by Nodot from seeds showed phyllomania on their stems. 



