mi: iluviuation iiorticole. 



BEGONIA GUNNER AEFOLIA, linden & andre. 



at. Okd. begoniaceae. 



k-1i patron of botany. 



'ii i j. I'.i.iia saepius 2, interdum nulla, rarius .'i-7. Stamina toro subconvexo vel 

 ilamciitis concretis plus minus monadelpha, antheris plerumque elongatis lateraliter 

 lis versus apicem dehiscentibus. Floees fem. Loli saepius 6, nunc 3-2, aut 6-S ex- 



2. rari-sime h- 1 . hasi plus minus coaliti, caduci, bifurcati v. auriculato-bilobi v. 

 i< siibdiviMs. Ovarium externe 3-costatum v. 3-alatum, rarissime 2 aut 4-5-alatum, 



i ir.aequaliter. rarius jiequalitcr o-alata . rarissime 4-6-alata. — Herhae, sujfruficcs 



-'. hitn-dum suUcamhmtes; fnliis ,„ „„},; ,v/,\. rrt palntinrrriis. rd 



•n-iis. ,.1,,-tiMnjiir ,h),tatis saepius indivisis. nunc lohafis. rarius subpartitis: floribus 



i,uir --impliei vel pauciramoso, tereti, ad nodos petiolarum incrassato, cicatrisato 

 tarn squamis patulis membranaceis vel scariosis late triangulis albido-roseis dense 

 ->ata ~|'^ii-mi induto; folia basi bistipulata stipulis amplis caducis late ovato-acutis 

 obuBti, 15 cent longi eylindrai i Umbus maximus, patens, subplanus, oblique 

 tis dentati.s, pagnia superiors laete viridis rugosula pilis minutie adpressis contortis 

 is pluries furcatis f usco-puberulis ; inflorescentia in cymas axillares pedunculataa 

 dicelli^que fulvo lanatis bracteatis bracteis scariosis brunneis ovato-cucullatis, flares 

 is extus ferrugineo-albidis, petalis 2 subconformibus albis; stamina penicillata fili- 

 provincia Antioquia (Paramo de Ruiz prope Tolima) Novo-Granatensium legit Roezl, 





is specimen with the B.parviflora 

 d us in selecting the name oigun- 

 pl.mt proved to be the same as 

 npayaco, in Peru, and since found 

 lifforent parts of the eastern Cor- 

 ith Dr. Triana's speci- 

 collection of the Paris Museum , 

 vrry distinct, differing in some 

 Che lobed leaves of B. parviflora, 

 5 woolly young leaves, and more 

 ^•ales. are very characteristic of 

 ieless it belongs tothe arborescent 

 igs B. pamnfUrra is a member. 

 ""■*. uadth, and B. Hookeriana, 



(, '"il>ed species in herbariums that 

 """'"'■ f" 1 '". For instance, a beau- 

 h ' ,l,l, 'll in the Sierra d'Estrella, 

 >er n;:> in the herbarium of the 



Museum of Paris. It differs from ours, independently of the 

 country, in its more deeply lobed leaves, and in its petioles, 

 peduncles and under surface of the leaves being clothed with 

 a thick russety golden tomentum, and the upper surface of 

 its leaves is covered with glandular hairs. Another, found 

 by Mr. Claussen at Novo-Friburgo , in the province of Rio 

 Janeiro, Brazil, in November, 1842 (N° 26, Hb. Mus. Par.), 

 also comes near B. gunnerae folia, but it is distinguished by 

 the shorter scales on the petioles, glabrous peduncles, 9 or 

 10 inches long, and by the oval acute bracts of the pedicels 

 being clothed with a fawn-coloured tomentum. In our plant 

 the pedicels are covered with large oval membranous bracts. 

 The unique specimen, to which we allude, is, however, near 

 ours and might be called B. Claussenii, Ed. Andre, in 

 memory of the botanical collector and geologist who for 

 twenty years traversed the province of Minas Geraes in 

 Brazil and enriched our herbariums with numerous valuable 

 new species. 



Begonia gunnerae folia, for the characters of which we refer 

 to the preceding Latin description, will prove of great 

 value as an ornamental stove plant, its fine large leaves 

 being disposed in a similar manner to those of Coceoloba 

 pubescens. We know only one species, B. Boiviniana, A. D C, 

 an admirable plant from Madagascar, which has not yet 

 been introduced, that surpasses ours in the size of its leaves. 

 We have already seen growing leaves of B. gunneraefolia 

 sixteen inches in diameter. On the other hand, the flowers 

 are relatively insignificant. 



E. Andre. 



