PL. CCXXII. 



OENTROSELENIA AENEA 



NAT. ord. GESXERIACE 



ETYMOLOGY : from i 



• spur or sharp point, and 

 GENERIC CHARACTER : see III. Hart. 1869, PI 607 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER : planta tota pilis erectis articulatis hi 

 opposita horizontal v. decumbentia, petiolo 5-8 cent, longo su ra ■ 

 subauriculato, 20-25 (et ultra) longo, medium versus 8-10 lato Xr 

 minentissimis, supra bullato colore metallico aeneo, subtus violaceo 

 bracteis inaequalibus (una maxima lanceolate foliacea petiolata, a 

 crassi, uniflori, cylindrici, hirsutissimi; calyx hirtus sepalie liberi's a 

 utrinque (sub lente) verrucosis , 2 lateralibus erectis, 1 dorsali ret 

 lactea subhorizontaliter in calyce inserta, basi saccata tubo bre •' 

 5 patentibus rotundatis aequalibus;. staminum filamenta basi diktat 

 antlierae rcniformes; ovarium superum hirsute i eu 1 



stylus inclusus, cylindraceus , 2 cent, longus: stujma papillosum, i, 

 vivum flor. desc. in hort. Linden — E. A. 



Centroselenia aenea, Linden et Andre, spec. nov. 

 Since the publication in this journal (1869, pi. 609) of b 

 a description and portrait of the beautiful plant with inflated ! e< 

 leaves of a metallic lustre, sent out by Mr. Linden under st 

 the name of Centroselenia bullata, not another species of i T 

 this Gesneriaceous genus has appeared in the gardens of ai 

 Europe. It is therefore a piece of good fortune to have a la 

 second to figure after a lapse of six years. The honour of its to 

 discovery is due to Mr. Roezl , who found it in 1872, in New In 

 Grenada. m 



The plant grows in strong tufts clothed with long white th 

 hairs. It is of erect habit with a fleshy cylindrical stem, p 

 branched from the base, jointed, but not swollen at the sji 

 joints. The leaves an spread out horizontally at first . after- zo 

 wards pendent and reclining on the pot ; petiole about 2 to th 

 3 inches long flattened above and hollowed out near the , th 

 base; blade obovate-lanceohi to. acute, very much narrowed I in 

 and lengthened downwards, and somewhat cordate and ro 

 auricled at the base , 8 to 10 inches or more in length by on 

 3 to 4 inches broad in the middle, bordered with coarse be 

 cucullate teeth. The midrib and the parallel secondary nerves an 

 diverging therefrom are very prominent on the under sur- rei 

 face of the leaf, which is of a rich vinous purple. Between ins 

 the intermediate raised nervation of the upper surface are do 

 raised inflations, the whole being of a rich dark satin-green, lm 

 shot with metallic purple-violet, like an old Florentine I 



