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BEGONIA hmniliig. 



Small'Jlmoered Megonia, 



MONCECIA POLYANDRIA. 



Nat. ord, Plantae incertae sedis. Polypetal« gennuie iofero. Juuiem 



gsn, 436. 



Begoniaceje. Bonpland turn. ^ malm, 151. 

 BEGONIA. Masculi flobes. Cal. 0. Cor. ifet. 4 (in 





b-y: plerdmque subrotunda {m ferrtigineUf omnut sabaeqiuuia oblonga)* 

 Stam.JU. numerosa (15-100) receptaculo imena, bremsima, interdjhoban 

 coalita. Anth. obloDgae, erectae. Fcemiksx fjdorxs^ plerdmque in 



Ulf If [ .^^11* ; I I 



communi. Cal. 0. Cor. pet* plurioua 5» altis 6;^ 

 aliis fortd 4, plerdm^ue ixiaeqii^lia. Germ, infenim^ S<^uetram, in plarimit 

 ^atum. Styli plemque S, bifidi. St%. 6. Cap$. pleriique S-quetrat 

 alata, S^oc., basi secus alas dehiscens; aliis biioc,; aliis fortd uniloc*. 

 Dryanderin Trans, linn. soc. 1. 158. 



Div. IL CaulescenteSj Jbliis semkordaiis. 

 B. humUts caulescens erecta, foliis hisptdis semicordalif dupIieaCOHM 

 capgulse alls rotundatis pardm inae^ualibus. Dryander loc. dt. \ 

 15. 



Begonia humilis, Hort. Kew. 8, 353. ed.% S. 285. WiUd. sp. pi. 4. 417. 

 Jacq.Jragm. 19. ». 67; absque icone; (vix tamen hue referenda BaooiiXA 

 humius Soi^dand nav. et maim. 151. tab. 6%. qua t>e^ B. oirsuta auttpeckM 



ei propinqutor.) 



Begonia suaTeoIens. Loddiges bat. cabinet. 69. 



Tota planta camosa, peUucida. CauUs petiolt et pednnculi pallidi nc* 

 bentes. Cauiis teres^ gentculis tumidiSp prima anna sptthamaus^ altera anno 

 bipedalis. Foh semicordata^ acuminatay dupHcata-serrata : serraturis aUatis t 

 suprd saturate viridia^ hispida i sirigis moUibus erectis bast tuberadatis^ 

 subtus pallidi viridia^ glaberrima pr^eter strigas rarioribus in venis^ qtude$ 

 etiam in petUdis. Stipul«e semiovaiie^ cancava^ ciliatay hyaline. Pedunculi 

 axillares^ scepius dicnotomi. Bractea ad basin pedicellorum ovata^ ciliata^ 

 ^inuta. Fi-OR, masc. pet. alba: 2 cdrdata^raiadata magna; 2 minimaf 

 qn€e in quibusdam floribus amnino desunt. FiUcircitir I5f hrevissima; anth* 

 oblangip, Intern. Flor. fobm« pet. 5, alba^ persistenttay abomto-oblonga : 2 

 patdo angustiora. Germ, ^-gonum^ anpdis acutis^ alts rafundaiis^ mirdm 

 incequalibusy pallide cameis. Styli 3, brevissimi: stig. 9,-partita: facinias 

 divaricat€e dein canvergentes et tierum divergentes^ lutecey tectie glandulis 

 minimis. Caps-j/f^wri germinis. Dryand. loc. cit. 



The figure of the species and Mr. Dryander's masterly 

 description in the Linnean transactions, are both taken from 

 a dried plant, a circumstance that ^dll account for some 

 slight difference in the appearance it makes in the figure 

 here given, especially when it is recollected that the whole 



vegetable is succulent and tender. Out specimen, when we 



