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Mr. Parish had given them, as he unfortunately gave them gene 

 rally trivial names, forgetting that in such a genus as Begonia 

 names like rosea, pulchella, &c. were sure to be preoccupied. 



17. B. amctda, C. B. Clarice.— Fig. 11. 



18. B. teicuspidata, C. B. Clarke. — Fig. 12. 



19. B. teieadiata, C. B. Clarke. Capsule nearly as that of 

 B. tricuspidata. 



Subgenus IV. Aschisma. Capsule 3-celled, with three papery 

 wings, dehiscing by an elliptic line round each of the three faces. 

 Placentae undivided. Each of the three faces of the capsule is at- 

 tached internally down its mesial line to the septum ; the elliptic 

 valve (as it appears from without) cannot therefore fall off till 

 the septum ultimately tears off from the axis, or till the two 

 halves of the valve tear away from the septum ; it therefore opens 

 round a narrow slit only at first. — This subgenus comprises species 

 very different in habit and in the size of the capsule, and may 

 perhaps admit of further division ; but the Indian species in it 

 are few and easily distinguishable by trivial characters. 



20. B. eibeosa, C B. Clarke.— -Pig. 13. 



21. B. teneea, Dryander. — Pig. 14. 



22. B. subpeltata, Wight. Capsule nearly the same as that 

 of B. tenera. 



23. B. concanensis, A. DC— Pig. 15. 



24. B. tbichocaepa, Dalz. — Pig. 16. 



25. B. nivea, Parish.— Pig. 17. 



26. B. albo-coccinea, BZook. — Pig. 18. 



27. B. floccifeba, Bedd.—Yig. 19. 



28. B. Beandisiana, Kurz.— Pig. 20. 



29. B. Wallichiana, A. DC. A very doubtful plant. 



30. B. malabaeica, Lamk. Capsule nearly as that of B. albo- 

 coccinea, fig. 18, varying in the degree of the angularity of the 

 shoulders of the wiugs. 



Subgenus Y. Ett-Begonia. Capsule 3-celled, with three papery 

 wings, dehiscing by an elliptic line round all of the three faces. 

 Placentae bifid. One wing often much larger than the others. 



