pene cin 
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BEGONIA* villósa. 
Shaggy Begonia. 
MON(ECIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. BEGONIACER. 
BEGONIA. — Supra, vol. 4. fol. 284. 
B, pillosa ; foliis semicordatis obsoletè duplicatò-dentatis obtusis, petiolis 
‘ramisque villosis, capsule alá majore rotundatà. 
Caulis erectus, parüm ramosus, versùs fastigium villosus, deorsùm nudus. 
Stipulee scariose. Folia semicordata, obtusa, obscurè duplicatò-dentata, 
nunc subintegerrima, utrinque pilosa, petiolis villosis. Cyme pauciflore. 
Flores albi, parúm rubescentes. Petala 4. Capsule alis rotundatis, nullo 
modo angulatis, alterá majore. 
We distinguish this species from the B. humilis of 
Dryander, from which Mr. Haworth has properly separated 
the B. humilis of this work, fol. 284, under the name of 
Suaveolens, by its obtuse leaves, more rounded wings of 
the capsule, and shaggy branches and petioles. In some 
of the Gardens near London we have seen it named B. 
hirsuta, which is a distinct species, with deeply incised, 
serrated leaves. 
B. semperflorens of Link and Otto's Abbildungen re- 
sembles this in many respects; but is distinguishable by 
the absence of hairs from the stem and petioles, and by its 
green, not scarious, stipule. 
Our drawing was made in September last, in the Garden 
of the Horticultural Society, from a plant presented to that 
establishment by Sir Charles Lemon, by whom it was 
” 
* Named in honour of Michel Begon, a Frenchman, born in 1638, who 
assisted Plumier in his works upon American Botany. 
