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* BEGONIA petalódes. 
Petaleď Begoma. 
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MON(ECIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. BEGONIACE=, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 169.) 
BEGONIA.— Supra, vol. 4. fol. 284. 
B. petalodes ; caulescens, folis equilateris orbiculatis 5-9-lobis incisis serratis 
cucullatis, floribus masculis disepalis dipetalis, foemineis tetrasepalis tetra- 
petalis, fructus alis subaequalibus acuminatis, cymis 2-3 floris. 
Stipule ovate, serrate. Foliorum lamina petiolo brevior. Cyme long? 
pedunculate 2-3-flore. Flores masculi sepalis 2 subrotundis roseis, petalis 
2 conformibus sed minoribus albis. Flores feminei sepalis 4, parvis, subro- 
tundis roseis, petalis totidem conformibus albis quorum 2 minora sunt. Ale 
fructus immaturi equales, acuminate. 
A pretty little species sent us by Mr. Richard Harrison, 
in April 1833, and we presume a native of Brazil. It adds 
another to the beautiful genus Begonia, which cultivators 
scarcely appreciate in this country. The species are all 
so very easily cultivated, and have so neat an appearance 
that they are exceedingly well adapted for ornamenting a 
damp stove. One of the prettiest things in the gardens of 
Schónbrunn is a Begonia house, filled with this genus and 
Ferns growing upon decayed wood and old tan. 
To Botanists this is peculiarly instructive, because it 
shews better than any species we have previously seen what 
the regular form of the genus may be considered. To us it 
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