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* BEGONIA insignis. 
Noble-flowered Begonia. 
MONECIA POLYANDRIA. 
— Nat. ord. BEGONIACE Æ. i 
BEGONIA. Suprà, vol. 4. fol, 284. 
B. insignis; caule erecto suceulento glabro, foliis inequaliter cordatis oblongo- 
lanceolatis duplicato-aristato-dentatis. suprà cvm stipulis lineari-trian- 
gularibus, corymbis pendulis multifloris, sepalis 4 : majoribus cordato-ovatis, 
‚ capsule alâ maxima acutiusculà reliquis rotundatis. 
B. insignis. Graham in New Edinb. Phil. Journal, no. 11. Bot. Mag. 2900. 
There is no plant in our hothouses more beautiful than 
this in the months of December and January, when it pro- 
duces its lovely semitransparent rose-coloured flowers. Many 
species are more conspicuous for the size and richness of 
their foliage, but none for.the gayness of their blossoms. 
It was introduced from the Berlin Garden, and is pro- 
bably a Brazilian species. We have not, however, seen any 
wild specimen. 
It flourishes with but little care in a good greenhouse, 
but like-all the species acquires its greatest perfection if 
kept in the stove, when in its most rapid growth. My draw- 
ing was made from a charming specimen belonging to Lady 
Antrobus. | 
* See folio 1252. 
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