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BEGONIA crassicaulis 



Thick-stemmed Begonia. 



MONCECIA POLYANDBIA. 



Nat. ord. Begoniace,e. 

 BEGONIA. Supra, vol. 4. fol. 284 



B. crassicaulis ; foliis hysteranthiis palmatis alt6 partitis laciniis acnminatis 

 subpinnatifidis inciso-dentatis subtus petioloque fen-ugineo-pilosis, caule 



carnoso 

 rugineo 



palis glabris, sepalis rotundis, ovarii alia inaequalibus angulo superiore 

 rotundato. Supra misc. no. 2 1 . 



A handsome species, introduced from Guatemala through 

 Horticultural Society from Mr. Hartweg " 



Like 



genus it is very easy to cultivate, requiring nothing more th 



cool damp 



It h 



the 



d any sort of light peaty 

 gular property of producing its narrow 



thout the 



In 



panicles of white and pink flow 



the month of February they appear in profusion upon rugged 



" formed till some 



Each flower consists of two sepals only, which 



fleshy gouty stems, and the 



weeks later 



being rounded and convex, give the appearance of a bivalve 

 shell, or, when the flowers are unexpanded, the blossoms may 

 be compared to clusters of fourpenny pieces. 



The species is allied to Begonia heracleifolia, with which 

 it much agrees in the form of the leaves ; but in that species 

 the flowers appear in cymose panicles on the end of long 

 erect peduncles, and at the same time with the leaves. Th* 



o 



les of the fruit too are much less rounded off. 



