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Begonia hydrocotylifolia. Penny-wort- 

 leaved Begonia. 



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Class and Order. 



MONCECIA POLYANDR1A. 



( Nat. Ord. — Begoniace^s. ) 



Generic Character. 



Masc. Cat. o. Cor. polypetala, petalis plerumque 4, 

 inaequalibus. — F(em. Cal. o. Cor. petalis 4 — 9, plerumque 

 inaequalibus. Styli 3, bifidi. Caps, triquetra, alata, trilo- 

 cularis, polyspermia. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Begonia hydrocotylifolia ; pubescens, caule crasso brevi 

 repente squamoso, foliis petiolatis cordato-rotundatis, 

 pedunculis axillaribus folio multoties longioribus, flo- 

 ribus racemoso-paniculatis omnibus dipetalis, fructus 

 alis subaequalibus. 



Begonia hydrocotylifolia. Hort. Berl. 



This is one of the many pretty Begonias with which our 

 stoves have been enriched through the liberality of the 

 Royal Botanic Garden of Berlin. As far as my investiga- 

 tions will allow me to judge, it is not a species anywhere 

 described : and I give it under the name by which we have 

 received it from M. Otto. It flowers with us during the 

 summer season. 



Descr. The stem is short, thick, succulent, but peren- 

 nial, creeping and throwing out fibrous radicles from be- 

 neath ; above, especially towards the apex, throwing up 



veral leaves, which have petioles, two or more inches 

 long, thick and fleshy, hairy : the blade about two inches 

 across, rotundate cordate, entire, nearly equilateral, above 



convex, 



