Tas. 5047. 
BEGONIA W AGENERIANA. 
Mr. Wagener’s Begonia. 
Nat. Ord. Beconrace®.—Monecra PoLyANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4172.) 
Breconta Wageneriana; caule tereti erecto ramoso glaberrimo, foliis valde obli- 
que ovatis acuminatis sinuatis hine serratis, petiolo foliis subdimidio bre- 
viore, stipulis magnis oblongis obtusis apice longe mucronatis, pedunculis 
axillaribus longissimis, panicula multiflora dichotome cymosa, floribus parvis 
albis, masculis tetrasepalis, foemineis pentasepalis, capsule alis duabus bre- 
vibus obtusis, tertia elongato-triangulari. 
Moscuxowrrzra Wageneriana. Klotzsch, Begon. p. 76. 
This may possess less beauty than many of the extensive 
genus Begonia, yet the deep yellow-green of the foliage, the rich 
colouring of the petioles and peduncles, and the very nume- 
rous, white, starry flowers, yellow in the centre, renders it a de- 
sirable inmate of the stove, and it continues blossoming for a 
long time in the early spring and summer. It is a native of © : 
Venezuela, and was introduced by Mr. Wagener to the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Berlin, whence our plants have been derived. 
Descr. Plant wholly glabrous. Stem erect, two and a half to | 
three feet high, terete, somewhat Zigzag, pale greenish-brown. : 
Leaves five to six inches and more long, cordato-ovate, subfalcate, 
very unequally sided, subpeltate, acuminate, yellowish-green, paler 
beneath, one (the largest) side subangulato-sinuate at the margin, 
the other side and the acuminated apex serrated, veins prominent 
beneath. Petioles red, terete, erect, about half the length of the 
leaf. Stipules caducous, nearly an inch long, membranous, ob- 
long, with a rather long mucro at the point. Peduncles axillary, 
very long, red, terete, succulent, bearing a much di-trichoto- 
mously branched cymose panicle of numerous small white flowers, 
sterile and fertile on different cymes. Sterile flowers of four, 
spreading, rather obtuse, white sepals. Stamens numerous, very 
APRIL Ist, 1858. 
