Tas. 6767. 
BEGONIA BEDDOMEI. 
Native of Assam. 
Nat. Ord. BEGonracez. 
Genus Brconta, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol.i. p. 841.) 
Brconta Beddomei; acaulescens, monoica, laxe patentim pilosa, rhizomate tuberoso 
lobato multicipiti, foliis omnibus radicalibus amplis longe petiolatis membrana- 
ceis pellucidis oblique cordato-rotundatis v. -ovatis obscure remote angulatim 
lobulatis denticulatisque nervis pilosis primariis radiantibus supra glabris 
subtus puberulis glabratisve, petiolo erecto, scapo petiolis breviore stricto 
basi vaginato, vaginis ovatis acuminatis erectis brunneis, cyma depressa pauci- 
flora, ramis brevibus divaricatis, bracteis parvis lanceolatis, floribus pallide 
roseis, ¢ perianthii segmentis 4 antico et postico late ovato lateralibus 
oblongis, staminibus in globum aggregatis, filamentis brevibus liberis, connee- 
tivo crasso; fl. 9 perianthii segmentis ad 8, ovario 3-gono ala dorsali obtusa, 
stigmatibus 3 bicruribus tortis. 
This is another addition to the already large group of 
Asiatic Begonias marshalled under the section Platycentrum 
of Alphonse de Candolle, which includes yellow, pink, and 
white-flowered species (see B. zanthina, t. 4683, 5202, 5207; 
B. rubro-venia, t. 4689; B. Griffithii, t. 4984; B. Rez, 
t. 5201, and others), but differs from the sectional character 
in having three styles instead of two, as indeed do other 
species (as B. Cathcartii). Most of these species have 
acuminate connectives to the anther, an organ which in our 
plant is very broad and hardly even acute. The pellucid 
character of the leaf is a very striking one, the red of the 
under surface being in certain lights visible through the 
tissue, and the white spots have a beautiful silvery lustre. 
B. Beddomei is a native of the Assam hills, whence tubers 
were sent by Gustav Mann, Superintendent of Forests, to 
Col. Beddome, F.L.S.,° after whom I have the satisfaction 
of naming it, and to whom the Royal Gardens are indebted 
for the plant which is here figured, and which flowered in 
December last. 
Descr. Rootstock the size of a walnut, tuberous, lobed, 
dark brown. Leaves all radical, erect; blade horizontal, 
JULY lst, 1884, 
