phonse De Candolle, in his ‘ Mémoire sur la Famille des Bégo- 
niacées’ (published in the Annales des Sci. Nat., 4th ser. vol. xi.), 
has restored a great number to the original Begonia. The pre- 
sent species is certainly 3 not among the least ornamental, and is 
a native of Venezuela and Caracas. We owe the possession of 
it to the Royal Garden of Berlin. Few species exceed this in 
the richness of the colour on the under side of the leaf, contrast- 
ing well with the dark glossy green of the upper, and in the 
size of the flower. 
Fig. 1. Immaturegapsule. 2. Transverse section of the same :—magnified. 
