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Petiolus communii crassissitmis, subcyliiKlricus, basi valdfe tuinidus, 6-pollicaris, abiens in rachin crassam, subtetragonam, suprk marginc 

 elevato carinatam ; partiales vix i-unguiculares, sulcati. Panicula terminalis, maxima, ovata, attenuata, erccta, 4-pedalis, ramifica- 

 tionibus appositis, decussanti-patentissimis, bis terve trichotorais, carnosis et crassis, cylindi-icis, calloso-punctatis. BRACTEiE infra 

 divisuris, oppositEe, patentcs, lineari-lanceolatse, acuminatae. Floues maximi, ferfc 3-pollicares, ternati, brev^ pedicellati, sordid^ flavi, inttis 

 purpurei, odorem saponaceum, fortem spargentes. Calyx oblongo-prismaticus, 5-gonus, flavicans, li-poUicaris, coriaceus, Isevis, basi 

 obtusus, ore diviso in denies 5, lato-ovatos, acutos, cuspidatos, rectos. Corolla campanulata, coriacea, extiis dense obsita villis longis, 

 mollissimis, patulis, hyalinis ; tubus basi lato-cylindrica calyce brevior, mox dilatato-campanulatus, dorso latissimo, planiusculo, densifis 

 viUoso ; limbus patentissimus, demilm recurvus, tubo dimidio brevior, fer^ aequaliter 5-lobus ; lobi subrotundi, crenulati, obtusi, basi parJim 

 contracta subdistantes, supra sulcati, ferfe pollicares ; superiores paul5 majores ; faux magna, hians. Stamina 4, didynama, distantia, 

 glabra ; filamenta crassa, cylindrica ; antherce in fauce distantes, loculis divaricatis. Stamen quintum sterile, fertilibus parum brevius, 

 filamento filiformi, anthera nulla. Ovarium oblongo-cylindraceum, la;ve, disco insidens carnoso, convexo, integro, albo. Stylus crassus, 

 teres. Stigma clavatum, bilobum, obtusum. Capsula plana, lanceolata, fusca, glabra, 12— 14-pollicaris, acumine brevi terminata, 

 extrorsiim digitos 3 vel 4 lata, indfe attenuata in basin acutam, circumdatam calyce emarcido, immutato, ssepids soluto et annulari, 

 medio longitudinaliter prominens et convexa, pollicem fere crassa, sulcoque lato, obsoleto utrinque notata, circumdata margine mem- 

 branaceo, arido, compresso, latissimo, subrepando, deors^m sensim angustiore adque ipsam basin obliterata ; 2-locularis, 2-valvis. 

 Valvule plana;, subalat^, medio extus longitudinaliter convexee, intiis concavse pallid^que ferruginese. Dissepimentum eontrarium, 

 semipoUicem latum, oblongum, rostrato-acuminatum, maturitate omiiino solutum et liberum, marginibus dilatato-incrassatis, rectis, 

 ' parallelis, crustaceum, int^s atrum, fractura compacta et lucida. Semina perquam numerosa, plana, lateribus dissepiment! pa- 

 rallela, alternatim seriebus 2 stratisque circitfer 12 ordinata, suborbiculato-reniformia, unguicularia, salva basi alata, pollicaria; ala 

 tenuissima, membranacea, utrinque producta, obtusa, sericeo-nitens. Embryo magnus, cotyledmihus reniformi-obcordatis, radiculd gracili, 

 elongata, centrifuga. 



Plate XLV. A flowering branch on a reduced scale. 



Plate XCVI. Fig. 1. A pair of leaflets. 2. A flower before expansion of the corolla. 3. Calyx opened. 4. Corolla opened. 

 5. Capsule. 6. A transverse section of the same. 7- Seed. 8. Seed, cut longitudinally. 9. Seed, with one of the sides 

 removed, showing the position of the embryo. 10. Embryo. All the parts of their natural size. 



BEGONIA PEDUNCULOSA. Tab. 97- 



Herba carnosa, villosula, erecta ; radice tuberosa ; foliis falcato-oblongis, semicordatis, grosse duplicato-dentatis ; 

 panicula terminali, dichotoma; tloribus longissime pedunculatis, stylis 3, stigmatibus semilunari-reniformibus ; cap- 

 sular alls lateralibus angustis, acutangulis, tertia oblonga, porrecto-elongata. 



Habitat in montibus prope Sillet, supra saxa, florens sub pluviis, mensibus Junii — Septembris, fructifera Septembri 

 et Octobri. In Hortum Botanicum Calcuttse anno 1817 introduxit M. R. Smith. 



Planta erecta, debilis, gracilis, carnosa, pedalis, rufo-colorata, ramulosa, conspersa, pilis copiosis, hyalinis, articulatis, brevibus. Radix 

 constans tuberibus aliquot carnosis, pallidis, globosis, insequalibus, magnitudine nucis avellanse vel infr^, intiis mucilaginosis ; fibrillis 

 brevibus, capillaribus, densis. Caulis teres, flexuosus, rufo-sanguineus, supernfe emittens ramulos paucos, simplices, tenerrimos, 

 flexuosos. Folia bifarife alterna, petiolata, patentia, approximata, falcato-oblonga, attenuato-acuta, insequalitfer duplicato-dentata, 

 dentibus setosis ; vald^ obliqua, basi dimidiato-cordata, lobo altero rotundato, obtuso, altero angusto, subobliterato, tenuia et submem- 

 branacea, 2 — 3-pollicaria, suprk rugosa, villosula, ad discum plaga oblonga, sinuata, sanguinea notata, subtiis glabriora, nervoso-venosa, 

 juxta nervos tant^m villosa ; floralia omnin^ sanguinea, parva, linearia, dentata, subsessilia. Petioli graciles, teretes, intemodia 

 jequantes, pollicares. STiPULiE parvse, oppositae, triangulari-lanccolatee, acutse, membranaceae, suberectae, ciliatse, persistentes. Panicula 

 terminalis caulis ramorumque, magna, rotundato-ovata, patens, inultiflora, b\s t^rve dichotoma. Pedunculi teretes, semi-pollicares, 

 villosuli, colorati. Bracte^ ad divisuras et ad basin pedicellorum opposita;, ovatse, acutse, villosulse, patentiusculse, stipulis pariim 

 majores, persistentes. Flores ratione plantee magni, rubri, geminati, glabri, suifulti pedicelUs longis, filiformibus, pallidis, glabris, pedun- 

 culis dupl^ longioribus, l^-poUicaribus. Masculi : Petala 4, stellatlm patentia, obtusa, lineas 4 longa ; exteriora ovata, interiora angus- 

 tiora, oblonga. Filamenta carnosa, salvo apice brevi, capillaceo connata in conum parvum. Anthers ovatse, complanatse, erectse, utrin- 

 que longitudinaliter dehiscentes. F(eminei : Petala 5, patentia, istis masculi floris parCim minora, cuneato-oblonga. Stvli 3, carnosi, 

 lutei, intiis plani, par^m divergentes, petalis tripl6 breviores. Stigmata semilunato-arcuata, papillosa. Capsula (fer^ matura) Isevis, 

 unguicularis, fusca, petalis emarcidis coronata, oblongo-triangularis, par^m ventricosa, 3-alata ; alls reticulatis, lateralibus angustis, 

 subacutangulis ; tertia oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, vald^ elongata, rectti divergente, apice vix supra verticem capsulae porrecto. 



Plate XCVII. Fig. 1. 2. Male flower. 3. 4. Female flowers with almost ripe capsules. 



