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BEGONIA MONOPTERA. SINGLE-WINGED 
BEGonlIiaA. 
BREE EER EERE REE EEE 
Class and Order. 
Monazcta Poxyanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.— BeeontAcez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Masc. Calyx 0. Corolla polypetala, petalis plerumque 
4, inequalibus. Fam. Calyx o. Corolla petalis 4—9, 
plerumque inequalibus. Styli 3, bifidi. Capsula trique- 
tra, alata, trilocularis, polysperma. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Brcon1a monoptera ; pubescens, foliis longe petiolatis an- 
gulatis crenatis subtus insigniter papillosis sanguineis 
radicalibus reniformibus vix obliquis, caulinis oblique 
cuneatis, racemo composito, germinis ala solitaria 
elongata corniformi. 
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This is one of the many species of this handsome Genus, 
for which our stoves are indebted to Mr. Orro of the Royal 
Berlin Garden. It was introduced from Brazil to that col- 
lection in 1826, by Mr. Depre. It flowers in July. 
Descr. Stem erect, one to two feet high, rounded, geni- 
culated and swollen at the joints, of a dall red colour, 
minutely papillose and downy. Radical leaves on long, 
red stalks, large, somewhat reniform, truncate at the base, 
Scarcely at all oblique, those of the stem remote, much 
smaller, on short petioles, roundish, obliquely cuneate, all 
of them angled and crenate, of a dark rather lurid green 
above, when seen under a microscope obscurely papillose, — 
each papilla terminated by a short soft hair, beneath re- — 
Markably papillose, except upon the nerves (which are — 
radiating); 
