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BEGONIA SINUATA. SINUATED BEGONIA; 
or ELEPHANTS Ear. 
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Class and Order. 
MonazcrA Ponyanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Begoniacez. ) 
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Generic Character. 
Masc. Cal. 0. Cor. polypetala, petalis pleramque 4, 
inequalibus—Fam. Cal.o. Cor. petalis 4—9, plerum- 
que inequalibus. Styli 3, bifidi. Caps. triquetra, alata, 
trilocularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Beconi sinuata ; caulescens, ramosissima, ubique glaber- 
rima, foliis inequalibus cordatis lobatis acutis obtuse 
dentatis nitidis subtus pallidis venis coloratis, floribus 
masculis dipetalis, staminibus subliberis, foemineis 5- 
-petalis inequalibus, capsule alis subequalibus acutis, 
pedunculis bifidis, ramis bifloris. Graham. 
(6.) sinuata. Graham in Ed. Journ. of Sc. 1837. 
The number of species in cultivation of this beautiful 
Genus has been greatly increased of late years, and a large 
proportion through the often-mentioned Garden at Berlin, 
from whence this was sent to the Botanic Garden, Edin- 
burgh, and to Dr. Nerzx in 1836, under the name here 
adopted. In both these establishments it flowered in the 
end of May and in June. The country from which it was 
originally obtained was not stated to us. x 
Descr. Whole plant glabrous and shining. Stem thick, 
short, much branched ; branches erect, tumid at the joints. 
Stipules attenuated at the apex, dilated at the base, and 
sometimes half-sagittate, marcescent. Petioles (2—3 inches 
long) 
