Tas. 4689. 
BEGONIA Rvusro-ventia. 
feed-veined Begonia. 
Nat. Ord. BEGonracE&.—Monecia PoLyanpRia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tan. 4172.) 
Braonra rudyo-venia ; glaberrima, caule brevi paucifloro, foliis longe petiolatis 
oblique ovatis valde acuminatis ineequaliter dentato-serratis supra albo-macu- 
lutis subtus purpureis, stipulis magnis e lata basi subulatis, pedunculis axilla- 
ribus petiolum superantibus, floribus corymbosis, petalis 4, 2 ext. majoribus 
venis rubris pictis, capsule rubro-striate alis duabus brevibus rotundatis 
tertia horizontaliter elongata elliptica obtusa. 
From the stove of Thomas Nuttall, Esq., Rainhill, near Preston, 
Lancashire, having been detected and brought home from Bootan 
by his nephew, Mr. Booth, along with the equally remarkable 
Begonia wanthina, figured at Tab. 4683 of the present work. It 
evidently belongs to the same group or tribe of the extensive 
genus of Begonza as that plant, but is widely different in specific 
character. 
Duscr. Root a short thick caudex or rhizoma, sending down 
numerous fibres from beneath. Stem short, scarcely branched, 
and bearing few leaves ; terete, fleshy, red. Zeaves two or three 
springing from the root, the rest alternate, rather large, on long, 
grooved, red petioles, from two to four or five inches long: the 
blade of the leaf measures about six inches in length, is obliquely 
(or inequilaterally) ovate, subcordate at the base, much and gra- 
dually acuminated into a long point; the margins unequally 
dentato-serrated, glabrous (as is the whole plant), the upper side 
dark satiny-green, glossy, marked and dashed with white blotches ; 
the underside of a full but rather dull purple colour, and the veins — 
are prominent. Stipules, a pair of opposite ones at the base of 
the petioles, large, membranous, from a broad base tapering into 
a subulate point, yellowish-green with a red central line. Pedun- 
cles axillary, solitary, red, terete, longer than the petiole and 
much slenderer, erect, bearing a corymé of eight to ten or more 
JANUARY Ist, 1853. 
