BeGonia insignis. HANDSOME-FLOWERED 
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Class and Order. ? 
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Monascra PoryanpRIA, = 
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( Nat. Ord. — BeconrAcez. ) ua 
Generic Character. a | 
_ Masc. Cal. 0. Cor. polypetala, petalis plerumque 4, 
mequalibus. Gres -2 hover 
Fem. Cal.o. Cor. petalis 4—9, pleruamque ineequalibus. 
Styli tres, bifidi. Caps. triquetra, alata, trilocularis, poly- 
sperma, Te ee 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Brconta insignis ; subherbacea, caule erecto ramoso nodoso 
___.glabro, foliis longe petiolatis inequaliter cordatis acu- 
__. minatis obsolete lobatis duplicato serratis ciliatis, supra 
Sparse strigosis subtus subrubris, stipulis lineari-trian- 
laribus acuminatis integerrimis, pedunculis termi- 
ae 
~ nalibus nutantibus bis-terve dichotomis multifloris, 
capsule ala maxima acuta, reliquis obtusis. Graham. 
Brconra insignis. Graham in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 
Descr. Stem erect, subherbaceous, entirely free from 
hairs, but rough and brown, swollen at the joints. Branches 
frect, smooth, shining, subpellucid, reddish, and with a few 
white oblong spots. Leaves alternate, on smooth, shin I 
petioles, which are nearly round, and half the length of tl 
“aves, unequally cordate, acuminate, slightly concave, pi 
Steen, and sparingly strigose above, paler green, or red,a 
always naked below, obscurely lobed, and doubly serrato- 
ciliate, crisped, especially when young. Stipules linear- 
tr langular, narrow, acuminate, entire in the edge, pellucid, 
‘and nearly colourless, submarcescent. Peduneles tern inal, 
twice or thrice dichotomous, nodding. Bracteas ge 
ovate, 
