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BEGONIA SEMPERFLORENS. FREE-FLOWERING 
BEGontia. 
FE SIHESISS Sonesta» 
Class and Order. 
Monaecta PotyanpRiA. 
( Nat. Ord.— Becontacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Masc. Cal. o. Cor. polypetala, petalis plerumque 4, 
Inequalibus. 
Fam. Cal. o. Cor. petalis 4—9, plerumque inequa- 
libus. Styli 3, bifidi. Caps. triquetra, alata, trilocularis, 
polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Brconra semperflorens ; glaberrima, foliis ovato-rotundatis 
Inequalibus vix cordatis planis apiculatis, minute 
Serratis subciliatis, capsule alis valde inaqualibus, 
Maxima triquetra obtusissima. 
Brconra semperflorens. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1439. Gra- 
ham in Ed. New Phil. Journ. May, 1829. 
| Pare 
Descr. Stem erect, rather thick, terete, fleshy, glabrous, 
reddish green, scarcely, if at all branched. Leaves alter- 
nate, remote, plane, ovato-rotundate, obtuse at the base, 
rarely a little cordate, unequal, apiculate, the margins 
Minutely serrated, more or less ciliated at the margin, the 
color pale green, the surface particularly smooth, and free 
from hairiness. Petiole long, reddish, channelled : at the 
ase of each are two large, ovato-oblong, deciduous, cili- 
ated, brownish stipules. Peduncles axillary and terminal. 
ale Flowers with two large, rounded, and two small, ob- 
ong or linear, rose-coloured petals: Female, with five small, 
Mequal petals, of the same colour. Capsule greenish brown, 
: membranous 
