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Begonia LONGIPES. Lone FLower-sTALKED 
BEGONIA. 
EEE EEE EERE EEK EKER 
Class and Order. 
Moneecta Potyanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Bereonracez, ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Masc. Cal. 0. Cor. polypetala, petalis plerumque 4, 
Inequalibus. Fam. Cal.o. Cor. petalis 4—9, plerum- 
que inequalibus. Styli 3, bifidi. Caps. triquetra, alata, 
trilocularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character. 
Beconra longipes ; caule crasso leviter sulcato glanduloso- 
__ spero, foliis amplis oblique et valde inequaliter cor- 
dato-rotundatis angulatis serratis supra  nitidissimis 
glaberrimis subtus pallidis opacis subpubescentibus, 
-pedunculis axillaribus elongatis superne dichotome- 
corymbosis, capsula ala maxima solitaria. 
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_Descr. Stem three feet or more high, and full an inch in 
diameter in the lower part, rounded, jointed, green, furrow- 
» Tough with thick, short hairs or glands. Leaves alter- 
nate, large, a span and more long, when quite young, 
sheathed with an ovato-oblong deciduous bractea, extremely 
Mnhequally rotundato-cordate, the lobe or ear remarkably 
tse, angled, and serrated, radiately nerved, of a bright 
yellow green color, extremely glossy, and perfectly gla- 
rous on the upper surface, beneath pale, opaque, with 
Prominent nerves, and more or less pubescent, often with 
S'ands, and especially upon the nerves. Peduncle a foot 
and more long, rounded, glabrous, sometimes roughish 
with glands, especially below, above branched in a dichoto- 
mous 
