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EWITMEEATION OT \_Begoniacew. 



14. COCCIITEA, W. et A. 



1. C- Indica, W. et A., 1. c. p. 347, cum syn.— c.p. 1609. 

 Hab. Common in waste places. Norn, vulg, "Kowakka. 



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LXXI. PAS SIPL GRACES. 



1. MODECCA, Linn. 



1. M- Wightiana, Wahl. (W. et A. Prod. i. p. 353, cum syn. ; Wi^lit, 

 Icon. t. 179.)— c.p. 1621. J ^ B ^ 



Hab. Putlam, Gardner, 



2. M. palmata. Lam. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn. ; Wi^Lt, Icon. t. 201.) 

 — ap. 1627. 



. Common up to an elevation of 3000 feet. JN^om. rulg. " Hon- 



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The root is said to Le poisonous ; it is used by the Cinghalese as a medicine. 



Fmnjiora minima, Jacq. (P. Walkerice, Wight, Illust. ii. p. 39. t, 108), is not 

 uncommon m cultivated ground, but can scarcely be considered indigenous. The 

 same may be said of F.fcetida, L. ^ 



dala." 



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LXXII. BEGONIACE^. 



1. BEGONIA, Linn. 



(Nom. vulg. " Hakambala.") 



Malaba: 



Fl. Ind. 111. p. 648 ; Eheede, Hort. Mai. ix. p. 167. t. 86 



Var. ^. dipctala : florihus dipetalia vcl sscpe petalis interioribus 1 vel 

 2 angiistis ornatis.-i?. dipetata, Grah. in llook. Bot. Mag. t. 2849 ; 

 Wight, Icon, t 1813 Haagea dipetala, Klotzsch, Begon. Gatt. und 

 Art. p. 104; Walp. Ann. it. p. 921.— c.p. 2807. 



Flores rosacei vel albidi. 



There can scarcely le a doubt, I think, of this being the plant figured by Rheede. 

 i^er^^etals' ^^"^''"'•Sh would seem to. have larger and diiferently shaped 



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Sect. HeicJienJieimia . 



rJ- ?; T>^f *««»V ^'^^^- ^^*- ^^g- *• 4692. — Eeichenheimia 

 Ihwaitem, Klotzsch, I. c. p. 55. t. 4 ^ ; Walp. 1. c. p. 894.— c.p. 2808. 



ilAB. Huna^gina and Matele Districts, in the Central Province, af 

 an elevation of 3000 to 4000 feet. 



•iri^V^V^'i^'^*^*^','^'^''*' ^^^°- *• 1812.— 2^eMeMAe^«^^a sulpeltata, 

 JUotzsch, 1. c. ; Walp. 1. c— C.P. 2597. . 



feet '^^' ^^^^Samowa District, at an elevation of from 3000 to 4000 



MoT^ '^ "^""^ll ""''^^ ^ ^^'^ ^^^* s^(ick%, but its leaves are more angular, its pedun- 

 cles longer and less hairy, flowers larger. 



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