on the Genus of Begonia. 161 
3. BEGONIA reniformis, caulefcens, foliis reniformibus angulatis den- 
tatis, capfulz ala maxima reel; reliquis parallelis mini- 
mis. Tas. 14 Fig. t, 2. 
Habitat in Brafilia, prope Rio de Janeiro, in rupium fiffuris umbrofis. 
of. Banks. 
Defcriptio D. Doct. Solander. 
€ Chiles carnofi, breves, craflitie digiti. 
* Folia alterna, petiolata, latiora quam longiora, fubreniformia, 
crenato-dentata, angulata: angulis 8— 12, acutis, inzequalibus; bafi 
cordata, altero latere minore. 
** Petiol: longitudine diametri longitudinalis foliorum. 
** Pedunculus communis, fpithamæus, terminatus Cyma bis dicho- 
toma, dein tetrachotoma. Pedicelli dein umbellati. pe 
“ Floris mafculi Petala quatuor, cruciata, patentia, alba: duo op- 
pofita majora, ovata, obtufa, integerrima, in medio extus convexa ; 
reliqua dimidio minora, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, parum carinata. 
** Filamenta circiter triginta, filiformia, brevia, fubæqualia, lutea, 
Anthere \ineari-oblonge, filamentis longiores, longitudine peta- 
lorum minorum, ereétæ, lutez. 
“€ Pifiillum omnino nullum. : 
“ Floris feminei Pefala quingue, oblonga, fubzequalia,. patentia, 
parum concava, acutiufcula, alba. 
** Germen inferum, ovatum, triangulare: dps pil membranaceis : 
membrana anguli exterioris majore. S/y/ tres, bipartiti, villofiuículi. 
Stigmata fimplicia. 
“ Cap/ula ovata, trigona, angulis membranaceis duobus interioribus 
æqualibus, minoribus; membrana anguli exterioris maxima, fuperne 
in angulum acutum extenfa; trilocularis: culs cylindricis, bafi 
dehifcentibus. i 
66 Semina numerofiffima, ovata, parva, receptaculo columnari craffo 
affixa - ; 4 
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