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tt. BEGoNIA acuminata, caulefcens, folis hifpidis femicordatis acu-" 
minatis inæqualiter dentatis, capfulæ ala maxima obtufangula; 
reliquis acutangulis, Tas. 14. Fig. 5, 6. 
Habitat in Jamaicæ montibus cæruleis. Ful. von Robr, Gul. Wright. 
Floris maftuli Petala quatuor, quorum duo oppofita minora. Floris 
feminei Petala quinque, quorum duo minora, Ad bafin germinis 
bratiee duæ, argute fertatæ, germine dimidio breviores. 
Specimens are in the Herbarium of Sir Jofeph.: Banks * 
12. BEGONIA bumilis, caulefcens erecta, foliis hifpidis femicordatis 
duplicato-ferratis, capfulæ alis rotundatis parum inæqualibus. 
Hort. Kew. ii. p. 343. Tas. F6. 
Habitat in Indiæ Occidentalis infula Trinidad. Alex. Anderfon. 
Defcriptio. 
"T'ota planta carnofa, pellucida. Caulis, petioli et pedunculi pallide 
rubentes. Caulis teres, geniculis tumidis, primo anno fpithamæus, 
altero anno bipedalis. Folia femicordata, acuminata, duplicato- 
ferrata: ferraturis ciliatis; fupra faturaté viridia, hifpida e ftrigis 
mollibus, ere&is, bafi tuberculatis ; fubtus pallidé viridia, glaber- 
rima przter ftrigas rariores in venis, quales etiam in petiolis. 
Stipule femiovatæ, concave, ciliate, hyaline. Pedunculi axillares, 
fepius dichotomi. Braéfea ad bafin pedicellorum ovata, ciliata, 
minuta. Floris mafculi Petala alba: duo cordato-orbiculata, magna ; 
duo minima, qux in quibufdam floribus omnino defunt. Fila- 
menta circiter T 5 breviffima. Aniberæ oblongæ, lutex. Floris fe- 
minei Petala quinque, alba, perfiftentia, obovato-oblonga: duo 
paulo anguftiora. Germen trigonum, angulis acutis, alis rotundatis 
parum inzqualibus, pallidé carneis. Sty/ tres, breviffimi. Stigmata 
bipartita: laciniæ divaricatz, dein convergentes, et iterum diver- 
gentes, lutez, teétæ glandulis minimis. Cap/u/a figura germinis. 
* This fpecies has been introduced into the Royal Garden at Kew fince the reading of 
this Paper. 
When 
